Retail & Leisure

Technical

Technical Study: Restoring Birmingham Selfridges’ cladding

2021-09-21T06:00:00Z

Future Systems’ Selfridges has donned temporary garb of greater gaudiness while faults are fixed in the glittering blue chainmail below. Thomas Lane explains the technical challenges. Photography by Oliver Lane

Building Study

The world’s hottest projects in 2020

2020-01-20T07:00:00Z

Ike Ijeh tours the planet to report on this year’s most anticipated completions

Technical

Technical Study: Stratford Pavilion by Acme

2019-10-31T07:00:00Z

This substantial structure at the Olympic Park had to be built over a DLR tunnel, setting the team major challenges. Ike Ijeh reports

Inspirations

Sadie Morgan's inspiration: Plymouth Lido

2019-06-10T06:00:00Z

The art deco pool has a place in the heart of the dRMM co-founder and BD Female Architectural Leader for many reasons, including a rather personal one

Technical

Technical Study: Boulevard Theatre, Soho

2019-04-12T06:00:00Z

Thomas Lane finds out how Soda Studio turned tricks with a tiny space to create a supremely flexible theatre

Building Study

Building Study: Coal Drops Yard, London, by Heatherwick Studio

2018-10-29T06:00:00Z

The retail hub revels in the idiosyncrasies of its original Victorian warehouse architecture, says Ike Ijeh

Building Study

Building Study: Arhus harbour baths, Denmark, by Bjarke Ingels

2018-07-30T06:00:00Z

BIG repeats its trick of bringing swimming to the heart of the city. Could it work in London?

Technical

Technical Study: Vitsoe factory, Leamington Spa

2017-10-26T06:00:00Z

The firm behind Dieter Rams’ 606 shelving system has created a temple to craftsmanship with its new HQ

Technical

Technical Study: Coal Drops Yard, King’s Cross

2017-08-25T06:08:00Z

Heatherwick Studio’s shopping centre at King’s Cross links two former coal depots with a pair of extraordinary curving roofs. Thomas Lane finds out how – and why – they chose this approach

Building Study

Victoria Gate by Acme

2016-10-21T09:53:00Z

A modern city centre retail project in Leeds harks back to the city’s grand Victorian shopping arcades

Technical

Poplar Baths by Pringle Richards Sharratt

2016-10-19T07:30:00Z

Poplar Baths in London’s East End is a historic example of state architecture used to improve public health. But to preserve this listed building, the project team had to demolish part of it and rebuild through a PPP agreement

Building Study

The rebirth of Lochgelly and lessons for Brexit Britain

2016-07-21T08:00:00Z

脱欧公投凸显了英国各地区之间的政治分歧。法夫郡一个曾经被剥夺的前采矿小镇的灵感复兴表明建筑可以帮助解决这些问题。

Technical

The i360 tower by Marks Barfield Architects

2016-06-17T08:00:00Z

The £46 milllion i360 tower in Brighton may claim accolades of being the tallest moving observation tower, the first vertical cable car and the world’s most slender tower, but the execution of its design and build is the real talking point

Building Study

Treetop walkway, Westonbirt, by Glenn Howells Architects

2016-05-04T08:00:00Z

This aerial footpath snakes its way through the forest at Westonbirt Arboretum in the Cotswolds using form, structure and materials to lift visitors to a heightened communion with nature. Ike Ijeh takes a walk on the wild side

Building Study

London 2012 Aquatics Centre by Zaha Hadid Architects

2016-04-05T08:00:00Z

扎哈·哈迪德设计的黄貂鱼状水上运动中心平滑起伏的表面掩盖了其结构的复杂性。但是，最后一个抵达派对的奥运场馆是否兑现了它的承诺?BD当时的建筑评论家奥利弗·温赖特也去看了一看。

Building Study

Boathouse 4, Portsmouth, by Walters & Cohen

2016-04-01T08:00:00Z

Formerly a boat-building shed in Portsmouth’s naval dockyards, Boathouse 4 has been transformed by Walters Cohen into a teaching workshop that doubles up as a live exhibition

Building Study

Birmingham New Street Station by AZPML

2015-09-29T08:00:00Z

It was never going to take a lot to improve on the squalid eyesore of the 1960s incarnation of Birmingham New Street Station. Shame though about the whiff of fakery

Technical

Interior flooring with a local twist

2015-08-21T06:00:00Z

Amanda Birch’s study of three distinct examples of interior flooring examines work in London, Zanzibar and India by Amanda Levete, Jestico Whiles and Project Orange

Technical

The Woodspeen, West Berkshire by Softroom

2015-07-17T07:00:00Z

The extension to this 1827 Victorian pub relies on natural materials, including its distinctive thatched roof, to complement the original building, despite its noteworthy design

Building Study

Nouveau Stade de Bordeaux by Herzog & de Meuron

2015-06-01T06:00:00Z

Herzog de Meuron’s new sports stadium in Bordeaux is part of the wider regeneration of the area and taps into the classic French idea of the ‘grand projet’. But is it great architecture? Ike Ijeh takes a tour with Pierre de Meuron