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Culture clash - Las Arenas, Barcelona
What do you get when you turn a 19th-century bullring into a 21st-century shopping centre? A theatrical melding of Spain鈥檚 cultural past and present
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FeaturesIt鈥檚 big, it鈥檚 bold, but is the Heron tower any good?
The City鈥檚 tallest skyscraper is the ultimate in lavish office space for 鈥檅outique鈥� finance firms. But its design is a huge let down for Londoners
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FeaturesThe London Bridge viaduct: The missing link
A railway viaduct is being built through the heart of London鈥檚 bustling Borough Market and in two weeks its new bridge will be a major landmark. All that remains is to move it to the right place
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FeaturesGuy's Hospital Tower refurbishment: Nurse, the screens
Penoyre & Prasad is giving Guy鈥檚 Hospital Tower 鈥� a brutalist eyesore in central London 鈥� a new 拢25m facade. But, says Ike Ijeh, it will take more than a clever bit of cosmetic surgery to turn this one into a looker
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FeaturesRebuilding Iraq: Mott MacDonald's Marsh Arab school
How do you start to rebuild a country devasted by war? When Mott MacDonald was asked to make a school for the Marsh Arabs, it went back to using traditional woven reed 鈥� reconnecting the community to its roots.
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FeaturesWest Ham's stadium: Up close and personal
West Ham won the acrimonious battle for the post-Games conversion of the Olympic stadium. But will its football stadium-cum-athletics arena be able to create the intimate atmosphere its fans demand?
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FeaturesZaha Brava: The Guangzhou Opera House
Architecture and geology collide in Zaha Hadid鈥檚 glorious Guangzhou Opera House
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FeaturesThe Dali Enigma: HOK's Florida museum
HOK鈥檚 Salvador Dal铆 Museum in Florida marries the classical with the fantastical, a paradox the artist himself would have cherished
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FeaturesOne Hyde Park: Heart's desire
Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners, known for its left-leaning sympathies, is the architect behind the world鈥檚 most expensive apartments: One Hyde Park in London鈥檚 Knightsbridge
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FeaturesThis is the BBC ...
After nine years, two architects and 拢1bn, the controversial BBC Broadcasting House refurbishment is winding up. But is it a feat of architectural elegance and practicality, or just another prime-time flop?
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FeaturesHigh velocity: The Olympic velodrome
Hopkins鈥� Olympic velodrome is the first 2012 venue to reach the finish line and the result is a dynamic statement of simplicity and elegance
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FeaturesThe Midland Grand at London St Pancras: A touch of class
George Gilbert Scott鈥檚 Victorian gothic masterpiece, the Midland Grand at London St Pancras, is about to reopen as a five-star hotel after a painstaking restoration. The result is stunning
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FeaturesBlackfriars station: Pulling out the stops
Blackfriars station is being rebuilt on a bridge right over the River Thames. With a four-lane road to the north, live railway lines on all sides and the river below, it鈥檚 not the easiest site on which to deliver a complex project. So how was it done? Thomas Lane buys ...
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FeaturesFancy a half at your heritage local?
Historic buildings need to earn their keep these days, whether they鈥檙e in the City or the shires. They can鈥檛 all be museums or art galleries though, and the new preservers of our built heritage might surprise you
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FeaturesJakob + Macfarlane's Lyon office: The cube with a hole
Cuboid buildings may be all the rage but Jakob + Macfarlane鈥檚 provocative office block in Lyon is one of a kind
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FeaturesWinging it: Bombardier aircraft factory
Air traffic gridlock over the holidays might have put you off flying for life. But Bombardier is launching a new plane with high-tech carbon fibre wings - first, though, it needed a factory that could be designed in tandem with those wings
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FeaturesProjects of the year 2010: Take it to the max
The big, the beautiful and the bonkers - Ike Ijeh and Thomas Lane dish out the awards to an international array of projects that helped keep construction headlines lively in 2010
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FeaturesPollard Thomas Edwards' Islington square: Shaping up nicely
Pollard Thomas Edwards has made a north London square whole by filling in its missing fourth side with a residential scheme that sensitively reinterprets its traditional context
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FeaturesNomura鈥檚 office fit-out
Invesment bank Nomura wanted its 拢100m, 400,000ft2 offfice fit-out completed in eight months, the problem was finding a contractor able to work at that pace. 好色先生TV finds out how Como, Mace鈥檚 fit-out arm, managed to race to the finish line
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FeaturesMake's 拢100m Cube: Birmingham cubed
The Second City鈥檚 Jewellery Quarter inspired the facade of Make鈥檚 astonishing Cube development. But as with any box of jewels, its real treasures are inside