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  • Changing the angle of one side of a roof 鈥渢urret鈥� had a knock-on effect on the rest of the roof design; a parametric model helped streamline the process of making changes
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    Worcester Library and History Centre's roof

    2010-01-15T00:00:00Z

    The Worcester Library and History Centre鈥檚 geometrically complex roof needed to bring light into the building as well as get air out. Luckily, a powerful parametric model came to the rescue, as Stephen Kennett discovered

  • The exterior form demarcates the building鈥檚 functions, with bedrooms on the top floor and outpatients on the ground. The surgical facilities are in the basement
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    The hospitable: Foster + Partners鈥� Circle Bath hospital

    2010-01-15T00:00:00Z

    Foster + Partners intended its first ever healthcare project 鈥� the 28-bed Circle Bath 鈥� to be as warm and welcoming as a five-star boutique hotel

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    The new arrival: Balfour Beatty鈥檚 Birmingham PFI hospital

    2009-12-11T00:00:00Z

    Weighing in at 拢585m, Balfour Beatty鈥檚 Birmingham PFI hospital was expected to be a difficult birth. Instead, it has been delivered with few complications, no trips to casualty, and ahead of its due date. Thomas Lane hands round the cigars

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    Sunderland university student union: All bar none

    2009-12-04T00:00:00Z

    There鈥檚 no room for slackers at Sunderland university鈥檚 dazzling new student union, which packs its impressively generous spaces with sports halls and exercise areas. You can鈥檛 even get a pint around here

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    Zaha's Museum of Transport: The battle of the oil can

    2009-10-30T00:00:00Z

    Zaha Hadid鈥檚 Museum of Transport in Glasgow was designed with gothic zinc-clad ridges and 100m-plus roof spans. They looked great on a computer screen, but led to memorable rows with the project team

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    The right formula: Abu Dhabi's Yas Hotel

    2009-10-30T00:00:00Z

    With its dramatic architecture, precise engineering and top-speed construction, the Formula One-themed Yas Hotel has outlapped most of Abu Dhabi鈥檚 other buildings

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    Ropemaker or Watermark Place: The big square off

    2009-10-23T00:00:00Z

    Two big hitters have emerged on the streets of the City: Ropemaker in the red corner (above left), Watermark Place in the blue (above right). But which will take the sustainability title and be crowned ultimate speculative office champ?

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    Stanbrook Abbey: Life and soul

    2009-10-02T00:00:00Z

    Nuns may not be the most demanding of clients, but apparently they do expect a building to be 鈥榯ranscendental鈥�. Dan Stewart took a pilgrimage to Feilden Clegg Bradley鈥檚 Stanbrook Abbey in the Yorkshire moors to find out what that means

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    Get your skates on: Vancouver鈥檚 2010 Olympic ice rink

    2009-09-25T00:00:00Z

    The 2010 Vancouver Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games has triggered a flurry of building activity 鈥� including this Trout Lake ice rink. Stephen Kennett hurried along for a preview

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    Media City, Salford: This is the BBC

    2009-09-18T00:00:00Z

    Developer Peel Holdings and Bovis Lend Lease enjoy a high level of trust 鈥� which is just as well, because when they took on the Beeb鈥檚 new studios at MediaCity in Salford, there was a fair degree of risk involved 鈥� and getting the project in before the pips was ...

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    Taming the beast: Winchester鈥檚 green office refurb

    2009-09-11T00:00:00Z

    This is the story of how a sixties brutalist eyesore was turned into a building more becoming to the genteel town of Winchester 鈥� and made into one of the UK鈥檚 greenest offices in the process

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    KfW Banking HQ: Eco de Cologne

    2009-09-04T00:00:00Z

    The Anglo-German practice Sauerbruch Hutton has released images of its almost completed 38,000m2 extension for the KfW Banking headquarters in Cologne

  • Red brick and ochre laminate panels give a warm feel to the school鈥檚 exterior
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    Penoyre & Prasad鈥檚 John Perryn primary school: Start again!

    2009-09-04T00:00:00Z

    John Perryn primary in east Acton had lost the confidence of parents, staff and Ofsted. So the government stepped in to rebuild it, with a little help from Penoyre & Prasad and Willmott Dixon

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    Hackney-sur-Mer: Levitt Bernstein鈥檚 Queensbridge Quarter

    2009-08-28T00:00:00Z

    Dalston, a less-than-glorious corner of east London, is beginning to look as if it might be able to tempt well-heeled Londoners to give it a go 鈥� thanks in part to Levitt Bernstein鈥檚 Mediterranean-styled Queensbridge Quarter

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    Second time lucky: the Sigma II eco-house

    2009-08-14T00:00:00Z

    When the Sigma eco-home at the BRE Innovation Park failed to hit the upper bands of the Code for Sustainable Homes, the blame was laid squarely on the building fabric. Now its maker is having another go

  • The aluminium panels create a front elevation somewhat reminiscent of a badly played game of Tetris.
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    Grosvenor Waterside by Make: Don鈥檛 tell Charles 鈥�

    2009-08-07T00:00:00Z

    Within spitting distance of the notorious Chelsea Barracks site is this startlingly modern block of flats by Make Architects. Yet, so far, the good burghers of Belgravia haven鈥檛 uttered a word against it. And nor has you-know-who. What鈥檚 going on?

  • The exterior of the arts centre might look confusing but is intended to inspire creativity. The main performance space is on the other side of the glazed wall 鈥� this can be opened up so the carnival can spill out into the courtyard
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    Party Tricks: Ash Sakula's Luton Carnival Arts Centre

    2009-07-24T00:00:00Z

    Ash Sakula鈥檚 Carnival Arts Centre is Luton鈥檚 answer to Notting Hill 鈥� buzzing with life and invention and a haven for stiltwalkers and other forms of streetlife

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    Crazy angles, soaring steel: Zaha Hadid鈥檚 Guangzhou opera house

    2009-07-17T00:00:00Z

    As the Chinese city of Guangzhou races to build a new district in time for the 2010 Asian Games, the designs of two British architects enter the spotlight. Thomas Lane charts the trials, tribulations and triumphs of Zaha Hadid鈥檚 opera house and Wilkinson Eyre鈥檚 West Tower

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    Amanda Levete's Dublin bridge

    2009-07-10T00:00:00Z

    Amanda Levete鈥檚 first project since she left Future Systems, the firm she ran with her late husband Jan Kaplicky, is a sculptural bridge in Dublin that lays the way for a new direction in her career

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    New age medicine: healthcare technology

    2009-06-19T00:00:00Z

    Willmott Dixon has developed a prototype of a healthcare facility of the future, which includes self-diagnosis pods, robotic medicine dispensing and remote treatment