All articles by Martin Spring 鈥� Page 21
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Ray of light
A glorious glazed dome is the centrepiece of Manchester Corn Exchange's rebirth as a chic shopping centre.
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Nieuw-Terbregge, Rotterdam
High-density schemes that update building forms first explored in the 1970s are a recurrent theme of contemporary Dutch housing. Within the experimental Nieuw-Terbregge estate in the inner suburbs of Rotterdam, one of The Netherlands' most imaginative architects, Mecanoo, has come up with high-density dual-aspect housing terraces in which car parking ...
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Langerak, Leidsche Rijn
Langerak is one of the very few contributions by a British architect to Dutch mainstream housing. While conforming to Dutch conventions of layout and construction, the new-build scheme of 77 terraced houses for sale, designed by Maccreanor Lavington Architects, manifests a slightly English domestic character. The housing scheme is part ...
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Kop van Zuid, Rotterdam
Kop van Zuid is Rotterdam's docklands regeneration scheme, which won government approval in 1991. Although greater Rotterdam remains the world's largest port, the docklands regeneration area is a compact 125 ha, just one tenth of London's. Lying opposite the city centre on the bank of the River Maas, Kop van ...
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The future is orange
Dutch housing is the envy of UK architects and contractors. What makes it so special?
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Amsterdam quays
Whereas the city of Rotterdam is regenerating its docklands as a multi-use extension of the city centre, Amsterdam is redeveloping its eastern harbour purely as housing. And mainly yuppie housing at that, with loft-style apartments and even more stylish owner-developer town houses. Java and Borneo are the most recent of ...
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Big dipper
The Commonwealth's best swimmers will be competing in Manchester's new aquatics centre in the 2002 games. Its record-breaking four pools in an awkward central site will make a splash with the locals, too.
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Stepping out in style
Unlovely off-the-peg PVCu patio doors have long been the ugly duckling of exterior design. Now, Buro Happold plans to give them the looks of a swan with performance to match.
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'Glass ski jump' to be heart of rebuilt Manchester
Ian Simpson Architects' "city experience" visitor attraction takes pride of place in new city centre.
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Wilford brightens up Berlin
The UK s colourful new Berlin embassy offers Germans a glimpse of swinging Britain.
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Rogers calls for rethink in architects' training
Urban taskforce chair tells first RIBA conference in 20 years that profession is 20 years behind other countries.
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40 under forty
Meet the future of the industry. These are 40 of the bright young professionals who will be shaping construction in the 21st century. We’ve omitted those thirtysomethings already running large firms, such as Oliver Jones of Citex and Bovis Lend Lease’s Ross Taylor, and no doubt there are others we ...
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Pane barrier
Transforming the bold, irregular curves of Foster and Partners' GLA building into simple, flat glazing panels meant double geometry for the design team.
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Nature studies
It might resemble a medieval hill village encircled by meadow, but this is Arup Associates' bold take on student accommodation. Are they experts in this field?
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Somerset House
Liberating central London's historic squares from their oppression by cars has been a gleam in the eye of Lords Rogers and Foster, among others, for more than a decade. The first square to achieve this distinction is the Inland Revenue enclave of Somerset House, between the Strand and the Thames ...
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The Wallace Collection
Rick Mather, architect for the refurbished Dulwich Picture Gallery, has performed a similar service for the Wallace Collection near London's Oxford Street. The building, refurbished at a cost of 拢10.6m, is due to be officially re-opened on 22 June by Prince Charles, one century to the day after it was ...
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Art explosion
Is London the capital of the art world? Judging by the the rush of lottery-funded gallery openings and refurbishments – yes. Over the next nine pages, 好色先生TV exhibits three of the latest: the Dulwich Picture Gallery, the Wallace Collection and Somerset House.
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Light exercise
Here's how young architect Walters and Cohen transformed a squat, dingy supermarket into a chic, sleek fitness club by bouncing daylight from one end of the building to the other.
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Morley’s cricket school makes Edgbaston debut
David Morley and Bryant Priest Newman’s 拢2.4m “Lord’s II” school opens for Warwickshire.