All articles by Martin Spring 鈥� Page 3
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FeaturesTwo up, two down, plus one
PCKO has come up with a novel solution to the cramped, dingy terraced house 鈥� add an atrium
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FeaturesInnsbruck cable car stations: Zaha Hadid lifts the spirits
Zaha Hadid evokes duvets, wings and ice with her designs for Innsbruck鈥檚 cable car stations
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Features鈥榃hy would I stop?鈥�
At 72, Norman Foster shows no signs of slowing up. He divides his time between almost every corner of the globe and is confident that the partial sale of his 拢350m practice to a private equity group was not only a good idea, but will free him up to do ...
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CommentNorman鈥檚 conquests
好色先生TV takes great pride in being the first journal to celebrate British architecture鈥檚 life peers, Norman Foster and Richard Rogers, on the 40th anniversary of the break-up of Team 4 and the founding of their practices.
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FeaturesNature nurtured
Studio E took two 120-year-old plane trees as the starting point for its west London primary school 鈥� and as the inspiration for a whole toy cupboard of sustainable features. The upshot is that these could be the first kids ever to love their greens.
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Britain鈥檚 new front door
St Pancras station is about to become the last vital part in the 186mph link that connects London with the rest of Europe. So just as well that it鈥檚 an architectural and engineering triumph, then. Martin Spring looks at how it was achieved
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FeaturesNaughty school
Just because these Stuttgart classrooms make the most of light, colour and 鈥榯he way children walk鈥� doesn鈥檛 mean they can鈥檛 break a few rules 鈥�
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Gleaming smiles for a smart new set of dentures
You wouldn鈥檛 give a top architectural prize to 鈥渁 set of new dentures鈥�, would you? Well, that鈥檚 what the RIBA president did on Saturday night, presenting this year鈥檚 Stirling prize.
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FeaturesMayne event
Here鈥檚 the latest design by Californian practice Morphosis and its Pritzker-winning boss
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好色先生TVInsite's Sheffield steel clinches cooling tower design win
Striking design for derelict Sheffield cooling towers will form centrepiece of sustainable business park
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FeaturesInside the project team
Now you鈥檙e all clued up on Manchester鈥檚 Civil Justice Centre, it鈥檚 time to meet the Aussies who designed it. Martin Spring got inside their mutual headspace. Portraits by Tim Foster
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FeaturesTop drawer
Talk about a cabinet reshuffle 鈥� Denton Corker Marshall鈥檚 flamboyant design for Manchester鈥檚 Civil Justice Centre has brought dynamism to the heart of the legal establishment. Over the next eight pages Martin Spring praises the building鈥檚 clear, bold expression and on pages 48-50, we meet the Australian trio who designed ...
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FeaturesMaxximum Zaha
Almost 10 years after Zaha Hadid鈥檚 design for Rome鈥檚 MAXXI museum won an international competition, it鈥檚 still only two-thirds built. Martin Spring looks at how the architect鈥檚 ideas have survived years of stop-start funding and delay.
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FeaturesThe enchanted forest: Vallecas-Pau in Madrid
While Madrid鈥檚 new Vallecas-Pau suburb waits for its trees to grow, it has been fitted with portable tower parks. They look like this 鈥�
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FeaturesDirector鈥檚 cut
When Sydney Pollack first saw the Bilbao Guggenheim, it moved him to tears. The great director tells Martin Spring how it also inspired him to make his first documentary 鈥� a journey into the mind of its creator, Frank Gehry
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好色先生TVDavid Chipperfield does the triple at RIBA awards
Practice honoured for office, museum and library in Spain, German and America
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FeaturesIs Foster on the eve of dominance or decline?
Britain鈥檚 greatest architectural practice is planning a massive expansion. But what does it mean for the man who founded the business, the global brand and, of course, the buildings?
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好色先生TVSuperstar architects unveil cultural vision for Abu Dhabi
Hadid, Gehry, Nouvel and Ando plan district of theatres and museums in Arab emirate
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FeaturesNorthern soul
Erick van Egeraat鈥檚 glass-fronted Institute of Modern Art has rejuvenated Middlesbrough鈥檚 barren public quarter