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  • Four curvaceous car ramps burst out of the louvred east facade of Grosvenor's multistorey car park in Liverpool.
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    The drive of your life

    2007-02-02T00:00:00Z

    Breaking the stereotype of multistorey car parks as concrete monstrosities, Wilkinson Eyre鈥檚 latest project is as visually exciting as it is functionally efficient.

  • The auditorium bulges out towards the neo-gothic Peace Palace
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    Doing justice to the law

    2007-01-26T00:00:00Z

    Michael Wilford鈥檚 law academy in the Hague is a judicious mix of the traditional and the avant-garde

  • The new crescent wing houses 15 residents and a quiet room in the monopitched bookend
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    Done to a turn

    2007-01-19T00:00:00Z

    Architect Clague鈥檚 curvaceous extension to the Strode Park Foundation brings something that most housing for disabled people has never even heard of 鈥� glamour.

  • A visualisation of Pier Head in Liverpool
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    Liverpool docks to get 拢130m New World scheme

    2007-01-12T00:00:00Z

    John Lyall Archtiects wins permission for 拢130m mixed-use scheme in 2008 Capital of Culture

  • Marlowe Academy in Ramsgate, When the partition behind the stage is open, the arena and the auditorium can accommodate all 1200 pupils and teachers
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    鈥榊ou could run this building as a traditional school 鈥� but it would be a waste鈥�

    2007-01-05T00:00:00Z

    好色先生TV Design Partnership鈥檚 Marlowe Academy in Ramsgate is like no other school 鈥� it has a campus feel, there are no corridors and the students don鈥檛 even bunk off.

  • The marble banking hall is now the reception area for the whole complex
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    Norwich Union鈥檚 Edwardian HQ joins the 21st century

    2007-01-05T00:00:00Z

    Land Securities and LSI Architects complete 拢90m makeover of insurance giant鈥檚 Norfolk home

  • The first of Ivan Harbour鈥檚 two Washington schemes
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    Rogers reveals new practice name

    2006-11-24T00:00:00Z

    Richard Rogers Partnership (RRP) has unveiled further details of its succession plans just days after its former managing director filed a civil court claim in a row over the ownership of the firm鈥檚 office in west London.

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    Dream house Down Under

    2006-11-24T00:00:00Z

    When Paul and Jaki Halliday decided to leave London鈥檚 traffic-clogged rat鈥檚 maze for the hills of New South Wales, they celebrated by commissioning their ideal home. Martin Spring explains how their compatriot, Alan Higgs, designed it

  • A man-made grotto on the top floor glows seductively with the aid of underwater spotlights
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    Spiritual awakening

    2006-11-24T00:00:00Z

    Mario Botta鈥檚 Swiss Mountain Oasis lifts body, mind and architecture to new levels

  • Here is Richard Rogers, flanked by his heirs apparent: Ivan Harbour, on the right, and Graham Stirk.
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    The abdication

    2006-11-24T00:00:00Z

    Here is Richard Rogers, flanked by his heirs apparent: Ivan Harbour, on the right, and Graham Stirk. But when will the great man go? What will his successors do when he does? And in the meantime, can they stop Marco Goldschmied鈥檚 legal actions taking away their offices? Martin Spring investigates ...

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    A living legacy

    2006-11-03T00:00:00Z

    Frank Gehry鈥檚 Maggie鈥檚 centre has been open for three years. Martin Spring paid a visit to find out how well it has served the cancer patients that use it. And on page 60, he reviews the latest centre, which also happens to be Zaha Hadid鈥檚 first completed project in the ...

  • The jagged forms, window wall and sun terrace of Zaha Hadid's Maggie's centre.
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    Aggressive treatment

    2006-11-03T00:00:00Z

    Zaha Hadid鈥檚 Maggie centre is a steel-and-glass composition set in grassy parkland. Martin Spring admires the dynamism, but wonders if it鈥檚 quite what the brief called for 鈥�

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    Libeskind brings Eden to North

    2006-10-20T05:00:00Z

    Rainforest attraction is expected to be located in Blackpool or Liverpool and will feature hotel and giant greenhouse

  • The pure cylindrical shape of the Asticus 好色先生TV is clearly expressed in the stylish reception foyer
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    Drum solo

    2006-10-20T00:00:00Z

    Lifschutz Davidson Sandilands deserves a big hand for managing to squeeze an old-school cylinder-shaped building into a tiny London backstreet

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    Libeskind brings Eden to North

    2006-10-20T00:00:00Z

    World Trade Centre architect Daniel Libeskind is working on a 拢75m Eden Project-style scheme in north-west England, it has emerged.

  • Darlington Education Village is a campus of simple rectangular buildings made exciting by vivid colours and large expanses of glazing
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    Under their wings

    2006-09-29T00:00:00Z

    Ryder HKS鈥檚 Darlington Education Village brings together the least able children, including those with severe behavioural difficulties, and the most academic 鈥� an architectural and curatorial challenge that has been met with verve. Not bad for a PFI project

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    Partridge鈥檚 parallel universe

    2006-09-29T00:00:00Z

    Physics buff David Partridge on why Argent is now two places at the same time

  • The spectacular vaulted steel of the TGV train station is being constructed while the station still operates
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    Calatrava swoops on Belgium

    2006-09-22T00:00:00Z

    The architect鈥揺ngineer is topping a Li猫ge train station with yet another astonishing roof

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    An oasis by the Elephant

    2006-09-15T00:00:00Z

    Just around the corner from the Elephant & Castle shopping centre, a colourful housing scheme by de Rijke Marsh Morgan has replaced the drab greys of Southwark鈥檚 Heygate estate. Martin Spring explains how the project is just the beginning of a long-overdue 拢1.5bn regeneration plan

  • Behind the vibrant, diverse and richly modelled architecture of Lovell鈥檚 new housing in east Manchester stands Kingspan鈥檚 standardised system of structurally insulated panels
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    Thats The Way

    2006-09-08T00:00:00Z

    Martin Spring reports from The Way, Lovell鈥檚 vast, highly sustainable and distinctly eye-catching panellised housing project for New East Manchester