✗ Close categories
✗ Close categories
Addiction
Apple
Arts
Asia News
British Airways
Business
Cars
Celebrity
Christianity
Cinema, Theater & TV
Conspiracy Theories
Coronavirus
Ebola
Economy
Education
Apple
Arts
Asia News
British Airways
Business
Cars
Celebrity
Christianity
Cinema, Theater & TV
Conspiracy Theories
Coronavirus
Ebola
Economy
Education
Electronics
Entertainment
Environment
Fashion
Finance
Food
Funny videos
Gadgets
Games
General News
Health
International Crime
Jobs
Lifestyle
Entertainment
Environment
Fashion
Finance
Food
Funny videos
Gadgets
Games
General News
Health
International Crime
Jobs
Lifestyle
Military
Mindfulness
Movies
Music
News videos
NewsPhoto
Nightlife
Obituaries
Olympics
Organized Crime
Politics
Psychology
Recipes
Royal Family
Mindfulness
Movies
Music
News videos
NewsPhoto
Nightlife
Obituaries
Olympics
Organized Crime
Politics
Psychology
Recipes
Royal Family
Sci-Tech
Science
Social media
Sport
Technology
Television
Thames Deckway
Traffic
Travel
Trending UK
UK News
UnitedHealth Group Inc.
Weather
World News
Science
Social media
Sport
Technology
Television
Thames Deckway
Traffic
Travel
Trending UK
UK News
UnitedHealth Group Inc.
Weather
World News
✗ Close categories
✗ Close categories
✗ Close categories
Arsenal
Aston Villa
Athletics
Badminton
Baseball
Basketball
Blackburn Rovers
Blackpool
Boxing
Burnley
Cardiff City
Champions League
Chelsea
Cricket
Crystal Palace
Cycling
Darts
Aston Villa
Athletics
Badminton
Baseball
Basketball
Blackburn Rovers
Blackpool
Boxing
Burnley
Cardiff City
Champions League
Chelsea
Cricket
Crystal Palace
Cycling
Darts
Everton
Formula 1
Formula 1 - Force India Videos
Formula 1 - Infiniti Red Bull Racing Videos
Formula 1 - Live Stream & News
Formula 1 - McLaren Videos
Formula 1 - Mercedes AMG Petronas Videos
Formula 1 - Sauber F1 Team Videos
Formula 1 - Scuderia Ferrari Videos
Formula 1 - Scuderia Toro Rosso Videos
Formula 1 - Team Lotus Videos
Formula 1 - Williams Martini videos
Fulham
Golf
Hockey
Horse Racing
Formula 1
Formula 1 - Force India Videos
Formula 1 - Infiniti Red Bull Racing Videos
Formula 1 - Live Stream & News
Formula 1 - McLaren Videos
Formula 1 - Mercedes AMG Petronas Videos
Formula 1 - Sauber F1 Team Videos
Formula 1 - Scuderia Ferrari Videos
Formula 1 - Scuderia Toro Rosso Videos
Formula 1 - Team Lotus Videos
Formula 1 - Williams Martini videos
Fulham
Golf
Hockey
Horse Racing
Hull City
Ice Hockey
Leicester City
Liverpool
Manchester City
Manchester United
Middlesbrough
Motorsport
Norwich City
Philadelphia Phillies
Premier League
Queens Park Rangers
Rally
Reading
Rowing
Rugby
Ice Hockey
Leicester City
Liverpool
Manchester City
Manchester United
Middlesbrough
Motorsport
Norwich City
Philadelphia Phillies
Premier League
Queens Park Rangers
Rally
Reading
Rowing
Rugby
scarlets rugby
Soccer
Southampton
Stoke City
Sunderland
Swansea City
Swimming
Tennis
Tottenham
Tour de France
Volleyball
WC soccer 2014
Welsh Rugby Union
West Ham
Wigan Athletic
Wolverhampton Wanderers
Soccer
Southampton
Stoke City
Sunderland
Swansea City
Swimming
Tennis
Tottenham
Tour de France
Volleyball
WC soccer 2014
Welsh Rugby Union
West Ham
Wigan Athletic
Wolverhampton Wanderers
✗ Close categories
✗ Close categories
✗ Close categories
...test
Aberdeen City
Aberdeenshire
Antrim
Aylesbury Vale
Barking and Dagenham
Barnet
Barnsley
Basildon
Bath and North East Somerset
Belfast
Bexley
Birmingham
Blackburn with Darwen
Bolton
Bournemouth
Bradford
Brent
Brighton and Hove
Bristol
Bromley
Bury
Calderdale
Cambridge
Camden
Cardiff
Central Bedfordshire
Cheshire East
Cheshire West and Chester
Cornwall
County Durham
Aberdeen City
Aberdeenshire
Antrim
Aylesbury Vale
Barking and Dagenham
Barnet
Barnsley
Basildon
Bath and North East Somerset
Belfast
Bexley
Birmingham
Blackburn with Darwen
Bolton
Bournemouth
Bradford
Brent
Brighton and Hove
Bristol
Bromley
Bury
Calderdale
Cambridge
Camden
Cardiff
Central Bedfordshire
Cheshire East
Cheshire West and Chester
Cornwall
County Durham
Coventry
Croydon
Derby
Doncaster
Dudley
Ealing
East Riding of Yorkshire
Edinburgh
Enfield
Essex
Gateshead
Glasgow
Greater London
Greenwich
Hackney
Hammersmith and Fulham
Haringey
Harrow
Havering
Herefordshire
Hillingdon
Hounslow
Hull
Islington
Kirklees
Lambeth
Leeds
Leicester
Lewisham
Liverpool
London
Croydon
Derby
Doncaster
Dudley
Ealing
East Riding of Yorkshire
Edinburgh
Enfield
Essex
Gateshead
Glasgow
Greater London
Greenwich
Hackney
Hammersmith and Fulham
Haringey
Harrow
Havering
Herefordshire
Hillingdon
Hounslow
Hull
Islington
Kirklees
Lambeth
Leeds
Leicester
Lewisham
Liverpool
London
Luton
Manchester
Medway
Merton
Milton Keynes
New Forest
Newcastle
Newcastle upon Tyne
Newham
North Somerset
North Tyneside
North West
Northampton
Northern Ireland
Northumberland
Nottingham
Oldham
Oxford
Peterborough
Plymouth
Portsmouth
Redbridge
Richmond upon Thames
Rochdale
Rotherham
Salford
Sandwell
Scotland
Sefton
Sheffield
Shropshire
Manchester
Medway
Merton
Milton Keynes
New Forest
Newcastle
Newcastle upon Tyne
Newham
North Somerset
North Tyneside
North West
Northampton
Northern Ireland
Northumberland
Nottingham
Oldham
Oxford
Peterborough
Plymouth
Portsmouth
Redbridge
Richmond upon Thames
Rochdale
Rotherham
Salford
Sandwell
Scotland
Sefton
Sheffield
Shropshire
Solihull
South East
South Gloucestershire
South West
Southampton
Southend-on-Sea
Southwark
St Helens
Stockport
Stockton-on-Tees
Stoke-on-Trent
Sunderland
Sutton
Swindon
Tameside
Tower Hamlets
Trafford
Wakefield
Wales
Walsall
Waltham Forest
Wandsworth
Warrington
West Midlands
Westminster
Wigan
Wiltshire
Wirral
Wolverhampton
York
South East
South Gloucestershire
South West
Southampton
Southend-on-Sea
Southwark
St Helens
Stockport
Stockton-on-Tees
Stoke-on-Trent
Sunderland
Sutton
Swindon
Tameside
Tower Hamlets
Trafford
Wakefield
Wales
Walsall
Waltham Forest
Wandsworth
Warrington
West Midlands
Westminster
Wigan
Wiltshire
Wirral
Wolverhampton
York
✗ Close categories
✗ Close categories
✗ Close categories
Harry Styles
Aaron Taylor-Johnson
Adele
Ashley Cole
Benedict Cumberbatch
Billie Piper
Boris Johnson
Charlie Hunnam
Cliff Richard
David Beckham
DJ 3lau
DJ Above & Beyond
DJ Afrojack
DJ Alesso
DJ Aly & Fila
DJ Andrew Rayel
DJ Angerfist
DJ Armin Van Buuren
DJ Arty
DJ ATB
DJ Audien
DJ Avicii
DJ Axwell
DJ Bingo Players
DJ Bl3ND
DJ Blasterjaxx
DJ Borgeous
DJ Borgore
DJ Boy George
DJ Brennan Heart
DJ Calvin Harris
DJ Carl Cox
DJ Carnage
DJ Code Black
DJ Coone
DJ Cosmic Gate
DJ Da Tweekaz
Aaron Taylor-Johnson
Adele
Ashley Cole
Benedict Cumberbatch
Billie Piper
Boris Johnson
Charlie Hunnam
Cliff Richard
David Beckham
DJ 3lau
DJ Above & Beyond
DJ Afrojack
DJ Alesso
DJ Aly & Fila
DJ Andrew Rayel
DJ Angerfist
DJ Armin Van Buuren
DJ Arty
DJ ATB
DJ Audien
DJ Avicii
DJ Axwell
DJ Bingo Players
DJ Bl3ND
DJ Blasterjaxx
DJ Borgeous
DJ Borgore
DJ Boy George
DJ Brennan Heart
DJ Calvin Harris
DJ Carl Cox
DJ Carnage
DJ Code Black
DJ Coone
DJ Cosmic Gate
DJ Da Tweekaz
DJ Dada Life
DJ Daft Punk
DJ Dannic
DJ Dash Berlin
DJ David Guetta
DJ Deadmau5
DJ Deorro
DJ Diego Miranda
DJ Dillon Francis
DJ Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike
DJ Diplo
DJ Don Diablo
DJ DVBBS
DJ Dyro
DJ Eric Prydz
DJ Fedde Le Grand
DJ Felguk
DJ Ferry Corsten
DJ Firebeatz
DJ Frontliner
DJ Gabry Ponte
DJ Gareth Emery
DJ Hardwell
DJ Headhunterz
DJ Heatbeat
DJ Infected Mushroom
DJ John O'Callaghan
DJ Kaskade
DJ Knife Party
DJ Krewella
DJ Kura
DJ Laidback Luke
DJ Madeon
DJ MAKJ
DJ Markus Schulz
DJ Martin Garrix
DJ Daft Punk
DJ Dannic
DJ Dash Berlin
DJ David Guetta
DJ Deadmau5
DJ Deorro
DJ Diego Miranda
DJ Dillon Francis
DJ Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike
DJ Diplo
DJ Don Diablo
DJ DVBBS
DJ Dyro
DJ Eric Prydz
DJ Fedde Le Grand
DJ Felguk
DJ Ferry Corsten
DJ Firebeatz
DJ Frontliner
DJ Gabry Ponte
DJ Gareth Emery
DJ Hardwell
DJ Headhunterz
DJ Heatbeat
DJ Infected Mushroom
DJ John O'Callaghan
DJ Kaskade
DJ Knife Party
DJ Krewella
DJ Kura
DJ Laidback Luke
DJ Madeon
DJ MAKJ
DJ Markus Schulz
DJ Martin Garrix
DJ Merk & Kremont
DJ Mike Candys
DJ Nervo
DJ Nicky Romero
DJ Noisecontrollers
DJ Oliver Heldens
DJ Orjan Nilsen
DJ Paul Van Dyk
DJ Porter Robinson
DJ Quentin Mosimann
DJ Quintino
DJ R3hab
DJ Radical Redemption
DJ Richie Hawtin
DJ Sander Van Doorn
DJ Sebastian Ingrosso
DJ Showtek
DJ Skrillex
DJ Snake
DJ Steve Angello
DJ Steve Aoki
DJ Tenishia
DJ The Chainsmokers
DJ Tiddey
DJ Tiesto
DJ TJR
DJ Umek
DJ Ummet Ozcan
DJ Vicetone
DJ VINAI
DJ W&W
DJ Wildstylez
DJ Wolfpack
DJ Yves V
DJ Zatox
DJ Zedd
DJ Mike Candys
DJ Nervo
DJ Nicky Romero
DJ Noisecontrollers
DJ Oliver Heldens
DJ Orjan Nilsen
DJ Paul Van Dyk
DJ Porter Robinson
DJ Quentin Mosimann
DJ Quintino
DJ R3hab
DJ Radical Redemption
DJ Richie Hawtin
DJ Sander Van Doorn
DJ Sebastian Ingrosso
DJ Showtek
DJ Skrillex
DJ Snake
DJ Steve Angello
DJ Steve Aoki
DJ Tenishia
DJ The Chainsmokers
DJ Tiddey
DJ Tiesto
DJ TJR
DJ Umek
DJ Ummet Ozcan
DJ Vicetone
DJ VINAI
DJ W&W
DJ Wildstylez
DJ Wolfpack
DJ Yves V
DJ Zatox
DJ Zedd
DJ Zomboy
Emilia Clarke
Emily Blunt
Gabriella Wilde
Gary Lineker
Gemma Arterton
Gwendoline Christie
Hayley Atwell
Helena Bonham Carter
Imogen Poots
Jason Statham
John Terry
Juno Temple
Kate Beckinsale
Kate Winslet
Keira Knightley
Liam Payne
Lily Collins
Louis Tomlinson
Niall Horan
Nicholas Hoult
Paul McCartney
Prince William
Ralph Fiennes
Richard Branson
Robbie Williams
Robert Pattinson
Rosamund Pike
Sophie Turner
Theo James
Tom Hardy
Tom Hiddleston
Tony Blair
Tyree Cooper
Wayne Rooney
Zayn Malik
Emilia Clarke
Emily Blunt
Gabriella Wilde
Gary Lineker
Gemma Arterton
Gwendoline Christie
Hayley Atwell
Helena Bonham Carter
Imogen Poots
Jason Statham
John Terry
Juno Temple
Kate Beckinsale
Kate Winslet
Keira Knightley
Liam Payne
Lily Collins
Louis Tomlinson
Niall Horan
Nicholas Hoult
Paul McCartney
Prince William
Ralph Fiennes
Richard Branson
Robbie Williams
Robert Pattinson
Rosamund Pike
Sophie Turner
Theo James
Tom Hardy
Tom Hiddleston
Tony Blair
Tyree Cooper
Wayne Rooney
Zayn Malik
✗ Close categories
✗ Close categories
✗ Close categories
Accountancy
Administration
Advertising
Aerospace
Agriculture
Analyst
Animals
Antiques
Archaeology
Architecture
Arts
Astrology
Astronomy
Auto News
Automotive
Aviation
Bakery
Biotechnology
Brazil
Cabaret
Call Centre
Car News
Care
Catering
Charities
Administration
Advertising
Aerospace
Agriculture
Analyst
Animals
Antiques
Archaeology
Architecture
Arts
Astrology
Astronomy
Auto News
Automotive
Aviation
Bakery
Biotechnology
Brazil
Cabaret
Call Centre
Car News
Care
Catering
Charities
Chemistry
Child care
Cinema, Theater & TV
Cleaning Industry
Coaching
Construction
Customs
Dairy industry
Dance & ballet
Debt collection agencies
Defense
DJ
Economy
Education & Training
Electrical
Entrepreneur
Farming & Agriculture
Financial
Firefighter
Fisheries
Flowers
FMCG
Food
Fruit & Vegetables
Genealogy
Child care
Cinema, Theater & TV
Cleaning Industry
Coaching
Construction
Customs
Dairy industry
Dance & ballet
Debt collection agencies
Defense
DJ
Economy
Education & Training
Electrical
Entrepreneur
Farming & Agriculture
Financial
Firefighter
Fisheries
Flowers
FMCG
Food
Fruit & Vegetables
Genealogy
General News
Government
Hair stylist
Hotel
HR & Recruitment
ICT
Insurance
IT Executive
Jobs
Justice
Landscaper
Lawyer
Legal
Library
Logistics
Marketing
Meat industry
Medical Industry
Mining
Nurse
Online Trends
Pharmaceutical Industry
Pharmacy
Physical therapy
Police
Government
Hair stylist
Hotel
HR & Recruitment
ICT
Insurance
IT Executive
Jobs
Justice
Landscaper
Lawyer
Legal
Library
Logistics
Marketing
Meat industry
Medical Industry
Mining
Nurse
Online Trends
Pharmaceutical Industry
Pharmacy
Physical therapy
Police
Political
PR Public relations
Production & Industry
Project Management
Psychology
Public Transport
Publisher
Real estate
Research & Development
Restaurant
Retail
Sales & Marketing
Security
SEO
Shipping
Social work
Sustainable Energy
Teacher
Telecom
Tourism
Traditional Energy
Transport
Travel Industry
Web Design
PR Public relations
Production & Industry
Project Management
Psychology
Public Transport
Publisher
Real estate
Research & Development
Restaurant
Retail
Sales & Marketing
Security
SEO
Shipping
Social work
Sustainable Energy
Teacher
Telecom
Tourism
Traditional Energy
Transport
Travel Industry
Web Design
✗ Close categories
-
Ryder Architecture completes blue slate hospice in Glasgow
The hospice is spread over 5,840m² of social spaces, patient accommodation and therapy rooms -
Peter Richards obituary
via theguardian.comThe role of the local authority conservation officer is much misunderstood and maligned. My father, Peter Richards, who has died aged 94, did much to place the discipline on a proper professional footing and demonstrate what it could achieve. He headed a multidisciplinary team at Essex county council from 1974 to 1994 and led the restoration of important historic buildings and their gardens for public use, such as the Grade-I medieval barns at Cressing Temple near Witham – one of which is -
Owners of Crooked House pub appeal against order to rebuild
via theguardian.comATE Farms had been issued with enforcement notice for unlawful demolition after fire gutted building The owners of the Crooked House pub in Himley have appealed against an order to rebuild the 18th-century building, which was demolished days after a fire last year.The blaze on 5 August, which is being treated by police as arson, and the subsequent demolition of the famously wonky Staffordshire pub prompted a national outcry. Continue reading... -
Yorkshire estate known as world’s first nature reserve gets Grade II listing
via theguardian.comEccentric Victorian owner of Waterton Park, near Wakefield, made pioneering decisions to protect wildlifeA Yorkshire parkland regarded as the world’s first nature reserve – which was created by an eccentric pioneering 19th-century environmentalist – has been given a Grade II listing.Historic England said Waterton Park, near Wakefield, was the earliest known example of a landscape designed specifically to attract and protect native wildlife. Continue reading... -
Lynn Kinnear obituary
via theguardian.comLandscape architect whose work ranged from urban playgrounds to wetland parks and who was committed to working with local communitiesLynn Kinnear, who has died of cancer aged 64, was one of the outstanding landscape architects of her generation. Her work ranged from urban playgrounds to natural parks such as Walthamstow Wetlands in east London. She collaborated with a number of leading architects and artists, including the Richard Rogers Partnership. Burntwood school in Wandsworth, south London, -
‘This is our beautiful castle’: the stunning new buildings expressing Māori pride
via theguardian.comFrom facial tattoos to TV stations, young Māori are enthusiastically embracing tribal cultural identity in Aotearoa New Zealand. Now a new wave of Indigenous architects are making their markA bright red ribbon of metal buckles out of the ground in suburban Auckland, ramping up at a sharp angle before cranking over in a lopsided arc. It frames a big glass wall, folded in a diagonal crease, whose striped surface is covered in a riot of patterns, with abstract motifs of waves, fish and stars s -
Sagrada Familia in Barcelona ‘will be completed in 2026’
via theguardian.comNew date for Antoni Gaudí’s basilica announced but enormous, controversial stairway will take another eight yearsBarcelona’s Sagrada Familia basilica has a new completion date of 2026, which will come 144 years after the first stone was laid.The president of the organisation tasked with completing Antoni Gaudí’s masterwork announced the date last Wednesday, which coincides with the centenary of the death of the building’s architect. Continue reading... -
Costa’s Barbers: the shop-to-home conversion that’s a cut above
via theguardian.comBattersea, London
An old barber shop redesigned by architects Brisco Loran as their own live-work space is the latest project from developer Duncan Blackmore, a man on a mission to repurpose quirky urban spaces in a positive wayEveryone knows that high streets are under threat, caught in spirals of decline driven by the rise of online shopping. It’s also obvious, or should be, that the government’s big idea for responding to this crisis, which is to make it possible to convert shops -
In the political ethics of eyesores, a lumpen London office block trumps clean energy | Rowan Moore
via theguardian.comThe government believes a solar farm’s ‘visual harm’ outweighs its economic benefits; with the Mitsubishi tower it’s the reverseLast week the government decided to refuse planning permission for a solar farm in Northamptonshire. This is the same government that last month, possibly encouraged by a letter from the developers Mitsubishi to Rishi Sunak, approved 72 Upper Ground, a prominent, lumpen office block on the South Bank in London.In the first case they decided that -
In the political ethics of eyesores a lumpen London office block trumps clean energy | Rowan Moore
via theguardian.comThe government deems a solar array’s ‘visual harm’ outweighs its economic benefits, with the Mitsubishi tower it’s the reverseLast week the government decided to refuse planning permission for a solar farm in Northamptonshire.This is the same government that last month, possibly encouraged by a letter from the developers Mitsubishi to Rishi Sunak, approved 72 Upper Ground, a prominent, lumpen office block on the South Bank in London. Continue reading... -
‘We are dealing with fundamentalist rightwingers’: Berlin statues are latest battleground in Germany’s culture wars
via theguardian.comMonuments erected on the Stadtschloss are an ‘infiltration’ of the city and its skyline by nationalists, say criticsSilently towering into the grey Berlin sky, the latest addition to the German capital’s skyline is easily missed by passengers passing along the Unter den Linden boulevard below. Eight statues of Old Testament prophets, each more than 3 metres tall and weighing 3 tonnes, were installed last week in a circular formation around the cupola of the palace in the centre -
Theo Matoff obituary
via theguardian.comMy husband, Theo Matoff, who has died aged 92, was a lecturer in architecture who rose to become head of the schools of architecture at two polytechnics – in Plymouth and then Leicester.Theo was born in Vancouver, Canada, to Miriam (nee Lando) and her husband, Conrad, and went to Magee high school in the city. His parents jointly owned a fur company, but when he was 19 they moved to Los Angeles to run a department store and he went with them. Continue reading... -
LA’s graffiti-tagged skyscraper: a work of art – and symbol of city’s wider failings
via theguardian.comAfter its Chinese backers pulled out, Oceanwide Plaza stands abandoned – could it be turned over to those who need it most?An asparagus patch is how the architect Charles Moore described the lackluster skyline of downtown Los Angeles in the 1980s. “The tallest stalk and the shortest stalk are just alike, except that the tallest has shot father out of the ground.”This sprawling city of bungalows has never been known for the quality of its high-rise buildings, and not much has ch -
The Phoenix, Lewes: a new riverside neighbourhood that sounds almost too good to be true
via theguardian.comA dream team of architects has planning permission to convert a former ironworks in the old Sussex market town into a sustainable new community for all, with low-rise flats, courtyard gardens, electric car share and more. If built, it could spearhead a transformation of British housingImagine a new district of an old town, made up of multiple good things. Its blocks of flats, mostly four or five storeys high, would achieve what’s called “gentle density”, which means getting a g -
Architectural adventures in the Alps – in pictures
via theguardian.comAfter months of isolation in 2020, the Leipzig photographer Albrecht Voss asked his oldest friend to join him on an adventure through the Alps taking pictures of modern architecture. With just 20 days to capture 28 buildings in Slovenia, Austria, Switzerland and Germany, the project involved scaling glaciers in the dark and sleeping in empty chapels. “We would aim to be on top of the mountain for golden hour, when the light is very beautiful,” he says. “Then we’d wait unt -
‘A tipping point for the city’: anger in Birmingham as Electric cinema closes
via theguardian.comCampaign to save UK’s oldest working cinema and designate Station Street ‘a historic asset’ launched amid redevelopment plansThere are growing calls to protect a street in Birmingham that was home to the UK’s first purpose-built repertory theatre, a pub that hosted Black Sabbath’s first gig and the country’s oldest working cinema, with two of the three venues now closed down.The closure last week of the Electric cinema on Station Street, 114 years after it ope -
New River Wing, Clare College, Cambridge review – a perfect fit
via theguardian.comBuilt offsite in Yorkshire and carefully squeezed into its narrow riverside site, the oak-framed extension to Cambridge’s second oldest college combines Tudor-tech spirit and cutting-edge, ship-in-a-bottle engineeringThere’s a lot of talk around about “beauty”. Social media is littered with posts of golden, old, sun-drenched buildings, in which some self-appointed wise man hands down aphorisms on their “spiritual significance”. They come with lamentations that -
John Miller obituary
via theguardian.comArchitect who modified Tate Britain and other institutions sympathetically and designed discreet new structuresWhen the Tate Gallery split in half at the turn of the millennium, John Miller was the architect who turned its original Millbank home into Tate Britain. The new development, Tate Modern, carved out of the brick cliff of the former Bankside power station by Herzog & de Meuron, attracted larger crowds. But in architectural terms the remodelling of the somewhat underpowered classicism -
A tropical storm, an ancient sisterhood and Toni Morrison sculptures – the week in art
via theguardian.comPostcolonial architecture in Ghana, fresh responses to an all-female medieval community and sculptures inspired by radical writing – all in your weekly dispatchTropical Modernism: Architecture and Independence
An atmospheric look at how high modernist architecture was reinvented as the style of postcolonial Ghana and India in the 1950s and 60s.
• V&A, London, until 22 September Continue reading... -
‘I am not very good at design’: architecture’s top honour goes to Riken Yamamoto
via theguardian.comThe Pritzker prize has been won by the 78-year-old Japaneses master whose whose work ranges from an open-access Hiroshima fire station to a building seemingly made of booksFrom rows of public housing connected by elevated walkways and shared terraces, to sleek glass university buildings designed for maximum transparency between departments, the architecture of Riken Yamamoto has always been about seeing and being seen. Now it’s his turn to be put in the spotlight, as the 78-year-old Japane -
New Yorkers rail against luxury tower blocking Empire State Building: ‘The mighty dollar rules the sky’
via theguardian.comAmid a nationwide housing crisis, residents say 262 Fifth Avenue – a batch of condos for the wealthiest – is ruining the view downtownTom Clark’s Lower East Side apartment comes with a prime view of the Empire State Building. “I can see it from my couch,” he said. Well, he used to be able to catch a glance – before an ultra-thin luxury tower dubbed 262 Fifth Avenue came along.Now the 860ft residential tower, which is still under construction, blocks the Empire -
‘It’s a monkey’s puzzle’: is it possible to rebuild the Crooked House pub?
via theguardian.comThe venue’s owners have been told to put it back to its wonky glory after it was gutted by a fire and bulldozedRebuilding a 260-year-old building that was burned to a shell and then bulldozed to a pile of rubble is no mean feat in any scenario. But rebuilding the Crooked House pub, a lopsided structure that had sunk 4ft into the ground, is even trickier.“It’s a bit of a monkey’s puzzle, with no right angles,” said Stephen Levrant, who runs a heritage architecture fi -
Tropical Modernism review – a complex story of power, freedom, craft… and cows
via theguardian.comV&A, London
Modernist architecture’s arrival in India and colonial west Africa, and how, post-independence, a new generation of local architects made the style their own, is explored in an intriguing new exhibitionIn Chandigarh, northern India, in 1957, a road inspector called Nek Chand started building a fantasy world, alone and with his bare hands, in a secluded wooded area. He constructed palaces and waterfalls and an evocation of his home village in what was now Pakistan, from whic -
‘We don’t need air con’: how Burkina Faso builds schools that stay cool in 40C heat
via theguardian.comArchitects use local materials and merge traditional techniques with modern technology to make schools and orphanages cool, welcoming placesIf architects are people who like to think their way around challenges, building schools in Burkina Faso must be the dream job. The challenges, after all, are legion: scorching temperatures in the high seasons, limited funds, materials, electricity and water, and clients who are vulnerable and young. How do you keep a building cool under a baking sun when th -
Long-buried Atlas statue raised to guard Temple of Zeus in Sicily once more
via theguardian.comEight-metre statue dating from fifth century BC restored and assembled piece-by-piece to be displayed in Valley of the TemplesA colossal statue of Atlas that lay buried for centuries among ancient ruins has been reconstructed to take its rightful place among the Greek temples of Agrigento in Sicily, after a 20-year research and restoration project.The statue, standing at eight metres (26ft) tall and dating back to the fifth century BC, was one of nearly 38 that adorned the Temple of Zeus, consid -
‘I get looks of disbelief’: the visionary women shaking up architecture worldwide
via theguardian.comWhy are talented women still so shunned by the profession? From an epic New Zealand railway to a mirrored Kyiv tower with a helipad, a new book celebrates the thrilling work of 100 groundbreakersIt is unusual for authors to announce that they can’t wait for the day when their book is rendered obsolete. But then the researchers behind 100 Women: Architects in Practice hope that its title will ultimately sound as strange as a book about 100 left-handed architects, or 100 who happen to have g -
Africa’s largest mosque inaugurated in Algeria after years of delays
via theguardian.comPrayer room of Great Mosque of Algiers, beset by political wrangling and cost overruns, accommodates 120,000 peopleAlgeria has inaugurated a gigantic mosque on its Mediterranean coastline after years of political upheaval transformed the project from a symbol of state-sponsored strength and religiosity to one of delays and cost overruns.Built by a Chinese construction firm throughout the 2010s, the Great Mosque of Algiers features the world’s tallest minaret, measuring 265 metres (869ft). -
Post-colonial party pads! The architects who got Ghana back in the groove
via theguardian.comWhen the African country gained independence, its architecture exploded as the race to create a new identity began. We go behind the scenes at a show celebrating the builders of this fledgling nationDeep inside the workshops of the Victoria and Albert Museum, a specialist is painstakingly dabbing the back of a torn drawing with a cotton bud. After spending hours carefully removing strips of ageing sticky tape, she is delicately repairing the paper properly, to reveal a dashing modernist building -
London’s BT Tower is to be ‘repurposed’ – let’s just hope no one messes with its 60s perfection | Rowan Moore
via theguardian.comThe futuristic landmark is to become a hotel: fine. In charge of the project? A designer who likes to put his mark on thingsIn his 1994 movie London, a classic of poetical-geographical film-making, its director-writer Patrick Keiller speculates that the BT tower, that rises on the site that once contained a flat inhabited by Paul Verlaine and Arthur Rimbaud, is a secret monument to the French poets’ love. This is one of many instances of this structure’s ability to generate myths &nd -
The Post Office Tower opens: ‘the 20th century Big Ben’ – archive, 9 Oct 1965
via theguardian.comOn 8 October 1965, prime minister Harold Wilson officially opened what was then Britain’s tallest building BT Tower to become hotel as London landmark sold for £275mThe tallest building in London – and in Britain – the 620ft Post Office Tower, off the Tottenham Court Road, was yesterday officially opened by the prime minister.It was, as Mr Wilson emphasised, an operational opening and to prove the point he picked up a white telephone receiver and spoke to the lord mayor o
Follow @architectureuk1 on Twitter!