Building Studies
Comparing two small houses by Go Hasegawa in Japan
Two dwellings display an equally deft approach to the constraints of the suburb and the freedom of the forest
Lacaton & Vassal's revitalisation of a Parisian tower block
The striking transformation of a run-down tower in northern Paris suggests an alternative approach to the physical and social redevelopment of decaying post-war housing
Lutheran church by Johan Celsing follows in the footsteps of Lewerentz
A dark brick box perforated by cool, pale light forms an austere yet serenely numinous setting for Lutheran worship in a Stockholm
Allied Works's arresting art museum in Denver
A major new art museum dedicated to the life and work of Clyfford Still draws on the expressive energy and elementality of the painter’s oeuvre
Glen Howells Architects challenge conventions of volume house building
Conceived as an exemplary riposte to the dreariness and mediocrity of most volume housebuilding, this new residential scheme in Swindon actively engages with ideas about community, sustainability and place
Joint Winner of ar+d awards : Film Institute by Boonserm Premthada, Thailand
A worthy joint winner, Premthada’s Film Institute broadcasts itself in rural Thailand. With an air of Eladio Dieste, adept brickwork directs the design and prompts an inventive way of looking at interactive space
AR Internships
Internships at The Architectural Review
The Architectural Review is looking for enthusiastic architectural students and graduates to join its editorial team as part of its internship programme
Folio
Award Winning Acoustic Sanctuary by Basmah Kaki
This RIBA President’s medal winning project the building engages its users in educational programmes, while transforming the abrasive sounds of quarrying
Renzo Piano talks about The Shard
Modernist Pioneers exhibition in Vienna
New exhibition in the Lower Belvedere celebrates the 150th anniversary of Klimt’s birth.
Urbanism and Architecture at the Shenzhen & Hong Kong Biennale
Shenzhen is not Venice but it does have an architectural biennale
Japan's Finest
Comparing two small houses by Go Hasegawa in Japan
Two dwellings display an equally deft approach to the constraints of the suburb and the freedom of the forest
From the archives: Imre Makovecz (1935 – 2011)
Read Jonathan Glancey’s 1981 Architectural Review article on Hungarian architect Imre Makovecz who died last week aged 75
The Architectural Review: January 2012
Events
Saturated Space Launch
The Architectural Review is Media Partner for the Saturated Space Cluster, a forum for the sharing, exploration, and celebration of colour in architecture
RCA ARCHITECTURE LECTURE SERIES 2011/12
Over a series of five lectures, ten high-profile speakers will share their cutting-edge research
Campaign
The Big Rethink – Towards a Complete Architecture
AR’s new campagn is launched with a critical broadside at the many “Starchitects” of the industry from Peter Buchanan
Deal or No Deal in Durban
In the anticlimactic aftermath of the COP17 Climate Change Conference, how can architects respond in the face of overwhelming political apathy?
innovators
Innovators interview – Renzo Piano
Video: Renzo Piano is the subject of this month’s Innovators interview from the top of The Shard in London, produced in partnership with Hunter Douglas
Essays
Prehistoric buildings hold an overlooked social complexity
The discovery of the oldest known wooden stairway in Europe, preserved in an Alpine saltmine, revealed astonishing levels of design sophistication among some of our distant ancestors. Timothy Taylor muses on Bronze Age construction and placemaking and the effects that prehistoric architecture may have had on social control.
Pedagogy - Centre for Alternative Technology, Wales
Should the serious business of sustainability be a laughing matter? According to the holistic learning principles promoted by CAT, the combination of green technology, having fun and fresh country air can lead to making better buildings.
The Big Rethink – Towards a Complete Architecture
AR’s new campagn is launched with a critical broadside at the many “Starchitects” of the industry from Peter Buchanan
View From – Suzhou, China
As the COP17 talks emphasise the need for action on climate change, China is using sustainable development as a political tool
Going for Gold at the RIBA and the AIA
Reflecting on the medal winning success of Herman Hertzberger and Steven Holl
Theory
Celebrating the winners of the 2011 ar + d awards
This issue celebrates the winners of the 2011 ar+d Awards for Emerging Architecture
Joint Winner of ar+d awards : Film Institute by Boonserm Premthada, Thailand
A worthy joint winner, Premthada’s Film Institute broadcasts itself in rural Thailand. With an air of Eladio Dieste, adept brickwork directs the design and prompts an inventive way of looking at interactive space
Joint Winner of ar+d awards : Harbour remodelling by Creus e Carrasco, Malpica, Spain
A worthy joint winner, Carrasco solicitously approaches this transformation with creative panache turning an inert harbour into an engaging haven
Biodiversity Centre by Thomas Garcia Piriz, Loja, Southern Spain
Piriz commands Spanish soils with an irregular, dramatic insertion-seaming the landscape via an intrepid geometry
