http://www.architectural-review.com http://www.architectural-review.com http://www.architectural-review.com/magazine/graphics/logo.png http://www.architectural-review.com http://www.architectural-review.com/buildings/house-in-alcobaa-portugal-by-aires-mateus/8644649.article?referrer=RSS http://www.architectural-review.com/buildings/house-in-alcobaa-portugal-by-aires-mateus/8644649.article Transmuted into a spectral abstraction of its former self, a ruined house in Alcobaça comes back from the dead Mon, 15 Apr 2013 09:32 GMT http://www.architectural-review.com/buildings/london-schools-part-two-central-st-martins-by-stanton-williams/8644717.article?referrer=RSS http://www.architectural-review.com/buildings/london-schools-part-two-central-st-martins-by-stanton-williams/8644717.article At the centre of the vast King’s Cross regeneration project, the new home for Central St Martins is a bold gambit in an emerging urban landscape. Bringing together all the disciplines for the first time, the college is learning from its first year in a building that hopes to support continuous creative evolution will.hunter@emap.com (Will Hunter) Mon, 8 Apr 2013 10:09 GMT http://www.architectural-review.com/buildings/house-in-hokkaido-japan-by-kengo-kuma/8644605.article?referrer=RSS http://www.architectural-review.com/buildings/house-in-hokkaido-japan-by-kengo-kuma/8644605.article A prototypical house by Kengo Kuma updates an ancient approach to living through the severe winters of Japan’s northernmost island Mon, 1 Apr 2013 10:30 GMT http://www.architectural-review.com/buildings/ripon-chapel-oxfordshire-by-niall-mclaughlin-architects/8644673.article?referrer=RSS http://www.architectural-review.com/buildings/ripon-chapel-oxfordshire-by-niall-mclaughlin-architects/8644673.article Its delicate arboreal structure wrapped in an armature of stone, Ripon College's new chapel is a subtle synthesis of nature and the sacred Mon, 25 Mar 2013 12:27 GMT http://www.architectural-review.com/buildings/artful-assembly-school-in-tama-tokyo-by-kengo-kuma-and-associates/8644568.article?referrer=RSS http://www.architectural-review.com/buildings/artful-assembly-school-in-tama-tokyo-by-kengo-kuma-and-associates/8644568.article In applying historic Japanese building techniques to contemporary projects, Kengo Kuma orchestrates a synthesis of modernity and tradition, but does this approach go beyond an aesthetic level? Sun, 24 Mar 2013 16:02 GMT http://www.architectural-review.com/buildings/contemporary-art-centre-spain-by-nieto-sobejano-arquitectos/8643167.article?referrer=RSS http://www.architectural-review.com/buildings/contemporary-art-centre-spain-by-nieto-sobejano-arquitectos/8643167.article Drawing on the richness of Islamic forms and geometries, Nieto Sobejano’s new art centre in Córdoba reinterprets ancient motifs through contemporary materials and spatial relationships Tue, 19 Mar 2013 09:00 GMT http://www.architectural-review.com/buildings/porosity-block-chengdu-china-steven-holl/8643229.article?referrer=RSS http://www.architectural-review.com/buildings/porosity-block-chengdu-china-steven-holl/8643229.article The ‘sliced porosity’ of Steven Holl’s latest Chinese mega-project is a graphic presence implanted in the pulsating heart of Chengdu Mon, 4 Mar 2013 15:31 GMT http://www.architectural-review.com/buildings/-muse-du-louvre-by-sanaa-lens-france/8643319.article?referrer=RSS http://www.architectural-review.com/buildings/-muse-du-louvre-by-sanaa-lens-france/8643319.article Despite its trophy architecture, the Louvre’s new provincial outpost raises questions about its wider mission of decentralising high culture Wed, 27 Feb 2013 19:08 GMT http://www.architectural-review.com/london-schools-part-one-royal-college-of-art-by-haworth-tompkins/8643316.article?referrer=RSS http://www.architectural-review.com/london-schools-part-one-royal-college-of-art-by-haworth-tompkins/8643316.article The first article in the London schools series, Will Hunter reports on the social and pedagogical agendas shaping the RCA’s latest changes will.hunter@emap.com (Will Hunter) Wed, 27 Feb 2013 18:46 GMT http://www.architectural-review.com/tokyo-garden-and-house-by-ryue-nishizawa/8643179.article?referrer=RSS http://www.architectural-review.com/tokyo-garden-and-house-by-ryue-nishizawa/8643179.article Designed by Ryue Nishizawa of SANAA, this house of floating concrete planes and glass walls contrives an ascetic domesticity tempered only by nature Wed, 27 Feb 2013 09:00 GMT http://www.architectural-review.com/book-mountain-mvrdvs-library-in-spijkenisee-rotterdam/8641676.article?referrer=RSS http://www.architectural-review.com/book-mountain-mvrdvs-library-in-spijkenisee-rotterdam/8641676.article The short shelf life of this Dutch library’s collection enabled MVRDV to turn the spines out to face the town and invite in its inhabitants Thu, 31 Jan 2013 11:21 GMT http://www.architectural-review.com/banqueting-pavilion-restaurant-les-cols-by-rcr-arquitectes-girona-spain/8641693.article?referrer=RSS http://www.architectural-review.com/banqueting-pavilion-restaurant-les-cols-by-rcr-arquitectes-girona-spain/8641693.article Using banal materials to poetic effect, this dining marquee sits between architecture, landscape art and minimalist sculpture Thu, 31 Jan 2013 11:21 GMT http://www.architectural-review.com/st-josephs-university-beirut-lebanon-youssef-tohme-and-109-architectes/8641792.article?referrer=RSS http://www.architectural-review.com/st-josephs-university-beirut-lebanon-youssef-tohme-and-109-architectes/8641792.article Behind its austere concrete exterior, this university in Beirut recreates an idea of Lebanese public space in a city still healing after war Thu, 31 Jan 2013 10:59 GMT http://www.architectural-review.com/ghent-market-hall-by-robbrecht-en-daem-and-marie-jos-van-hee/8641797.article?referrer=RSS http://www.architectural-review.com/ghent-market-hall-by-robbrecht-en-daem-and-marie-jos-van-hee/8641797.article Market Values: Ghent’s historic urban realm assumes a new resonance through this thoughtful proposition about civic culture Thu, 31 Jan 2013 10:59 GMT http://www.architectural-review.com/buildings/houses/champigny-socialism-edouard-franoiss-social-housing-in-france/8641898.article?referrer=RSS http://www.architectural-review.com/buildings/houses/champigny-socialism-edouard-franoiss-social-housing-in-france/8641898.article In a communist suburb of Paris, Edouard François’s social housing cunningly conflates archetypes of individualist and collective living Thu, 31 Jan 2013 10:58 GMT http://www.architectural-review.com/perot-museum-of-nature-and-science-by-morphosis-dallas-usa/8639846.article?referrer=RSS http://www.architectural-review.com/perot-museum-of-nature-and-science-by-morphosis-dallas-usa/8639846.article Rising above the distracting blare of its surroundings, the new Perot Museum is an eloquent paean to the cosmic and geological forces that shape our planet and buildings Mon, 17 Dec 2012 18:13 GMT http://www.architectural-review.com/the-royal-academy-of-arts-extension-by-david-chipperfield-london/8640175.article?referrer=RSS http://www.architectural-review.com/the-royal-academy-of-arts-extension-by-david-chipperfield-london/8640175.article The Royal Academy and the former Senate House, which have stood back-to-back in sulky animosity for 150 years, are now set to be finally united Mon, 17 Dec 2012 18:05 GMT http://www.architectural-review.com/broad-art-museum-by-zaha-hadid-architects-michigan-usa/8639842.article?referrer=RSS http://www.architectural-review.com/broad-art-museum-by-zaha-hadid-architects-michigan-usa/8639842.article Exploring ideas about fabrication, craft and display, Zaha Hadid’s latest art museum is a compelling, site-specific art work in itself Mon, 17 Dec 2012 17:22 GMT http://www.architectural-review.com/the-parrish-musuem-on-long-island-by-herzog-and-de-meuron-usa/8639841.article?referrer=RSS http://www.architectural-review.com/the-parrish-musuem-on-long-island-by-herzog-and-de-meuron-usa/8639841.article Synthesising allusions to the vernacular with contemporary abstraction, the new Parrish Art Museum encapsulates the changing dynamic between art, landscape and architecture Mon, 17 Dec 2012 17:17 GMT http://www.architectural-review.com/the-soane-museum-refurbishment-by-caruso-st-john-london/8639845.article?referrer=RSS http://www.architectural-review.com/the-soane-museum-refurbishment-by-caruso-st-john-london/8639845.article In the latest chapter of the Soane Museum, Adam Caruso discusses the process of introducing contemporary elements for display into an eccentric historic palimpsest Mon, 17 Dec 2012 16:54 GMT http://www.architectural-review.com/a-masterplan-for-china-xjtlu-university-suzhou/8638839.article?referrer=RSS http://www.architectural-review.com/a-masterplan-for-china-xjtlu-university-suzhou/8638839.article Speakers from over 20 countries contributed to an exciting, critical and unfettered debate about the future of development in China Fri, 23 Nov 2012 11:56 GMT http://www.architectural-review.com/m-building-housing-stphane-maupin-paris-france/8638772.article?referrer=RSS http://www.architectural-review.com/m-building-housing-stphane-maupin-paris-france/8638772.article Highly Commended in the ar+d Awards for Emerging Architecture, The M Building manages sight-line constraints with panache, creating a village within the city Fri, 23 Nov 2012 11:21 GMT http://www.architectural-review.com/recycled-brick-school-tongjiang-jianxi-china/8638784.article?referrer=RSS http://www.architectural-review.com/recycled-brick-school-tongjiang-jianxi-china/8638784.article By reusing bricks collected from the ruins of a previous school, the designers offer an example of true sustainability in a rapidly developing country Fri, 23 Nov 2012 11:07 GMT http://www.architectural-review.com/optical-glass-house-hiroshima-japan/8638709.article?referrer=RSS http://www.architectural-review.com/optical-glass-house-hiroshima-japan/8638709.article A glittering facade of suspended glass blocks veils Hiroshi Nakamura’s winning entry to the ar+d Awards for Emerging Architecture Fri, 23 Nov 2012 10:53 GMT http://www.architectural-review.com/open-city-ex-crcel-parque-cultural-by-hlps-in-valparaso-chile/8637480.article?referrer=RSS http://www.architectural-review.com/open-city-ex-crcel-parque-cultural-by-hlps-in-valparaso-chile/8637480.article An excitingly muscular adaptation of an old prison – where Pinochet’s victims were once tortured – gives the Chilean port of Valparaiso a new cultural centre Wed, 24 Oct 2012 10:47 GMT http://www.architectural-review.com/tokyo-storeys-tourist-information-tower-by-kengo-kuma-tokyo-japan/8637460.article?referrer=RSS http://www.architectural-review.com/tokyo-storeys-tourist-information-tower-by-kengo-kuma-tokyo-japan/8637460.article In a formerly shabby area of downtown Tokyo, a tourist information tower, with traditional wooden elements referring to a local temple, offers visitors new perspectives over the city Tue, 23 Oct 2012 17:08 GMT http://www.architectural-review.com/blue-steel-moca-by-farshid-moussavi-in-cleveland-ohio/8637433.article?referrer=RSS http://www.architectural-review.com/blue-steel-moca-by-farshid-moussavi-in-cleveland-ohio/8637433.article Crystalline form and shimmering materiality combine in Farshid Moussavi’s stunning new Museum of Contemporary Art for Cleveland, Ohio Tue, 23 Oct 2012 15:58 GMT http://www.architectural-review.com/i-mosaici-school-herman-hertzberger-in-rome/8637473.article?referrer=RSS http://www.architectural-review.com/i-mosaici-school-herman-hertzberger-in-rome/8637473.article Roman Type: Lying low in a Roman suburb, Herman Hertzberger’s I Mosaici school offers a flexible new alternative to traditionalist Italian pedagogy Tue, 23 Oct 2012 15:56 GMT http://www.architectural-review.com/school-of-architecture-ume-sweden-henning-larsen-architects-with-white-arkitekter/8636174.article?referrer=RSS http://www.architectural-review.com/school-of-architecture-ume-sweden-henning-larsen-architects-with-white-arkitekter/8636174.article Despite its evident scenographic qualities, a new architecture school in Sweden’s high north lacks a fully expressive connection with its commendably holistic approach to pedagogy Fri, 28 Sep 2012 11:55 GMT http://www.architectural-review.com/redevelopment-of-the-architectural-association-by-wright-and-wright-in-london/8636101.article?referrer=RSS http://www.architectural-review.com/redevelopment-of-the-architectural-association-by-wright-and-wright-in-london/8636101.article Expanding for growth while still preserving Georgian and institutional heritage is the delicate balancing act achieved by the AA’s new masterplan Fri, 28 Sep 2012 11:40 GMT