Buildings
London Schools Part Three: London Metropolitan by ARU
This final article in the series focuses on London Metropolitan’s new art and architecture building, where each floor has been conceived as a mini-city in which neighbourly contact between the different disciplines is gently fostered
Housing, Newhall, Essex by Alison Brooks Architects
The public sector points to Newhall as an exemplar for future developments, yet really its success has been dependent on the long-term planning allowed by private patronage. Having completed its latest phase, architect Alison Brooks is on a mission to champion the importance of design innovation in adding value to housing
Wa Shan Guesthouse, Xiangshan, China by Wang Shu Subscription
Drawing on traditions of scholarliness and non-conformity, Wang Shu’s new guesthouse for the China Academy of Art adds to the remote campus neighbourhood that he has been building for over a decade
House in Alcobaça, Portugal by Aires Mateus
Transmuted into a spectral abstraction of its former self, a ruined house in Alcobaça comes back from the dead
London Schools Part Two: Central St Martin's by Stanton Williams
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
HOUSE IN HOKKAIDO, JAPAN BY KENGO KUMA
A prototypical house by Kengo Kuma updates an ancient approach to living through the severe winters of Japan’s northernmost island
Ripon Chapel, Oxfordshire by Niall McLaughlin Architects
Its delicate arboreal structure wrapped in an armature of stone, Ripon College's new chapel is a subtle synthesis of nature and the sacred
ARTFUL ASSEMBLY: SCHOOL IN TAMA, TOKYO BY KENGO KUMA & ASSOCIATES Subscription
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?
Contemporary Art Centre, Spain, by Nieto Sobejano Arquitectos
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
POROSITY BLOCK, CHENGDU, CHINA, STEVEN HOLL Subscription
The ‘sliced porosity’ of Steven Holl’s latest Chinese mega-project is a graphic presence implanted in the pulsating heart of Chengdu
MUSÉE DU LOUVRE BY SANAA, LENS, FRANCE
Despite its trophy architecture, the Louvre’s new provincial outpost raises questions about its wider mission of decentralising high culture
London Schools Part One: Royal College of Art by Haworth Tompkins
The first article in the London schools series, Will Hunter reports on the social and pedagogical agendas shaping the RCA’s latest changes
TOKYO GARDEN and HOUSE BY RYUE NISHIZAWA Subscription
Designed by Ryue Nishizawa of SANAA, this house of floating concrete planes and glass walls contrives an ascetic domesticity tempered only by nature
Book Mountain: MVRDV's Library in Spijkenisee, Rotterdam Subscription
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
BANQUETING PAVILION, RESTAURANT LES COLS BY RCR ARQUITECTES, GIRONA, SPAIN Subscription
Using banal materials to poetic effect, this dining marquee sits between architecture, landscape art and minimalist sculpture
ST JOSEPH'S UNIVERSITY, BEIRUT, LEBANON, YOUSSEF TOHME & 109 ARCHITECTES Subscription
Behind its austere concrete exterior, this university in Beirut recreates an idea of Lebanese public space in a city still healing after war
Ghent market hall by Robbrecht en Daem and Marie-José van Hee Subscription
Market Values: Ghent’s historic urban realm assumes a new resonance through this thoughtful proposition about civic culture
Champigny Socialism: Edouard François's Social Housing in France Subscription
In a communist suburb of Paris, Edouard François’s social housing cunningly conflates archetypes of individualist and collective living
Perot Museum of Nature and Science by Morphosis, Dallas, USA
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
The Royal Academy of Arts extension by David Chipperfield, London Subscription
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
Broad Art Museum by Zaha Hadid Architects, Michigan, USA Subscription
Exploring ideas about fabrication, craft and display, Zaha Hadid’s latest art museum is a compelling, site-specific art work in itself
The Parrish Musuem on Long Island by Herzog & De Meuron, USA Subscription
Synthesising allusions to the vernacular with contemporary abstraction, the new Parrish Art Museum encapsulates the changing dynamic between art, landscape and architecture
The Soane Museum Refurbishment by Caruso St John, London Subscription
In the latest chapter of the Soane Museum, Adam Caruso discusses the process of introducing contemporary elements for display into an eccentric historic palimpsest
A masterplan for China, XJTLU University Suzhou Subscription
Speakers from over 20 countries contributed to an exciting, critical and unfettered debate about the future of development in China
M Building Housing, Stéphane Maupin, Paris, France Subscription
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
Recycled Brick School, Tongjiang, Jianxi, China
By reusing bricks collected from the ruins of a previous school, the designers offer an example of true sustainability in a rapidly developing country
Optical Glass House, Hiroshima, Japan
A glittering facade of suspended glass blocks veils Hiroshi Nakamura’s winning entry to the ar+d Awards for Emerging Architecture
Open City: Ex Cárcel Parque Cultural by HLPS in Valparaíso, Chile Subscription
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
Tokyo Storeys: Tourist Information Tower by Kengo Kuma, Tokyo, Japan
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
Blue Steel: MOCA by Farshid Moussavi in Cleveland, Ohio Subscription
Crystalline form and shimmering materiality combine in Farshid Moussavi’s stunning new Museum of Contemporary Art for Cleveland, Ohio
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2002 February: The American Museum of Folk Art
A museum of folk art in Manhattan forms a luminous backdrop for its exhibits
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Typology Quarterly: Offices
Conceived in an era of command and control, constrained by paper and fixed technology, reflective of hierarchy and order with a culture of presenteeism and paternalism, the traditional fixed and stratified office is evolving to embrace more fluid and intuitive ways of working
Typology Quarterly: Hospitals
Ancient civilisation advocated letting the wider world’s healing power flow through the body and mind, but the industrialisation of healthcare isolated patients from these larger contexts. From city centres to sylvan settings, today’s hospitals must reintegrate the public realm into the healing process
Typology Quarterly: Schools Subscription
In the industrial era, schools developed as highly controlled environments to instil the discipline to thrive in a machine age. Now, to prepare pupils for success in a knowledge economy, the evolving typology is more fluidly conceived to provide flexibility, connectivity, and spaces for social and educational encounters
Typology Quarterly: Libraries Subscription
Oriel Prizeman examines six recent public library projects in the first of a major new quarterly series on typology
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HANGING GARDENS OF SACRAMENTO Subscription
Two office buildings in Sacramento, California. The Bateson Building, completed in 1978, and the Lincoln Center in 1986 take different approaches to environmental concerns, using concrete, organic materials and an unusual air-conditioning system
Learning from Scharoun's Marl School Subscription
Scharoun’s school in the mining town of Marl has been saved from demolition and is being converted for use as a music school, preserving a pioneering facet of his contribution to the fabric of postwar Germany
10 Years On: Evaluating kroll’s eco school Subscription
Ten years ago, the AR published a new secondary school at Caudry in northern France by Lucien Kroll, which marked an important advance in green building. The result of an architect/contractor competition, the school had to meet a demanding list of ecological criteria. As reported in January 2002 these were met and the school got off to a good start. But how has its life developed?
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