All Case studies articles – Page 4

  • Baylis old school
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    Baylis Old School: Brute strength

    2016-08-11T06:00:00Z

    While many brutalist schools are being knocked down, one in south London is making a virtue of its architectural heritage and converting into housing. Photographs by Edmund Sumner

  • Olympic Park aerial
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    Rio 2016: The best of Rio

    2016-08-05T06:00:00Z

    The 32 venues that will host the Rio 2016 Olympic Games are a mix of futuristic new build and ambitious reconstruction. Ike Ijeh takes us on a tour of the architectural highlights 

  • 2012 Olympic Projects
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    2012 forever: Revisiting the London Olympics

    2016-07-27T06:00:00Z

    Ike Ijeh reports on whether the architecture of the London 2012 Olympics has fulfilled its main goal

  • One Carter Lane
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    Europe's first WELL Ðǿմ«Ã½

    2016-07-19T09:39:00Z

    There is now an international standard for measuring how a building impacts on its users’ health and wellbeing. Ike Ijeh looks at how Studio Ben Allen Architects’ One Carter Lane will become the first European project to receive the accreditation

  • hoUSe
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    Housing Design Awards 2016: Winners

    2016-07-12T06:00:00Z

    This year’s entries reveal some interesting trends in housebuilding in the UK such as a reduction in common space, urban design principles being applied to greenfield sites and the successful use of custom build

  • Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Centre, Athens
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    Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Centre: Hit or myth

    2016-07-05T11:09:00Z

    Renzo Piano’s Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Centre in Athens puts the Ancient Greek concept of an ‘agora’ or meeting place at its heart

  • V and A 4
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    V&A: Underground art

    2016-06-30T06:00:00Z

    The V A’s £49.5m subterranean extension had to be built without closing the main museum and without damaging the listed facades of the surrounding buildings. Ðǿմ«Ã½ reports on how Arup, AL_A and Wates made it without a wobble

  • Offices
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    Offices of the future: Where now for Don Draper?

    2016-06-22T10:32:00Z

    The office has come a long way since the days of Mad Men, but what could it look like in 10 or 20 years’ time? Well, hot-desking, wellbeing measures and remote working will all flourish. But alas, there’ll be no return of the drinks cabinet