Cultural – Page 5
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Building StudyFour of the best architect-designed synagogues
BD’s guide to the best synagogues in America and Europe for fans of modern and contemporary architecture
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Building StudyEmployment Academy, Camberwell, by Peter Barber Architects
Barber’s extension to ET Hall’s Arts and Crafts offices echoes the original and positions the practice firmly within an English brickwork tradition
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TechnicalSorø Art Museum by Lundgaard & Tranberg Architects
Brick shingle cladding gives a rich materiality to the walls and roofs of a new extension
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Building StudyPorthmeor Studios, St Ives, by Long & Kentish
The restoration and expansion of Porthmeor Studios in St Ives continues the 200-year story of a building that grew organically out of the Cornish sand
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Building StudyHigh House Artists’ Studios by HAT Projects
Artists make neighbourhoods trendy, but in doing so push property prices up to unaffordable levels. A development of custom-designed studios in the Thames estuary aims to break the cycle
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TechnicalPerot Museum of Nature and Science by Morphosis
With its hulking, geological facade and giant test-tube-like elevator, Thom Mayne’s science and nature museum has made a startling impact on the Dallas cityscape
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TechnicalReader’s House arts centre, Madrid by Ensamble Studio
Internal concrete bridges open up space in a converted warehouse
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TechnicalLeme Gallery, Brazil by Paulo Mendes da Rocha with Metro Architects
The new incarnation of this Sao Paulo arts space is built entirely from concrete
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InspirationsCraig Hamilton's inspiration: Thorvaldsens Museum by MG Bindesbøll
Craig Hamilton stands in awe of the mighty Thorvaldsens Museum by MG Bindesbøll, who took elements of Greek, Roman and Egyptian design to create a Nordic neoclassicism
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Building StudyLinz Musiktheater by Terry Pawson Architects
Designing and building Linz’s new Musiktheater turned into a Wagnerian epic but the opera house has transformed the dynamics of the Austrian city
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TechnicalLe Lignon apartment complex by Jean-Paul Jaccaud Architectes
The architect is improving the thermal performance of a large development outside Geneva
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TechnicalRoyal Society of Arts refurbishment by Matthew Lloyd Architects
Matthew Lloyd Architects has remodelled the Adam brothers’ Great Room for modern use
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Building StudyRijksmuseum by Cruz y Ortiz Arquitectos
After a decade of construction the two halves of Amsterdam’s Rijksmuseum are finally reunited
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TechnicalHet Huis pavilion, Middelheim Museum by Robbrecht en Daem
A technical lesson in displaying art in an intimate environment
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Building StudyWilliamstrip Bath house, Gloucestershire by Craig Hamilton Architects
In the grounds of a 17th century house remodelled by Sir John Soane, Craig Hamilton has created a swimming pool indebted to early 20th century classicism.
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Building StudyLouvre Lens by Sanaa
Built on a former mine in the industrial town of Lens, Sanaa’s new outpost of the Louvre brings some of France’s greatest treasures to one of the country’s poorest areas
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TechnicalLandscape Laboratory, Portugal by Cannata & Fernandes Architects
A rich language of materials transforms a derelict textile factory
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TechnicalCarroll Fletcher Gallery by Allsop Gollings Architects
This recently established practice has created a simple and flexible concrete construction
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Building Study6 Burlington Gardens by David Chipperfield
David Chipperfield will at last link the Royal Academy with 6 Burlington Gardens