Infrastructure
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TechnicalTechnical Study: Kingston Cycle Hub, Sarah Wigglesworth Architects
Kingston council has spent £32m upgrading the borough’s cycle facilities, including a storage hub beside the station that is no ordinary bike shed, finds Thomas Lane
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TechnicalAntarctica: Designing for the planet’s most hostile continent
A £100m Antarctic infrastructure programme presents some unique design challenges – like deflecting snow and elephant seals. Elizabeth Hopkirk hears about the hardships and rewards of building at the bottom of the world
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Building StudyThe world’s hottest projects in 2020
Ike Ijeh tours the planet to report on this year’s most anticipated completions
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Building StudyBuilding Study: The Twist, Norway, by BIG
Bjarke Ingels’ new art gallery over a river might have the whiff of gimmickry but Ike Ijeh finds himself beguiled
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Building StudyBuilding Study: Tintagel Bridge, Cornwall, by William Matthews Associates
The two halves of the severed castle have been reconnected by thrusting cantilevers that don’t quite meet. Ike Ijeh asks if Merlin was involved
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TechnicalThe i360 tower by Marks Barfield Architects
The £46 milllion i360 tower in Brighton may claim accolades of being the tallest moving observation tower, the first vertical cable car and the world’s most slender tower, but the execution of its design and build is the real talking point
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Building StudyTreetop walkway, Westonbirt, by Glenn Howells Architects
This aerial footpath snakes its way through the forest at Westonbirt Arboretum in the Cotswolds using form, structure and materials to lift visitors to a heightened communion with nature. Ike Ijeh takes a walk on the wild side
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TechnicalForvik ferry terminal, by Manthey Kula
Manthey Kula’s repositioned ferry terminal building in Forvik caters for the influx of visitors to the Norwegian village, while boasting an emphatic character that keeps it visually connected to its predecessor
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Building StudyBirmingham New Street Station by AZPML
It was never going to take a lot to improve on the squalid eyesore of the 1960s incarnation of Birmingham New Street Station. Shame though about the whiff of fakery
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TechnicalEnjoy the silence
Hounslow’s £150m school rebuilding programme aims to give children under Heathrow’s flight path quieter classrooms and better ventilation
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TechnicalStoke-on-Trent Bus Station by Grimshaw Architects
Grimshaw has created a graceful, curving bus station in Stoke-on-Trent that might just become a flagship for the city centre’s regeneration
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TechnicalHeathrow Terminal 2 by Luis Vidal
Luis Vidal’s £2.5bn Heathrow Terminal 2 is set to transform the passenger experience — thanks in part to its majestic undulating roof
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TechnicalQueen Alia Airport, Jordan by Foster + Partners
Foster + Partners’ new airport in Jordan uses a mix of in-situ and precast concrete techniques to create a mesmerising, repeating pattern of shallow domes, curving beams and gently tapering columns
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Building StudyKing's Cross western concourse by John McAslan and Partners
Fifteen years in planning, John McAslan’s ambitious concourse underpins a major transformation of the hitherto neglected London station
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TechnicalKing’s Cross station, western concourse
John McAslan & Partners’ refurbishment of King’s Cross station reveals its full Victorian glory once more
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Building StudyEast London Line railway extension
Despite being largely built during the boom, London’s newest transport link is depressingly unambitious
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Building StudyInternational Space Station
A few weeks ago, the final building block was delivered to the International Space Station, thus completing the first building beyond Earth. Here, one of the architects involved in its construction, charts the saga of the most technically advanced environment ever built
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Building StudyTaking Terminal 5 to another level
HOK and Rogers’ lifts from the Tube station to the departures hall have passengers soaring long before their flight is called — if they can find them. Three months after its troubled opening, BD Magazine sees how Heathrow’s Terminal 5 is faring.
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TechnicalAvery Associates Architects rides the winds of change at the London Transport Museum
Amanda Birch assesses heating and cooling systems in the six-year, £22m reworking of the listed Victorian structure
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Building StudyFoster's Beijing airport terminal opens
Foster & Partner’s new terminal at Beijing airport has opened ahead of the 2008 Olympics.