Places – Page 2
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Building StudyCity Making: Doha
The discovery of oil propelled Qatar’s capital from pearl-fishing village to world city. Now architects have created a new scheme that attempts to reconnect Doha with its past
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Building StudyExhibition Road, London, by Dixon Jones
Dixon Jones’s shared-space scheme for Exhibition Road paves the way for many more creative London streetscapes
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TechnicalRicard Viñes Square by Enric Miralles Benedetta Tagliabue Architects
The lighting scheme was crucial in unifying all the elements of this redesigned public square in Spain
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Building StudyStratford High Street
Stratford’s Olympic legacy is already taking shape, but it is a bleak vision that is unlikely to benefit locals.
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TechnicalDigital Waterfall at Westfield Stratford City by Jason Bruges Studio
Jason Bruges Studio’s £1 million installation uses an array of liquid crystal screens to create the impression of a waterfall and streams.
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Building StudyEast London's Greenway by Adams & Sutherland Architects
Adams & Sutherland’s sensitive approach has seen east London’s Greenway updated for its new Olympic role, without losing its sense of place.
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InspirationsStephen Witherford and William Mann’s inspiration: Utrecht City Hall
The eclectic collision of old and new in Miralles Tagliabue Architects’ Utrecht City Hall creates a unique spirit that has made a strong impression on Witherford Watson Mann
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Building StudyRainham: Design for London’s projects near fruition
This east London outpost is home to a projects by architects including Alison Brooks, East and Maccreanor Lavington
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Building StudyHatcham Gardens by East
East’s landscaping of Hatcham Gardens is part of a linear arboretum it is creating across the south London area of Deptford.
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Building StudyRevisiting Dorset new town Poundbury
The Prince Charles-led ’new town’ of Poundbury which was masterplanned by Leon Krier, has taken a hammering from critics but has succeeded at something more important than architectural brilliance – its role as a community
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Building StudyIf paradise is half as nice
The long awaited retail project at Paradise Street is a last-ditch attempt to recharge Liverpool’s city centre through a masterplan that pulls together 22 different architects. And it works, says Ellis Woodman
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Building StudyGrowing Pains: BD's 2004 review of the masterplan for Almere
In 1967 two new cities were born: Almere in the Netherlands and Milton Keynes. Thirty-seven years later, both are being transformed. Ellis Woodman visits the Almere scheme by OMA, talks to Rem Koolhaas, and discovers some awkward lessons for the UK. Photos by Morley von Sternberg
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