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Ohio silver: Coop Himmelb(l)au
Austrian architect Coop Himmelb(l)au has added sweeping glass walls, a jutting roof and a whole lot of metal to a Midwestern art gallery
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The refurbishment challenge
Web exclusive: An innovative project in Sutton is trying to tackle two major sustainable headaches 鈥� how do we address the existing inefficient housing stock and how do we know which methods of environmentally-friendly upgrades are more effective?
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Top drawer
Talk about a cabinet reshuffle 鈥� Denton Corker Marshall鈥檚 flamboyant design for Manchester鈥檚 Civil Justice Centre has brought dynamism to the heart of the legal establishment. Over the next eight pages Martin Spring praises the building鈥檚 clear, bold expression and on pages 48-50, we meet the Australian trio who designed ...
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Prescott was advised against Vauxhall skyscraper
Freedom of Information memo reveals Former deputy PM's officials rejected the Broadway Malyan tower he approved in 2005
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Maxximum Zaha
Almost 10 years after Zaha Hadid鈥檚 design for Rome鈥檚 MAXXI museum won an international competition, it鈥檚 still only two-thirds built. Martin Spring looks at how the architect鈥檚 ideas have survived years of stop-start funding and delay.
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The enchanted forest: Vallecas-Pau in Madrid
While Madrid鈥檚 new Vallecas-Pau suburb waits for its trees to grow, it has been fitted with portable tower parks. They look like this 鈥�
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Lake Shore House, Bristol
Overview: A guide to an ambitious new sustainable development from innovative developer Urban Splash in the West Country
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鈥� and cut!
The politicians may want to reduce domestic carbon emissions to zero, but it鈥檚 the physicists and engineers that will decide whether it can be done. Thomas Lane took a trip to Watford to look the latest technology in the latest prototypes
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Westfield at White City: Westway to the world
Need any more evidence of Westfield鈥檚 massive ambitions? How about these 14 cranes looming over west London, and the huge mall rising around them. Or the fact that it ditched its contractor to take on this monster of a project by itself.
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Egret West plans 'giant oyster' for South Shields - images
Masterplan for 35ha scheme includes 1300 homes and the UK's first 100% recycled park
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Dazzling achievement
Martin Spring heads to the Wirral to see how Wallasey鈥檚 pioneering solar school is holding up, 46 years after it was built. Then, on page 50, find out how the 21st century does solar in the first of a series on renewable technologies
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Royal Ontario Museum: A legend in his lunchtime
No need to play 鈥榞uess the architect鈥� on this new wing for the Royal Ontario Museum in Toronto. But you鈥檒l never guess how he did it 鈥�
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Masdar: Nice spot for a zero-carbon city...
For his next trick, Norman Foster is going to turn a patch of desert in Abu Dhabi into the world鈥檚 first zero-carbon, zero-waste city. Martin Spring finds out how
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Saving St George
Purcell Miller Tritton鈥檚 lavish 拢22m restoration has returned Liverpool鈥檚 grade I-listed St George鈥檚 Hall to its glorious past 鈥� just with fewer prisoners and hopefully more tourists.
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Coming to a universe near you
The Peter Harrison Planetarium is about to bring the mysteries of the cosmos to Greenwich park
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The last straws: Herzog & de Meuron's Beijing Olympic building
As the structure of Herzog & de Meuron鈥檚 awe-inspiring 鈥榖ird鈥檚 nest鈥� stadium nears completion, Catherine Wheatley went to Beijing to find out how the city鈥檚 Olympic preparations were progressing
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BMW Welt: How鈥檚 this for a car showroom?
Architect Coop Himmelb(l)au鈥檚 astonishing Munich creation is the latest blow in the battle between BMW and Mercedes-Benz
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Lost in space
Surface Architects鈥� conversion of Birkbeck College鈥檚 film and media research centre is a complex sculpture that breaks down distinctions between walls, floors and ceilings, opening it up to all manner of interpretations. Martin Spring makes one or two
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Find me a famous architect! Gehry's NY building
For ask.com鈥檚 new HQ there was only one answer: Frank Gehry鈥檚 first New York building
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Dancing with disaster
Right from the start, Foster + Partners鈥� Willis building was blown off course by legal problems and higher than expected winds. But much worse was to follow ... Thomas Lane found out how the team behind the City skyscraper fought back