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California dreaming: exploring the visions of the SCI-Arc graduates
14 November 2017As a juror at the Southern California Institute of Architecture’s Graduate Thesis Weekend, Herbert Wright got an insight into the future of architecture as seen by its would-be practitioners
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Raw, robust industrial chic: White Collar Factory by AHMM
30 October 2017AHMM’s addition to London’s Old Street roundabout, the White Collar Factory, provides a modern workplace complex with a distinctly Jean Prouvé feel
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Beauty in compromise: vGGG by Gonzalez Haase
24 October 2017A tight site with numerous restrictions in Berlin hosts a new residential building that has a complex relationship with the city
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A game of two halves: Renzo Piano’s Centro Botín in Santander
10 October 2017Renzo Piano’s new arts centre, Centro Botín in Santander, is designed in two halves, floating above the waterside like a pair of lungs clad in ceramic — and breathing life into the Spanish city
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An oasis of calm in the City: Angel Court by Fletcher Priest
7 September 2017A series of garden terraces provide a unique viewpoint from which to view the City of London at the new 27-storey tower designed by Fletcher Priest. The project has also increased local public realm by a third
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Warsaw rising: Zlota 44 by Studio Libeskind
4 September 2017A new luxury residential tower has become a dramatic addition to the skyline of Warsaw, but for both architect Daniel Libeskind and interior designer Woods Bagot, Poland’s past lies beneath the surface of its design
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Buried treasure: V&A Exhibition Road Quarter by AL_A
9 August 2017The Victoria and Albert Museum needed new space and increased access. Amanda Levete Architects' Exhibition Road Quarter takes the museum deep underground, creates the world’s first porcelain plaza, and simultaneously reveals its history
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Review: Mies van der Rohe & James Stirling: Circling the Square
6 June 2017An exhibition at the RIBA in London reexamines two iconic architectural schemes for the same site in the City of London by Mies van der Rohe and James Stirling
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Museum of the Second World War, Gdansk by Kwadrat
5 June 2017Poland has just opened it finest piece of architecture this century, but the Kwadrat-designed Museum of the Second World War in Gdansk is a battleground itself
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The Curve, Slough by bblur architecture, CZWG and Colorminium
10 May 2017The Curve, a new £22m library and community centre, by bblur architecture, CZWG and Colorminium, has given Slough a big boost, finds Herbert Wright.
