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Sleuk Rith Institute's south facade overlooking the public park|The institute's central courtyard|The library facade reflected in one of the catchment ponds|Dramatic proportions in the institute's library|A colonnade to provide respite from the harsh sun|Sleuk Rith Institute: a magnificent site at night||

Zaha Hadid's museum for positive change

Zaha Hadid has designed a genocide memorial institute in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, to commemorate the millions murdered by the Khmer…
Architecture
15 Oct 2014
Usable roof space in central London is a rarity, as this cityscape shows|Fletcher Priest's 6 Bevis Marks, a 1980s block rebuilt from its foundations|The roof garden's EFTE canopy makes in an all-weather space|Balconies on the south-facing facade help prevent solar gain|The facade's green-tinted glass grid contrasts with the clear glazing|A balustrade further capitalises on the views across the city||

Fletcher Priest's office rooftop oasis in the city

One of the first things you notice from the 16th-storey covered garden on top of 6 Bevis Marks, a new…
Architecture
13 Oct 2014
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Aldwych Quarter revamp completes

John Robertson Architects completes a revamp of grade II-listed Bush House in Aldwych, west London for Japanese owner Kato Kagaku…
Architecture
13 Oct 2014
3M's various buildings now overlook a pedestrian area that was once a car park|The plaza planters and walkways are transformed by LED rope lights at dusk|The tangram-inspired design uses 3M's reflective tape, used for road markings|Illuminated ceilings in softly rounded shapes give a retro-futuristic look|Collaboration hubs have touch-screen tables and walls, and soffit display|Streamlined Corian furniture, like the reception desk, features throughout|Bright, pebble-like seating fulfil's 3M's aim to be more informal and less beige|A new steel staircase, one of two inserted to aid circulation between floors||

3M HQ: no sticking to the past

When American multinational 3M's 15-storey global HQ, near the city of Saint Paul in Minnesota, was designed by local architects…
Architecture
13 Oct 2014
Haworth Tompkins' extension features Corten steel fins along its facade|Powell and Moya's 1962 theatre|Antoni Malinowski's delicate pattern of triangles flutters over the ceiling|Powell and Moya's heavily textured concrete survived the internal relift||

A suitable encore for Haworth Tompkins

Haworth Tompkins continues its run of theatre projects with the revamp of the feted Chichester Festival Theatre Though brutalist architecture…
Architecture
09 Oct 2014
One Eagle Place is a modern counterpart to its opposite neighbour|Richard Deacon's cornice, influenced by brash, colourful Piccadilly Circus|Stephen Cox's mystical figurative sculpture|Blood-red detailing in reception stands out against white walls|The classically inspired facade on the Eagle Place side of the building||

One Eagle Place by Eric Parry

Following Eric Parry Architect's win at the recent BCO awards for best commercial workplace with One Eagle Place, onoffice revisits…
Architecture
09 Oct 2014
The internal garden brings the outside in|The perforated walls reflect the surrounding landscape, while giving visitors a glimpse of the garden within|Jean Nouvel's design is inspired by a single brushstroke|The rooftop is glass-floored to allow light into the spaces beneath|The Summer Hall sits beneath a gold ceiling||

The National Art Museum of China by Jean Nouvel

Jean Nouvel has revealed his designs for the National Art Museum of China (NAMOC), a gargantuan structure that covers 130,000sq…
Architecture
08 Oct 2014
The new offices will afford workers views over the Southbank and the City|The £15m extension is composed of a series of geometrical folded forms||

Geometric roof pavilion for Aldwych House

London-based architect Sheppard Robson has won planning for a pavilion-like structure on the roof of Aldwych House, which will add…
Architecture
02 Oct 2014
The three-sided building leans elegantly over the street below|Six different types of glazing create the structure's dazzling facade|The tinted glazing casts triangular shadows across the floor of the interior|The V-shape of the auditorium fits the building's tight triangular site|Extensive use of fir wood gives the hall a more overtly Scandinavian look||

Wingårdhs' auditorium with asymmetrical twist

The Karolina Institutet's auditorium is a bold building that reflects the Swedish medical university's prestigious position Karolinska Institutet is a…
Architecture
30 Sep 2014
David Walker's Riverbank House has a confident use of colour © Timothy Soar||

Opinion: Peter Murray on London

Architects don't like colour, so the maxim goes, but it doesn't take too much effort to find great examples of…
Architecture
30 Sep 2014
"The combination of Sheila's quiet, studied rationalism and John's fluent, rhetorical constructivism quickly made its mark."|O'Donnell and Tuomey's Saw Swee Hock Student Centre is up for this year's Stirling Prize ©Alex Bland|Its shape is defined by the sightlines down surrounding streets, giving it a real presence from Kingsway and Lincoln's Inn Fields.|The building makes the best of its awkward setting within narrow medieval streets behind Aldwych|A spiral staircase contrasts with the exterior's brickwork ©Alex Bland|Saw Swee Hock marks the duo's fifth Stirling Prize nomination|The Lyric Theatre in Belfast, Northern Ireland.|An Gaeláras in Derry, Northern Ireland|An Gaeláras in Derry, Northern Ireland|Lewis Glucksman Gallery in Cork|Lewis Glucksman Gallery in Cork|Ranelagh Multi-Denominational School in Dublin||

O'Donnell + Tuomey win RIBA's Royal Gold Medal

In receiving RIBA's Royal Gold Medal, O'Donnell + Tuomey become the third Irish practice ever to win the award. O'Donnell +…
Architecture
25 Sep 2014
ContainerVille overlooks Regent's Canal|Outdoor spaces encourage collaboration and integration|ContainerVille charges £1200 per container per month or £320 for an individual desk, and overheads are minimal.|The containers comfortably fit four desks.||

Affordable workspaces in 'ContainerVille'

The Estate Office Shoreditch has opened ContainerVille, a collection of 30 shipping containers that have been upcycled to create affordable…
Architecture
25 Sep 2014
The top-lit central atrium and its quirky offset spiral staircase|Swedbank's concertina-shaped HQ in the suburb of Sundyberg|The atrium's second spiral staircase, different in design to its neighbour|A lively mix of meeting spaces, each distinctive in its own way|The bustling main atrium sits at the heart of the triple-V-shaped building|A 3XN speciality, staircases are intended to increase staff interaction|Oak-clad meeting areas express Scandinavian design simplicity|The ground-level 'street' has a semi-public function, and includes a cafe||

Swedbank HQ with 3XN's statement staircases

Staircases, says Kim Herforth Nielsen of Danish architect 3XN, are the practice's statement pieces, and the dramatic spiral examples –…
Architecture
23 Sep 2014
Walter Segal's 1970s vision for self-build housing is still deeply relevant||

Peter Murray on the London housing shortage

The capital's housing shortage is one of its most pressing problems, but, hamstrung by governance and with a lack of…
Architecture
11 Sep 2014
James Christian, cofounder of Projects Office||

Q&A: James Christian on Projects Office

James Christian, a current participant in the Design Museum's 'Designers in Residence: Disruption' exhibition, talks to onoffice about Projects Office,…
Architecture
10 Sep 2014
Robert Adam's six restored townhouses, now linked to a mews complex|A glazed second-storey bridge links the two buildings above the atrium|A glazed second-storey bridge links the two buildings above the atrium|The building is already being hailed as an exemplar of its site-sympathetic design|In the elegantly understated reception, the proportions do the talking|A contemporary glass stairwell frames the ornate roundel in the ceiling||

Fordell and Corran HQ by Morgan McDonnell

Edinburgh's Charlotte Square, with its palatial blocks designed by Robert Adam in 1791, is regarded as one of the finest…
Architecture
08 Sep 2014
Beneath is digitally moulded facade, the building is just a box|The champagne-coloured finish is intended to look good across the seasons|The initial vertical and horizontal lines have been taken and twisted|Curved balconies fill the gaps between the pine-cone envelope and its cuboid inner core||

InterContinental Davos by Oikios

 Dubbed "the golden egg" by its architects, this Alpine hotel has a facade system so complex that it nearly didn't come…
Architecture
08 Sep 2014

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