Building Design - Building Studies

The Photographers' Gallery by O'Donnell & Tuomey

Wed, 23 May 2012 08:35 GMT

O’Donnell & Tuomey’s warehouse conversion for the Photographers’ Gallery opens up a series of complex spaces and multiple skins, against a dramatic inner London streetscape

Kensington Palace refurbishment by John Simpson and Todd Longstaffe-Gowan

Wed, 16 May 2012 08:35 GMT

A project to liberate long-concealed areas of Kensington Palace has successfully transformed its outside spaces. However, the interior renovations are underwhelming

Bridport House, east London, by Karakusevic Carson Architects

Wed, 9 May 2012 08:27 GMT

The first social housing block in Hackney for 45 years, Karakusevic Carson’s Bridport House is a rallying cry to get boroughs building

Gamlingay Eco Hub by Civic Architects

Wed, 2 May 2012 08:35 GMT

After a 10-year battle to build it, Civic Architects’ Gamlingay Eco Hub finally emerges as the greenest community centre in the country

Community in a Cube, Middlehaven, by Fat Architects

Wed, 25 Apr 2012 08:35 GMT

Will Alsop’s psychedelic rethink of Middlesbrough’s docklands died away in the cold light of austerity, leaving Fat’s idiosyncratic new apartment building very much out on its own

Drawing board: St Saviour’s & St Olave’s School, South London by AOC

Thu, 19 Apr 2012 08:35 GMT

AOC’s extension to a south London girls’ school opens up its defensive design with a glass entrance and uses striking brick signage to emphasise its presence

Mac Belfast by Hackett Hall McKnight

Wed, 18 Apr 2012 08:35 GMT

Transcending its misconceived context, the Mac proves one of the best pieces of architecture built in Belfast for 50 years

City Making: Doha

Wed, 11 Apr 2012 08:30 GMT

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