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FeaturesThe Olympic village: architectural review
The Olympic village is the last main 2012 venue to be completed and as a symbol of regeneration its success is crucial to legacy plans. But have its designers played it too safe? 精东影视 reports
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精东影视Rock star-inspired artwork installed on Olympic park
RUN by Monica Bonvicini weighs 30 tonnes and is adjacent to the handball arena
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FeaturesExhibition Road: Walkin' & wheels
Dixon Jones鈥� 拢28m reworking of South Kensington鈥檚 great museum quarter, Exhibition Road, resolves the long stand-off between pedestrians and cars by allowing them to share the same space. Ike Ijeh is knocked over by the simplicity of the design. Photographs by Tim Crocker
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精东影视Landmark registry office opens in Blackpool
拢2m building by architect dRMM is clad in gold-coloured shingles
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FeaturesCanada's bold new library: Can we borrow it?
A city near Vancouver has taken a bold approach with its new public library - throwing out traditional study spaces and pioneering design by social media. Could it provide a template for our own beleaguered institutions? Ike Ijeh reports
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精东影视Carnival spirit: Foster Wilson Architects completes Notting Hill arts centre
Firmco was main contractor on the 拢3m scheme
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FeaturesProjects of 2011
Arts-led regeneration projects, rail upgrades, Olympic venues, luxury flats and an opulently refurbished hotel all defied the downturn. Thomas Lane and Ike Ijeh revisit some of the splendours
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FeaturesThe notorious work of Richard Seifert
Ten years after Richard Seifert鈥檚 death, Ike Ijeh asks how some of his most well-known works have shaped the architecture of modern Britain - and how controversial they really were
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精东影视Mansell completes Hopkins' Nottingham University building
Engineering and Science Learning Centre cost 拢10m to build
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精东影视Bournville College opens 拢65m campus in Longbridge
Upto 15,000 students will study at 拢66m college designed by Broadway Malyan
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精东影视State-of-the-art treehouse for vulnerable young people opens
Blue Forest鈥檚 拢178,000 woodland retreat was opened by the Duke of Gloucester
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FeaturesMcLaren factory: Driving force
White, pristine and streamlined 鈥� McLaren鈥檚 sports car production centre is like no factory you鈥檝e ever seen. Ike Ijeh goes for a spin at the Foster-designed facility 聽
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FeaturesArts-led regeneration projects: Join the culture club
These days museums, art galleries and concert halls are built not for their own sake but in the hope they can transform deprived urban wastelands into vibrant communities. Ike Ijeh looks at the resounding successes - and some abject failures
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精东影视X marks the spot: Bam's Molecular Biology lab nears completion
RMJM-designed building resembles an X-chromosome from the air
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FeaturesFlood-proof house: Home and dry
Would you build a house on the Norfolk Broads, one of the most flood-prone areas of the UK? LSI Architects did and its sophisticated design meant getting the project through planning was plain sailing.
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精东影视Construction begins on University of Nottingham hotel
Bam Construct has begun construction on an 拢18m hotel for the University of Nottingham.
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FeaturesUniversity of the Arts: The art of simplicity
The new University of the Arts campus exudes creativity. Ike Ijeh visits the recently converted King鈥檚 Cross Granary to find a building that melds old and new, industry and art and provides a home for the next generation of designers
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精东影视Riverside Quarter in Wandsworth moves ahead
One and Three Riverside are scheduled for completion in September 2012