Architecture in Detail II

221 Pages·2010·40.53 MB·English

by  Graham Bizley

Architecture in Detail II
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Architecture in Detail II

Graham Bizley

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Contents
Preface ix
About the author x
Thoughts on Construction 2
Arts and Culture
Royal Festival Hall, London 17
Allies & Morrison
Neues Museum, Berlin 21
David Chipperfi eld Architects
Newlyn Art Gallery, Cornwall 25
MUMA
The North Wall Arts Centre, Oxford 31
Haworth Tompkins
Regent ’ s Park Open Air Theatre, London 37
Prewett Bizley Architects
Bluecoat Arts Centre, Liverpool 41
Biq Architecten
Ruthin Craft Centre, Denbighshire 45
Sergison Bates Architects
Siobhan Davies Dance Centre, London 49
Sarah Wigglesworth Architects
Rich Mix, Bethnal Green, London 53
Penoyre & Prasad
MIMA , Middlesbrough 57
Designed by Erick van Egeraat
Multi Purpose Hall, Aurillac, France 61
Brisac Gonzales Architects
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Civic and Leisure
ARC , Hull 65
Niall McLaughlin Architects
Resource Centre, Grizedale Forrest Park, Cumbria 69
Sutherland Hussey Architects
Thermae Bath Spa, Bath 75
Nicholas Grimshaw & Partners
Civil Justice Centre, Manchester 81
Denton Corker Marshall
Sean O (cid:2) Casey Community Centre, Dublin 85
O (cid:2) Donnell (cid:3) Tuomey
Schools
Bellingham Gateway Building, Lewisham, London 91
Cottrell & Vermeulen Architecture
Maryland Early Years Centre, Stratford, London 95
Fluid
Emmaus School, Wybourn, Sheffi eld 99
DSDHA
Bedford School Music School, Bedford 105
Eric Parry Architects
Sanger Building, Bryanston School, Dorset 111
Hopkins Architects
Scitec , Oundle School, Northamptonshire 115
Feilden Clegg Bradley
Education
Ann ’s Court, Selwyn College, Cambridge 121
Porphyrios Associates
Wolfson Building, Trinity College, Cambridge 125
5th Studio
Information Commons, University of Sheffi eld 129
RMJM
Health
St Johns Therapy Centre, Wandsworth, London 133
Buschow Henley Architects
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Residential
Christchurch Tower, City of London 137
Boyarskiy Murphy
Halligan House, St Albans 141
Simon Conder Associates
Herringbone Houses, Wandsworth, London 147
Alison Brooks Architects
GreenHouse , BRE, Watford 151
Gaunt Francis Architects
Focus House, Finsbury Park, London 155
bere :architects
80 % House, De Beauvoir Town, London 159
Prewett Bizley Architects
Housing
Clay Field Housing, Elmswell, Suffolk 165
Riches Hawley Mikhail Architects
Chance Street Housing, Bethnal Green, London 171
Stephen Taylor Architects
Islington Square Housing, Manchester 175
FAT
EMV Social Housing, Vallecas, Madrid 179
Feilden Clegg Bradley
Offi ces
The Johnson Building, Clerkenwell, London 183
Allford Hall Monaghan Morris
One Coleman Street, City of London 187
Swanke Hayden Connell in association with David Walker Architects
Vernon Street Offi ces, Kensington, London 191
Terry Pawson Architects
Transport
Southern Cross Station, Melbourne, Australia 195
Grimshaw Jackson JV
Project Credits 198
Project Details 210
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Preface
Since April 2004 working details from contemporary building projects have
been published in Building Design. This book collates 35 of these studies
as a continuation of the series begun by Architecture In Detail . In 2006,
The Concrete Centre also began commissioning working detail features for
their journal Concrete Quarterly , which promotes innovative use of concrete
in construction. Five of these are included in this volume. In response to
feedback received from the fi rst book, the projects have been classifi ed
according to the type of building. There is also an index matrix at the back so
the projects can be searched by criteria such as structural system, budget or
whether work to a listed building was involved.
The purpose of the details is not to provide ready-made solutions but to
add to the resource base and stimulate thought. There are aspects of them
all that can be criticised. Although the principles applied in solving different
problems may be similar, the fi nal details are always specifi c to the conditions
of the particular situation. The projects are presented here in the belief that,
by offering a tentative, analogous solution that can then be criticised, we gain
insight into our own problem and fi nd fresh strands of thought to follow.
I would like to thank all the architects, engineers and photographers who
have allowed their work to be reproduced in this book. A full list of credits for
each project is given at the end.
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