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Exhibition review: Brickworks at Tate Liverpool + RIBA North
The humble brick takes centre stage at an exhibition mounted jointly by Tate Liverpool and RIBA North
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Doing the locomotion: AOC’s National Railway Museum addition
AOC’s large-scale addition to the National Railway Museum’s Shildon site in County Durham, combines the toughness of an industrial shed with the delicacy of a white cube gallery, says Rob Wilson. Photography by David Grandorge
Grandorge: Electricity
Architectural photographer David Grandorge recalls an encounter with a statue of Nikola Tesla in Belgrade
Making the most of what you have: Cockpit by Cooke Fawcett Architects
Declining a developer’s offer to buy its 1960s former office block in Deptford and move into a new build scheme nearby, arts incubator Cockpit instead commissioned Cooke Fawcett Architects to perform a delicate, light-touch makeover. Ellie Duffy reports back
My holiday reading: a work of startling prescience
The Child in the City by Colin Ward – published in 1978 – advocates for children’s rights in how we design and plan our towns and cities
The Secret Architect: If only Machu Picchu were on the Stirling shortlist
The Incas were not so risk-averse as the architects of today, if the Stirling Prize shortlist is anything to judge by
Knight Architects-designed bridge between Germany and Poland opens
A 266m-long rail bridge designed by Knight Architects with civil engineers Schüßler-Plan is the world’s first to use carbon hangers
Secular and sacred: Westminster Coroner’s Court by Lynch Architects
The renovation of the Grade II-listed Westminster Coroner’s Court on Horseferry Road and the construction of a two-storey, barrel-vaulted extension affords additional space and facilities to fulfil the evolving needs of the Coroner’s service. Rob Wilson visits
GT3 designs sports, leisure and library hub in Northumberland
The sports and leisure centre is designed to revive Morpeth’s town centre by offering sports and learning facilities to help foster local community wellbeing
The Regs: Do I need building regs approval? (Part 2)
The second of Geoff Wilkinson’s three-part, back-to-basics reminder of when Building Control approval is required on a project