http://www.architectsjournal.co.uk http://www.architectsjournal.co.uk http://www.architectsjournal.co.uk/magazine/graphics/logo.png http://www.architectsjournal.co.uk http://www.architectsjournal.co.uk/design-thaw-hydro-by-foster-partners/8645275.article?referrer=RSS http://www.architectsjournal.co.uk/design-thaw-hydro-by-foster-partners/8645275.article Parametric modelling freed up the design development of Foster + Partners’ Hydro, writes Felix Mara felix.mara@emap.com (Felix Mara) Fri, 12 Apr 2013 08:00 GMT http://www.architectsjournal.co.uk/stirling-prize/stirling-prize-2012-olympic-stadium-by-populous/8636958.article?referrer=RSS http://www.architectsjournal.co.uk/stirling-prize/stirling-prize-2012-olympic-stadium-by-populous/8636958.article ‘Those watching the Olympics on telly were struck by its graphic simplicity: it looked good in 2D, an icon in the purest sense,’ writes Rory Olcayto Rory.Olcayto@emap.com (Rory Olcayto) Wed, 10 Oct 2012 11:12 GMT http://www.architectsjournal.co.uk/the-flame-game-heatherwicks-olympic-cauldron/8635887.article?referrer=RSS http://www.architectsjournal.co.uk/the-flame-game-heatherwicks-olympic-cauldron/8635887.article The visual spectacle of Heatherwick Studio’s Olympic cauldron was hand-crafted in the workshop and refined with digital modelling, writes Felix Mara felix.mara@emap.com (Felix Mara) Thu, 20 Sep 2012 08:00 GMT http://www.architectsjournal.co.uk/aj-building-studies/overlay-crafting-eton-manor-sports-complex/8633947.article?referrer=RSS http://www.architectsjournal.co.uk/aj-building-studies/overlay-crafting-eton-manor-sports-complex/8633947.article With its temporary Games overlay destined to be swept away for very different legacy uses, Eton Manor Sports Complex called for a sophisticated design strategy – and that is what Stanton Williams provided, writes Felix Mara felix.mara@emap.com (Felix Mara) Thu, 2 Aug 2012 07:56 GMT http://www.architectsjournal.co.uk/what-the-doctor-ordered-penoyre-prasads-olympic-village-health-centre/8633948.article?referrer=RSS http://www.architectsjournal.co.uk/what-the-doctor-ordered-penoyre-prasads-olympic-village-health-centre/8633948.article Speed of delivery, response to context and design quality make Penoyre & Prasad’s East Village Health Centre an instructive object lesson in civic architecture, writes Rory Olcayto. Photography by Tim Soar Rory.Olcayto@emap.com (Rory Olcayto) Thu, 2 Aug 2012 08:00 GMT http://www.architectsjournal.co.uk/aj-building-studies/orbit-awkward-bizarre-sublime/8631627.article?referrer=RSS http://www.architectsjournal.co.uk/aj-building-studies/orbit-awkward-bizarre-sublime/8631627.article Felix Mara experiences the eccentric ArcelorMittal Orbit tower and sculpture at close quarters. Photography by Simon Kennedy felix.mara@emap.com (Felix Mara) Thu, 14 Jun 2012 09:00 GMT http://www.architectsjournal.co.uk/marathon-not-a-sprint/8627817.article?referrer=RSS http://www.architectsjournal.co.uk/marathon-not-a-sprint/8627817.article Hattie Hartman gives a venue-by-venue guide to London’s ‘Green Olympics’, from cable-net roofs and low-carbon concrete, to the site’s infrastructure hattie.hartman@emap.com (Hattie Hartman) Thu, 15 Mar 2012 07:50 GMT http://www.architectsjournal.co.uk/aj-building-studies/the-big-three/8627827.article?referrer=RSS http://www.architectsjournal.co.uk/aj-building-studies/the-big-three/8627827.article A lightweight stadium, a daylit Velodrome and a pool that pioneers low-carbon concrete hattie.hartman@emap.com (Hattie Hartman) Thu, 15 Mar 2012 07:57 GMT http://www.architectsjournal.co.uk/aj-building-studies/lee-valley-white-water-centre/8627829.article?referrer=RSS http://www.architectsjournal.co.uk/aj-building-studies/lee-valley-white-water-centre/8627829.article A dual watercourse lessens the impact of energy-hungry water pumps and achieves major savings hattie.hartman@emap.com (Hattie Hartman) Thu, 15 Mar 2012 07:55 GMT http://www.architectsjournal.co.uk/aj-building-studies/olympic-infrastructure/8627830.article?referrer=RSS http://www.architectsjournal.co.uk/aj-building-studies/olympic-infrastructure/8627830.article The wind turbine may have been abandoned, but the park makes the most of energy generation and water conservation hattie.hartman@emap.com (Hattie Hartman) Thu, 15 Mar 2012 08:00 GMT