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The tent in the park: the disused Commonwealth Institute building in London is a remarkable landmark of post-war British architecture. Now, its soaring internal spaces are being reconfigured to house the relocation of the Design Museum in 2014, but will the structure finally be fit for purpose? Heathcote, Edwin Feb 1, 2012 1811
Exhibition/Modern British Sculpture. Buchanan, Peter Apr 1, 2011 1363
The Stirling Prize shortlist represents an identity crisis for British architecture. Long, Kieran Oct 1, 2009 530
A revolution in colour: Kathryn Ferry visits the V&A's bicentenary exhibition on a great but neglected Victorian designer, Owen Jones. Ferry, Kathryn Sep 1, 2009 795
The importance of being English. Cook, Peter Jun 1, 2008 926
Looking after Liverpool: Liverpool is the New European capital of culture--a title it merits only because of the people who fought against its destructive redevelopment after the war. Stamp, Gavin Mar 1, 2008 1263
London is swinging again. Finch, Paul Jul 1, 2006 418
Betjemanic: the centenary of Sir John Betjeman's birth is an opportunity to celebrate his selfless campaigning for threatened buildings. Stamp, Gavin Column Jan 1, 2006 1313
Housing, density and design. Finch, Paul Sep 1, 2005 452
Guinness isn't good for you: Britain's best twentieth-century buildings may be listed, but cynical, greedy corporations are still finding ways to demolish them--and more than architecture is at stake. Stamp, Gavin Aug 1, 2005 1507
The buildings of England. Lyall, Sutherland Brief Article May 1, 2005 139
Bankside revisited: as the first public event in May 2000, London Taxi drivers were invited to a party in the Turbine Hall as part of a clever marketing plan to raise Tate Modern's profile. Since then, what has been happening in London's newest public square, a destination that through the success of the Unilever Series has become a new gauge for public art? Gregory, Rob Jun 1, 2004 1090
Retail therapy: with sympathy and imagination, a well-loved London landmark has been given a new lease of life by radical alteration and thorough internal revision. Jun 1, 2004 1001
Alison and Peter Smithson. Banks, Eric Brief Article Sep 1, 2003 122
'A cultivated eye for the antique': Charles Winn and the enrichment of Nostell Priory in the nineteenth century. Raikes, Sophie Apr 1, 2003 3923
'Like a Roman sepulchre': John Soane's design for a Castello d'acqua at Wimpole, Cambridgeshire, and its Italian origins. Adshead, David Apr 1, 2003 6034
Wembury House, Devon: 'a house of legendary grandeur'. Meller, Hugh Apr 1, 2003 2594
UNDER ARTHUR'S SEAT. MCGUIRE, PENNY Brief Article Apr 1, 2000 730
GREAT COURT. Brief Article Apr 1, 2000 680
BRISTOL NEW HEART. Brief Article Apr 1, 2000 639
NORFOLK HUB. Brief Article Apr 1, 2000 432
EDEN PROJECTED. DAVEY, PETER Brief Article Apr 1, 2000 454
TO THE POINT. Brief Article Apr 1, 2000 399
SPACE CRAFT. Brief Article Apr 1, 2000 278
THE ART OF LOWRY. Brief Article Apr 1, 2000 495
DOWN TO EARTH. Brief Article Apr 1, 2000 1001
REGENERATIVE JOURNEY. Brief Article Apr 1, 2000 535

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