The LEAF Review No. 2
Cover Story
Green living has become a necessity, and designing and building sustainable housing a key responsibility for architects. Dr Susan Roaf, who has created her own Ecohouse, tells Rebecca Burgess what makes her house-proud and why we must invest now to secure quality of life for the future.
Peter Bishop - London Calling
Peter Bishop delivered the LEAF London keynote welcome address, declaring that, while the 20th Century would be remembered...
Peter Bishop delivered the LEAF London keynote welcome address, declaring that, while the 20th Century would be remembered...
Hadi Teherani – Made in Hamburg
We live in an age of celebrity and branding.
We live in an age of celebrity and branding.
Small Wonder
Landmark projects such as the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao and the Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles have firmly linked...
Landmark projects such as the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao and the Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles have firmly linked...
A Life Less Ordinary
Whoever said we mellow with age obviously hadn't met Moshe Safdie.
Whoever said we mellow with age obviously hadn't met Moshe Safdie.
Manhattan Transfer
Ever since 9/11, it has been clear that whatever structures came to stand on the World Trade Center site would serve a symbolic...
Ever since 9/11, it has been clear that whatever structures came to stand on the World Trade Center site would serve a symbolic...
Bears Give Way to Bulls In Germany
According to predictions from Euroconstruct, by 2009 the European construction market will have grown in real terms year-on-year...
According to predictions from Euroconstruct, by 2009 the European construction market will have grown in real terms year-on-year...
The Parametric Revolution
PF: How different is your practice to that of a normal architectural firm? KO: We still move around, talk, use pencils...
PF: How different is your practice to that of a normal architectural firm? KO: We still move around, talk, use pencils...
America's Cup Foredeck Building, Valencia
David Chipperfield Architects and Barcelona-based b720 Arquitectos recently completed the new America's Cup centre.
David Chipperfield Architects and Barcelona-based b720 Arquitectos recently completed the new America's Cup centre.
AstraZeneca, Alderley Park, Cheshire
AstraZeneca's requirement was for the provision of 20,000m² of multi-disciplinary laboratories housing 260 cancer research...
AstraZeneca's requirement was for the provision of 20,000m² of multi-disciplinary laboratories housing 260 cancer research...
Bahrain World Trade Centre,
The Bahrain World Trade Centre on the King Faisal Highway in Manama is an extension to the existing five-star Sheraton Hotel...
The Bahrain World Trade Centre on the King Faisal Highway in Manama is an extension to the existing five-star Sheraton Hotel...
Canadian War Museum, Ottawa
The Canadian War Museum is located in downtown Ottawa, overlooking the pastoral banks of the Ottawa River and rising slowly...
The Canadian War Museum is located in downtown Ottawa, overlooking the pastoral banks of the Ottawa River and rising slowly...
David Chipperfield - Quiet Storm
David Chipperfield's whole design career has been an exercise in restraint.
David Chipperfield's whole design career has been an exercise in restraint.
