Plus to DETAIL-Issue 1/2010 | Page 14

The name Nottingham is associated with Robin Hood, the popular folk hero, as well as with lacemaking. And lace, a once significant product of the city, was the inspiration chosen by Caruso St John Architects for their Nottingham Centre for Contemporary Art, also dubbed the Nottingham Contemporary.

PLUS to DETAIL-Issue 11/2009 | Page 1164

For almost three decades, the High Line languished like Sleeping Beauty, with even many New Yorkers unaware of the structure in their midst. In summer 2009, an 800-metre section of it reawakened as a public park.

PLUS to DETAIL-Issue 6/2009 | Page 562

The town of Herning in Jutland may be known to art lovers, but until recently this centre of the Danish textile industry was lacking in sophisticated contemporary architecture. The recently opened museum building by Steven Holl Architects changes all that.

Plus to DETAIL-Issue 6/2009 | Page 568

Future Systems, the architectural super-brand, has passed away. From the core of the old office a new practice has emerged: Amanda Levete Architects, a firm that seeks to establish its reputation with its recently completed first project, 10 Hills Place.

PLUS to DETAIL-English Edition 5/2009 | Page 472

In the 1970s the local authorities responsible for landscape planning placed a ban on felling the Douglas fir plantation in which this villa stands. For all future building development on the site, this had significant consequences in terms of eaves height and cubature.

PLUS to DETAIL-English Edition 04/2009 | Page 348

Anyone who has seen the Glass Pavilion at the Toledo Museum of Art in Ohio may be able to guess that the design for this new boutique, too, is the work of SANAA’s Kazuyo Sejima and Ryue Nishizawa.

PLUS to DETAIL-English Edition 4/2009 | Page 349

The new concept for the official NYC Information Center in Midtown Manhattan by WXY architecture + urban design enables users to create custom guidebooks and itineraries, eliminating the need for print brochures. DETAIL.de shows pictures of the new visitors’ centre.

PLUS to DETAIL-English Edition 03/2009 | Page 238

The cladding forms an uncompromising homogeneous surface to the car park’s cubic volume. There is an interesting contradiction here, as when a plain, demure woman wears a glitzy, metallic cocktail dress. The effect makes for a bold architectural statement.

The new up-to-date reference book is a great resource for anybody involved in housing, planning and the shape of our cities. It outlines the characteristics of some of the most fascinating and prominent housing types from around the world.

PLUS to DETAIL-English Edition 3/2009 | Page 242

The decision to build a new High Commission in Colombo was taken by the British Foreign and Commonwealth Office in 2000. The old High Commission building was a dilapidated six-storey slab block which stood, aloof, by the Indian Ocean, with its main facades stoically facing east and west to take the full brunt of the tropical ...