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January 12, 2024
Levitt Bernstein has restored the Grade II listed Bristol Beacon concert hall, improving the theatre’s acoustics and accessibility. The revamped Beacon Hall offers a capacity of 1,800 (2,200 with stalls standing). Photos Tim Crocker Words Jason Sayer Inside its original 1873 masonry walls, the Bristol Beacon theatre has a new heart. Once known as Colston […]
January 10, 2024
Leading UK building products manufacturer Glidevale Protect has published third party, independently verified Environmental Product Declarations (EPDs) for three of its most popular construction membrane products to assist specifiers by providing clear sustainability and life cycle assessment data. Created by One Click LCA and verified by the EPD Hub in accordance with EN 15804+A2 & […]
January 10, 2024
CUPA PIZARRAS’ CUPACLAD 101 Logic has been specified as part of the construction of a new Aldi store in Truro, Cornwall. The natural slate cladding product was chosen for an aesthetic that was entirely in-keeping with the surrounding Cornish town, as well as its impressive fire-resistant properties. Aldi tasked construction consultancy company Kendall Kingscott with […]
January 10, 2024
January 10, 2024 Architecture and experimentation office Grizzo Studio together with Rocio Martinez Serra, has sent us photos of the Moretti Gin Bar that they have recently completed in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The design of the bar incorporates elements that have been inspired by the gin distillery process and the materials used. The starting point […]
January 9, 2024
Bates Masi + Architects has sent us photos of a new home they recently completed in Bridgehampton, New York, that has its living spaces elevated above the ground. A coastal lagoon’s narrow shape and adjacent topography funnel storm surge and wave action onto the scenic but low-lying site. Therefore, the architects took these conditions into […]
January 7, 2024
Avoiding the tired recreational ski resort style of log structures and gabled roofs, architect Omar Gandhi has nevertheless managed to create a “cottage” feel in the project he named White Rock after a community in the area. The Gaspereau River Valley is the agricultural centre of the province of Nova Scotia located on the extreme […]
January 5, 2024
Floating in a luxuriously classic Celine bathtub while viewing the Eiffel Tower is not an experience many people get to have at home, even in the opulent 16th arrondissement of Paris. However, at Apartment Henri-Martin, located along Avenue Henri-Martin, this is exactly what the owners can do now, after an extensive reconfiguration and renovation of their […]
January 4, 2024
ANACAPA Architecture has sent us photos of a home renovation they completed for a young family of four who sought to update their 1952 California Ranch home nestled in the San Roque neighborhood of Santa Barbara. The original home had an awkward layout that chopped up the interior, with the architects explaining, “To get to the backyard, you had to go […]
January 4, 2024
Emile Eve Architects has added a double-height atrium in an extension to a home in North London. Photos Taran Wilkhu Nestled in into the Highgate Conservation Area in London, Hackney studio Emil Eve Architects has toyed with scale and light to revamp this five-storey Edwardian terraced home. The biggest intervention to the property is the […]
January 4, 2024
Ian Dryden, National Specification Manager at SIG Design & Technology, discusses best practice for replacing fragile roof decks with Architecture Today’s Technical Editor John Ramshaw. In association with Fragile roof decks occur for a variety of reasons, including unsuitable materials choices, poor detailing, unplanned alterations or additions over time, and lack of regular maintenance. Not […]
January 4, 2024
Steve Webb of Webb Yates Engineers has produced a learning module on stone for School of Specification. Here, he explains how the potato/tomato line provides a clue as to how stone construction might be developed in the UK. You’ve been involved in a number of conceptual installations exploring the structural and aesthetic possibilities of stone. […]
January 3, 2024
Architecture firm Wittman Estes has transformed an original house built in the 1940s, located on the eastern shore of Hood Canal near the Bangor submarine base in Washington State. Due to the complex constraints of the shoreline exemption, the architects kept to the existing footprint, expanding the house only from the existing structure. The new […]
13 November 2026
