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December 16, 2025
WilkinsonEyre director Sébastien Ricard reflects on the long and complex journey to restore Battersea Power Station, exploring how flexibility, mixed use and deep respect for heritage were essential to transforming a near-derelict industrial monument into a resilient piece of city. Credit: Charlie Round-Turner Drawings WilkinsonEyre There were many attempts to redevelop Battersea Power Station (BPS) […]
September 2, 2025
Skip to content Mason & Fifth Westbourne Park AHMM and TiggColl complete a new flexible living and mixed-use development on the Grand Union Canal in West London. Photos Adam Firman, James Reteif, Rob Parrish Allford Hall Monaghan Morris (AHMM) and TiggColl have completed Mason & Fifth Westbourne Park, a mixed-use development for Cheyne Capital on […]
April 15, 2025
Michelmersh explores the rising popularity of Roman bricks in contemporary architecture. In association with As an architect, Roman bricks can be a powerful way to add style and substance to your structures. In this article, we’ll explain how. First, we’ll peer into the past to see where Roman bricks originated. Then, we’ll journey back to […]
March 20, 2025
March 20, 2025 Architecture firm ALH Taller has shared photos of Hotel El Zarzo, a brick hotel in Medellin, Colombia, that serves as an urban oasis that combines aesthetic, environmental and social value in every architectural detail. The hotel’s design maximizes the connection with the exterior, despite being sandwiched between two other buildings, strategically using […]
January 31, 2025
Emil Eve’s renovation and extension of an Edwardian house in the Harpenden Conservation Area creates a flexible family home that integrates three new interlocking volumes. Photos Taran Wilkhu Emil Eve has completed the transformation of a once-institutional Edwardian property, returning it to a contemporary and highly adaptable family home. Previously used as a nursery, the […]
January 16, 2025
Powerhouse Farrells completes the 15-year transformation of Lots Road Power Station – the ‘cathedral of the industrial age’ – into Chelsea Waterfront’s Powerhouse. Photos Andy Stagg, BAYA Interiors, Chelsea Waterfront, FBC London Farrells has completed the 15-year transformation of the Lots Road Power Station – the oldest of London’s three historic power stations and the […]
January 9, 2025
Sadler’s Wells East O’Donnell + Tuomey’s Sadler’s Wells East brings dance to diverse audiences and much-needed permanence and purpose to Stratford Waterfront. Words Isabel Allen Photographs Peter Cook “We wanted to make a building that spoke of the site’s industrial past,” says Sheila O’Donnell. We are gazing at the saw-tooth roofline of Sadlers Wells East, […]
December 20, 2024
London practice NIKJOO, working with small-scale developer Flawk, has transformed a constrained backland site in Stoke Newington into a three-bedroom family home. Photos Lorenzo Zandri and Jasper Fry Small-scale developer Flawk has completed ‘Lode’, a new-build house on a backland plot in Stoke Newington. Designed in collaboration with London studio NIKJOO, the house replaces a […]
November 26, 2024
Tuckey Design Studio has turned a 16th century Somerset wool hall into a recording studio and home, revealing the essence of the historic structure, finding beauty in the mundane, and celebrating the richness of the building’s past. Words Ingrid Petit Photographs James Brittain When you first approach Wool Hall and see its arched entrance, outdoor […]
November 14, 2024
Multi-disciplinary design firm mcmahon and nerlich has shared photos of a warehouse-inspired townhouse with a Spanish twist inside. Set amongst an assortment of grey-box townhouses, heritage cottages, and converted factories in a gritty inner-urban street in Melbourne, Australia, the home takes cues from the heritage warehouse context and plays with the warehouse typology. A red […]
September 9, 2024
In Hertfordshire, Bennetts Associates and Citizens Design Bureau have transformed the former Hertford Theatre, bringing it up to speed and expanding its offering as a new multipurpose arts venue. Photos Hufton + Crow On the banks of the River Lea, a new, angular, brick building has arrived in Hertford. ‘BEAM’ as the building is known, […]
April 18, 2024
Jeff Edwards, Engineering Manager for Leviat’s masonry division, answers readers’ questions on masonry support systems. Leviat supplied a bespoke Ancon MDC masonry support system for Kampus, a £250m housing development in Manchester (photo: Greg Holmes) What are the main types of masonry support system available, where are they typically used, and how are they commonly […]
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