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November 9, 2022
Encasement explores how bespoke column casings can improve the aesthetics and performance of transport hubs. In association with Circa column casings at Gatwick Airport South Terminal Whether it’s an airport, train station or bus terminus, transport hubs are usually places that travellers want to pass through with ease and speed, with little time or interest […]
November 7, 2022
Ben Hancock of Oscar Acoustics answers readers’ questions. Acoustic spray was applied to the concrete slabs of Herbal House in London as part of an office refurbishment scheme by TP Bennett What is acoustic design and why is it important? Acoustic design is the fine tuning of sound for a specific interior space. While architects […]
November 4, 2022
Jonathan Spratt from Bennetts Associates argues that, for ‘young’ buildings from the 1990s and early 2000s architects should steer clients away from a comprehensive retrofit approach towards a strategy of ‘keyhole surgery’ – minimal interventions that have a transformative effect. Commercial office space is subject to several contradictions right now. There is an abundance of […]
October 28, 2022
Studio Weave’s extension to Lea Bridge Library, in Waltham Forest, achieved with the help of the GLA, caters for a growing, diverse community. WordsJason SayerPhotographyJim Stephenson “You used to have to wear thick shoes here,” says Je Ahn, pointing at the ground. “It used to be full of needles and nasty objects – it wasn’t […]
October 28, 2022
Eddie Blake of Studio Weave looks at the Lea Bridge Library, recently extended by Studio Weave, and what it means to genuinely serve a community today. The communities of Leyton are experiencing dramatic change. Along with other areas around the Olympic Park fringe, this Victorian residential suburb and its light industrial edges, is enjoying quiet […]
October 26, 2022
Designers and investors are driving a step change in the provision of innovative high-quality projects in the third-age housing sector. Local authorities need to catch up, says Ballymore creative director Roger Black. The renewed interest in architectural housing solutions for senior people is great to see, and the wonderful John Morden Centre by Mae Architects is […]
October 20, 2022
Hotels, restaurants, gyms and sports facilities would probably be less attractive and welcoming places without decorative column casings. But the beauty of these elements goes beyond the purely aesthetic, as Peterborough-based specialist Encasement explains. In association with Forma square casings at the National Memorial Arboretum in Staffordshire While it’s widely acknowledged that a key benefit […]
October 10, 2022
BDP’s skilful reworking of Leighton House has breathed new life into one of London’s forgotten museums, the former home of artist Frederic Leighton. Rear elevation showing new brick staircase, glazed cafe and refurbished winter studio (ph: Jaron James) BDP has completed the restoration and refurbishment of Grade II* listed Leighton House Museum in London. The […]
October 9, 2022
Stuart Nicholson, roof systems director at Marley, explores how closer supply chain collaboration and an improved understanding of renewable technologies can help drive the sustainability agenda for architects and tackle domestic energy costs. In association with The journey to 2050 net zero is underway and political leaders have clearly signposted the direction of travel. Part […]
October 7, 2022
The much-loved South London icon is finally set to be open to the public (for real this time) welcoming visitors into its WilkinsonEyre-refurbished insides on October 14th. Aerial view looking southwest. Credit Jason Hawkes. Sir Giles Gilbert Scott is an architect who has birthed London three icons: the red telephone box, Bankside power station, and […]
October 6, 2022
Eric Parry Architects has given a new lease of life to the Grade II* listed St John’s church in Waterloo, which only just survived the Blitz. “Where’s the church?” questioned the King — King George VI that is — in 1950 when touring the construction site that was Waterloo and Southbank, soon to be home to […]
September 27, 2022
A new era. Time for the-architecture enthusiast-formerly-known-as-Prince-Charles to stop voicing opinions; to adopt the enigmatic silence befitting a crowned head of state. So does architecture stand to lose its most divisive voice? Some might say it would be a relief. This, after all, is the man who fuelled the public’s distrust of modern architecture. Who […]
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