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December 10, 2024
Henrietta Billings, director of SAVE Britain’s Heritage, on why the M&S demolition decision exposes a broken planning system and how we need urgent reform to safeguard heritage assets and reduce embodied carbon emissions. Designed by Trehearne & Norman with WA Lewis, Orchard House was completed in 1930 and has been Marks & Spencer’s flagship Oxford […]
November 28, 2024
Cooke Fawcett has extended an old mill and added a new studio workshop for a creative couple in Hampshire. Photos James Brittain “Touch the Earth lightly,” said the late, great Australian architect Glenn Murcutt. His buildings did just that, employing a vernacular of lightweight materials – chiefly timber and corrugated sheet metal – that came […]
November 27, 2024
The Greenhill Building Chris Dyson Architects’ teaching and events building for Harrow Arts Centre’s London campus draws on the site’s legacy of agricultural buildings to deliver a flexible space that complements the Grade-II listed Gothic Elliott Hall. Photographs David Churchill Chris Dyson Architects has completed its competition-winning design for a new teaching and events building […]
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 20, 2024
East London practice THISS Studio has reconfigured a Victorian terrace in Waltham Forest to maximise existing space and minimise carbon impact. Photos Henry Woide A Victorian terrace in Waltham Forest, northeast London, has been transformed by THISS Studio into a light-filled and functional family home. In reconfiguring the ground floor, the East London practice eschewed […]
November 19, 2024
Assemble, Hopkins Architects, ECD Architects, and LOKI share their insights on the key issues hindering the transition to regenerative architecture. Herne Hill Velodrome is a project Hopkins carried in partnership with the local community to preserve it as a resource for both cyclists and locals. (Credit: Simon Kennedy) Hopkins “Initial cost associated with regenerative design […]
November 11, 2024
US firm Jahn has completed the Pritzker Military Archives Centre, providing the institution with a new gallery and 1,400 square metres of archival space. Photos Tom Rossiter Relocating its operations from Chicago, Illinois, to Somers, Wisconsin, Jahn has completed a new home for the Pritzker Military Museum & Library. Somers is a rural village found […]
November 8, 2024
Danish practice Bjarke Ingels Group has designed a new office and HQ for itself in Copenhagen’s industrial harbour. Photos Laurian Ghinițoiu In north Copenhagen, at the far edge of a district known as Sundmolen, BIG’s new 4,488-square-meter headquarters has taken its place among a sea of historic warehouses and maritime landmarks. Completed in early 2024, […]
November 5, 2024
As a notable Front Runner to emerge from the Regenerative Architecture Index, we spoke to Studio Bark about bioregionalism, material sourcing, and integrating the work of ecologists and arboriculturalists among others into the studio’s practice. Studio Bark. (Credit: Tom Joy) How does bioregionalism inform your design process, and what benefits have you seen from mapping […]
November 1, 2024
Piers Taylor’s holiday home for his family in Corfu takes root within its rugged terrain, paying homage to the area’s local building practices. Photos Jim Stephenson In the unassuming hinterlands on the Greek island of Corfu, a new concrete structure can be seen emerging from the landscape. Topped by a corrugated sheet metal roof, the […]
November 1, 2024
Asif Khan unveils 170m-long public boardwalk as a celebration of history, colour and nature at the heart of Canada Water’s transformation of Canada Dock. Photos Brendan Bell Asif Khan has designed a 170m long boardwalk that floats on the surface of south east London’s Canada Dock, weaving its way across the water. Commissioned by British […]
October 22, 2024
Manalo & White and Richard Lyndon Design have completed a new learning environment tailored for deaf and visually impaired students at the St Albans-based Heathlands School. Photos Rachel Ferriman Heathlands School, the UK’s largest school for deaf children, has expanded its St Albans campus with the opening of a new building designed specifically for students […]
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