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August 27, 2024
In Fitzrovia, Central London, White Red Architects has given an old warehouse a new lease of life as a garage and office space in a project that re-connected a client with their great grandfather. Photos James Retief “We found an old photograph and the story began to unravel,” said Joe Haire, director of Shoreditch-based practice, […]
August 23, 2024
The historic Arding & Hobbs department store in Clapham Junction has undergone a mixed-use restoration by London studio Stiff + Trevillion, now offering a gym, food hall and office space. Photos Richard Chivers Originally constructed in 1910, the Arding & Hobbs department store was a prominent fixture in the Clapham Junction neighbourhood. However, following the […]
August 23, 2024
New York City’s High Line is now home to ‘One High Line’, a pair of sculptural towers designed by Danish studio Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG). Photos Evan Joseph Joining a notable collection of buildings by architects such as Frank Gehry, Jean Nouvel, and Shigeru Ban on New York’s Highline, ‘One High Line’ features two distinct […]
August 20, 2024
London studio Unknown Works has designed a new showroom for electronic vehicle brand Zeekr in Amsterdam as the company’s first European outpost. Photos Ossip van Duivenbode and Unknown Works Hackney-based Unknown Works has completed a technologically advanced concept store in Amsterdam for Zeekr, a global electric vehicle brand. The project, located within the historic Vroom […]
August 16, 2024
London studio Artefact has extended a 1950s property in Surrey, making clever use of triangular blue blocks and terracotta tiles to add some Caribbean flavour to the suburban home. Photos Lorenzo Zandri Just beyond the southern outskirts of London, a striking new wing has been added to home in Epsom. Originally built by the development […]
August 16, 2024
Shedkm has designed a new church for the Parish of Heswall in Merseyside, allowing the congregation to better serve its community and benefit from a contemporary street presence. Photos Daniel Hopkinson Photography Located on the Wirral, and closer to the River Dee than the Mersey, the Lighthouse Church can be found on Telegraph Road in […]
August 12, 2024
London studio MATT+FIONA has led the creation of the ‘Rubble Garden’ with help from a local group of 11- to 14-year-olds. Photos French+Tye, Luke O’Donovan, MATT+FIONA & Polly Alderton Rubbing shoulders with a Rafael Viñoly-designed visual arts centre and Colchester High Street is the ‘Rubble Garden’. Featuring planting by local (but globally renowned) horticulturalists Beth […]
August 5, 2024
Ten transformative parkland projects Just because it’s summer and we wish we were outdoors… we’re celebrating projects that transform under-used sites into unexpected gardens of delight. Xuhui Runway Park by Sasaki Studio. Credit: by Insaw Photography. Words Stella Forde Photos by Insaw Photography Xuhui Runway Park, Shanghai, China, by Sasaki 2020 Almost two kilometres long, […]
August 2, 2024
As the pressures of the Climate Emergency intensify, a key challenge for the nation’s historic institutions is how to reconcile the demands of modern – and still evolving – standards of sustainability within highly sensitive settings. How can historic buildings and estates be made genuinely fit for the future? Over the last decade, Wright & […]
July 24, 2024
Hugh Strange Architects has combined domestic and agricultural typologies to produce a carefully considered courtyard house that complements its setting on the north Cornish coast. Photos Jason Orton The north Cornish coast is more rugged, wetter and more windswept than the south coast, attracting more surfers than sailors. The cliffs bring to an abrupt end […]
July 23, 2024
Lynch Architects’ addition to the Coroner’s Court in Westminster serves as a place of remembrance and embeds the work of stained glass artist Brian Clarke. Photos Christian Cunninghame, David Grandorge, Rachel Elliott, Rory Gaylor, Prudence Cummings & Andy Stagg On Horseferry Road in west London you’ll find Westminster Coroner’s Court. A quirky-looking building employing red […]
July 23, 2024
In 1969 Foster Associates reworked and extended a Victorian cottage in north London. Gianni Botsford Architects has demolished the cottage but retained the extension, drawing on its distinctive architectural language to design a replacement house. Amir Sanei traces the project’s provenance and assesses the results. Photos Schnepp Renou I first visited this property in early […]
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