Architecture & Design Community
July 21, 2023
Our move to Shoreditch during the pandemic has given us a new home within a creative community and the opportunity to experience the area’s continual transformation – as London’s neighbourhoods continue to adjust to life post-Covid. Nestled between the overland rail link and surrounding warehouses, the view from the fifth-floor terrace of our studio provides […]
June 14, 2023
Still standing: The Theme Building, Los Angeles International Airport 1961 The enigmatic concrete spaceship that stands at the centre of Los Angeles International Airport stands as a monument to misplaced optimism, missed opportunities and swinging sixties glamour. The 25-metre-tall saucer is straddled by two perpendicular arches that connect to the central disc via thin concrete […]
February 28, 2023
As a sector, we are getting more adept at producing designs and specifications that reduce operational carbon, but there is less clarity on how to reduce the embedded carbon in the projects we deliver. Greg Shannon, one of our three industry experts, gives his view as to how this should be addressed. The Drysdale Building, […]
February 21, 2023
An ambitious, high-density residential-led development designed by Allies and Morrison brings a sense of order and civic pride to one of London’s largest yet least cohesive estate redevelopments. Rosamund Diamond explores the key moves behind the scheme’s inventive and carefully considered approach to urban planning. The recently redeveloped Keybridge estate is at the edge of […]
February 14, 2023
pH+ Architects’ fascinating reinvention of the English Country House combines boldness and precision with intimacy and a strong connection to its site, finds David Hills. The striking and contemporary Waterfield House by pH+ Architects can be found against the backdrop of the quiet Kent village of Goudhurst, which with its charming high street tumbling down […]
February 3, 2023
London studio Knox Bhavan has completed a brick pool house project for the owners of a Georgian property in Pembury, Kent Knox Bhavan has produced a handsome pool and brick pavilion located in Pembury, a stone’s throw away from Tunbridge Wells in Kent. The studio was given an open brief to build an “unobtrusive pool […]
January 24, 2023
Nimi Attanayake and Tim O’Callaghan of nimtim architects see their home office/playroom as a space that reflects the challenge of juggling raising children and running a practice. We have two young children and the pandemic was a particularly challenging time to be running an architecture practice. We wanted our photo to capture the way the […]
January 20, 2023
Architects IF_DO and artist Lakwena collaborate to design an artwork that surrounds a substation in Brent Cross. Picture this: a substation, in Brent Cross, on the side of the A406 North Circular by a junction to the M1 motorway. Whatever you had in your mind, this is not it. This is a substation wrapped by the […]
December 14, 2022
In the High Weald Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, a timber abode offers a rural retreat for those looking to immerse in the wilderness. Hidden away in the wooded enclaves of High Weald in East Sussex, a timber lodge has landed. Designed by Warwickshire-based practice, Michael Kendrick Architects, ‘Looking Glass Lodge’ is for clients Rik […]
December 3, 2022
Clementine Blakemore Architects has transformed a collection of ignored agricultural buildings in Dorset into an inclusive retreat and valuable community asset. PhotosLorenzo Zandri & Emma Lewis In West Dorset, Clementine Blakemore Architects (CBA) has turned a series of derelict farmhouse buildings into rural retreat for holiday-makers, a workshop and a centre for community activities. Wraxall […]
December 2, 2022
Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios’ sustainable, on-campus nursery for Staffordshire University puts play, development, wellbeing and nature at the heart of early years education. PhotosDaniel Hopkinson Designed by Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios, in collaboration with Max Fordham, the £4.4m nursery for Staffordshire University provides 100fte places, including an observational suite with leading digital technology to facilitate […]
December 1, 2022
A contextually sensitive rural temple designed by James Gorst Architects is conceived as a series of orthogonal pavilions unified by a cloistered walkway. PhotosRory Gardiner Won in competition, James Gorst Architects’ temple complex is located in the village of Rake, set within the South Downs National Park. Replacing an existing dilapidated 1970s complex, the new […]
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