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February 27, 2025
Squire & Partners’ retrofit of the Grade-II listed Conran Building at 22 Shad Thames preserves Hopkins’ High-Tech architectural legacy while transforming it into a contemporary workspace. Photos Andy Stagg Squire & Partners has completed a sensitive refurbishment of the Conran Building, a recently listed landmark in the historic Shad Thames district of London. Originally completed […]
February 21, 2025
James Traynor, managing director at ECD Architects, is rooting for Preston to realise its potential to become the perfect 15-minute compact city. Preston’s iconic brutalist bus station has been restored, showing that regeneration does not necessarily equal demolition. Like many northern towns, Preston has an image problem, but scratch beneath the surface and a world […]
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 27, 2025
In Hampshire, the renewal of a celebrated modernist icon, formerly Mountbatten House, integrates more than 20,000 new plants alongside new commercial workspace. Photos Andy Stagg Words Jason Sayer Plant, Basingstoke, a landmark of 1970s British modernism originally designed by Peter Foggo and Arup Associates Group 2 has been brought back to life. With planning and […]
January 23, 2025
Brown & Brown Architects has completed a sustainable and contextually-sensitive house on the Solway coastline for a retired couple relocating from Edinburgh. Photos Mart Goosens, Jim Stephenson Designed by Brown & Brown Architects, Tidal House, is a new-build residential retreat located on the Solway coast in Dumfries and Galloway. Commissioned by a retired couple relocating […]
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, […]
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 12, 2024
Max Fordham, Bond Bryan, Sheppard Robson and New Works share their insights on the key issues hindering the transition to regenerative architecture. Sheppard Robson’s Hardman Square Pavilion, Manchester. The hybrid glulam/ CLT superstructure reduced embodied carbon and minimised material waste. (Credit: Felix Mooneeram) Sheppard Robson “The industry still grapples with net zero and as regenerative […]
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 […]
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, […]
September 3, 2024
Office S&M has skilfully reworked a Victorian terraced house in north London, creating a spacious and eye-catching home for a young family of four. Photos French + Tye Office S&M’s remodelling and extension of a Victorian terraced house in north London draws on the clients’ love of municipal buildings and public infrastructure, resulting in a […]
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