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August 29, 2024
A key section of the Sydney Metro, Australia’s biggest public transport project, has finally opened. Set to total 46 stations and 113km of new railway line, we take a look at four of the stations that have just completed, designed by Foster + Partners, Architectus, Cox Architecture, Woods Bagot and John McAslan + Partners. Sydney […]
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 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, […]
July 1, 2024
Shoreline, Folkestone ACME’s contemporary take on the Edwardian crescent marks the first phase of Folkestone’s Seafront & Harbour masterplan. Photos Matt Rowe, FHSDC Folkestone was once an important fishing and ferry port and spa resort. The seafront was characterised by boats and railways, amusement piers, bathing establishments, roller coasters, mini golf and nightclubs until the […]
June 25, 2024
Shepheard Epstein Hunter, with Architype and Jon Broome Associates, has completed 36 homes for the Rural Urban Synthesis Society, a community land trust in Lewisham. Photos RUSS Launched in response to the dire lack of genuinely affordable housing in the area, the Rural Urban Synthesis Society (RUSS) has built 36 homes in Ladywell, Lewisham in […]
June 13, 2024
John Pardey revisits the acclaimed modernist house that Peter Aldington built for himself and his wife in Haddenham, Buckinghamshire, in the 1960s, and reflects on the nature of permanence and the architect’s enduring love of the ordinary. Words John Pardey Photos Richard Bryant/Arcaid For most people, the buildings of the 1960s – unlike music and […]
May 17, 2024
In a remarkable case of a building’s original tenants coming back, Sanderson Design Group has returned to the CFA Voysey designed wallpaper factory in west London, restored by dMFK. Photos Jack Hobhouse Mostly known for his houses, CFA Voysey didn’t do many commercial buildings. In fact, the champion of the Arts and Crafts architect did […]
April 10, 2024
London studio Knox Bhavan has retrofitted and extended an early Victorian villa on Love Walk in Camberwell, south London. Photos Edmund Sumner Words Madeleine Jacob Based in Camberwell itself, Knox Bhavan remodelled the house next door in 1995; they were appointed to this project in 2019, with the home completing in June 2022. Speaking to […]
April 4, 2024
A pair of high-quality civic-minded office buildings by Gort Scott and Allies and Morrison mediates between a fragmented past and a more connected future at London’s White City. Words Claudia Lynch Photos David Grandorge (Gateway West), Jack Hobhouse (Gateway Central) For Allies and Morrison, London’s White City is an ongoing project. The practice started engaging […]
March 25, 2024
HUB Victoria: high-tech revisited Retrofit specialists Morrow + Lorraine add a building-on-top-of-a-building to two high-tech office blocks completed in 1991 by Arup Associates led by Peter Foggo. Photos Timothy Soar Retrofit specialist Morrow + Lorraine has completed a major extension for Gaw Capital, building over and connecting two existing buildings at 123 and 151 Buckingham […]
March 21, 2024
Office S&M has given the Nag’s Head Market in Seven Sisters, North London, a new lease of life, adding a mezzanine level, creating new routes through and improving spaces for traders. Photos Jim Stephenson “In markets, location is everything,” said Office S&M director Hugh McEwen, speaking to Architecture Today. “This meant that as we discussed needs […]
March 20, 2024
Brisco Loran and Arrant Industries have turned a former barbershop in Battersea into a flexible home, an office and a place for trade. Photos Jim Stephenson Words Jason Sayer What’s in a façade? Even a very small façade? In Battersea, southwest London, a converted barbershop tells us that the answer is, in fact, quite a […]
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