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May 31, 2024
AT caught up with American fine art aerial photographer Donn Delson in a helicopter while flying over London as he surveyed the city’s rooftops. We found out what he’s looking for, what he’s discovered and why he does it. You’ve had quite a few careers so far. What were they? My career journey has been […]
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 […]
May 16, 2024
At the University of Oxford, Nex— Architecture and Donald Insall Associates have refurbished the George Gilbert Scott-designed Exeter College Library, improving circulation and qualities of natural light, as well improving the building’s general performance. Alan Dempsey of Nex— Architecture and Michele Verdi of Donald Insall Associates will be speaking about this project in detail at […]
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 8, 2024
Development director at General Projects, Ben Cross talks to AT about retrofitting two major buildings in London and what the market for retrofit is like at the moment and moving forward. Ben Cross (Credit: With Love Studio) What’s going on at the Heal’s Building (currently being retrofitted by Buckley Gray Yeoman)? Our workplace-led re-imagination of […]
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 […]
February 22, 2024
“It’s made us better architects.” Surman Weston discuss with AT everything from buying the site at auction to being a main contractor for the project. Photos Jim Stephenson How did you find the site? Percy Weston We’d been looking since 2016 and been to a few auctions, but had found ourselves being blown out of […]
February 16, 2024
Gensler has turned an old warehouse into the new London headquarters of communications firm, Edelman. Photos Vigo Jansons “From the moment we walked into the empty warehouse building, we knew it was the perfect blank canvas to bring to life the vision we had for a post-pandemic workplace,” said Ruth Warder, CEO Edelman UK & […]
February 1, 2024
Seven years after being commissioned, Daniel Libeskind’s design for the Maggie’s Centre at the Royal Free Hospital in London sees a curvaceous building rise out of what was once a car park. Words Jason Sayer Photos Hufton + Crow At the Royal Free Hospital in Belsize Park, north London, the capital’s third Maggie’s Centre has […]
January 31, 2024
Linda Thiel, partner at White Arkitekter, explores how Euston Road in London, can be a healthier, more inclusive, and sustainable urban environment. Words Linda Thiel Photos White Arkitekter Roads and streets, as the main arteries in our cities, have had a different character at different points in history. With bustling traffic in various forms (from […]
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