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January 4, 2024
Emile Eve Architects has added a double-height atrium in an extension to a home in North London. Photos Taran Wilkhu Nestled in into the Highgate Conservation Area in London, Hackney studio Emil Eve Architects has toyed with scale and light to revamp this five-storey Edwardian terraced home. The biggest intervention to the property is the […]
November 17, 2023
Allford Hall Monaghan Morris has transformed the former Royal London Hospital in Whitechapel into Tower Hamlets Town Hall. Chris Dyson admires a project that combines conservation, retrofit and new build to create a complex, vibrant building that plays a vital role in civic life. The decision to locate the new Tower Hamlets Town Hall on […]
November 10, 2023
Gundry + Ducker’s design for a home off Wimbledon Common aims to be a “country house in miniature.” Photos Andrew Meredith In the leafy confines of Wimbledon Common, southwest London, Gundry + Ducker has transformed a house from the early 2000s to provide more space and improve its internal qualities as well as the relationship […]
November 3, 2023
After five years, the 18th-Century library at St. Paul’s Cathedral is back open the public. Photos Graham Lacdao Up in the gods of St Paul’s Cathedral, in an area known as the Triforium level – essentially it’s attic – one of the UK’s best kept 18th Century interiors is back open after a five-year hiatus. […]
November 2, 2023
Delve Architects’ Nest nursery brings joy to the base of a residential block in East London. Photos Fred Howarth London-based studio Delve Architects have transformed an empty commercial lot into a nursery in Royal Wharf, East London. Known as the ‘Nest’, the project for client Hestia Education occupies the ground floor of a 19-storey-high residential […]
August 14, 2023
London-based designer Adam Nathaniel Furman’s colourful work, Abundance, gently makes its way around Paddington Central. Greeting visitors to Paddington’s amphitheatre is Abundance. Designed by Adam Nathaniel Furman, who was born just a stone’s throw away at St Mary’s hospital, the artwork, as its name suggests, abounds with colour — and delight. Gently tracing and demarcating a […]
May 24, 2023
In Camden, Roundhouse has opened up a new fully accessible venue designed by Paddy Dillon architect, with Allies and Morrison and Reed Watts architects for creatives to learn, practice and perform. We all know the Camden Roundhouse. Millennials will know it as a venue used for the iTunes Festivals in the noughties, older generations perhaps […]
May 2, 2023
ByOthers’ hand-made studio in Peckham, South London will help the new practice grow as it straddles architecture, contracting and development Photos Lorenzo Zandri Words Jason Sayer “When establishing the practice I wanted to embark on a project that would mark the intersection of our interests in design, material exploration and construction,” Richard Keys, director at […]
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 12, 2022
Squire & Partners completes 1 million square foot Art Deco-inspired mixed-use development on former Metropolitan Police Headquarters site. Squire & Partners has completed The Broadway, a 1 million sqft residential, workspace and retail development for developer Northacre. The Westminster site previously housed the Metropolitan Police Headquarters, a 1960s block which occupied the entire footprint, creating […]
November 22, 2022
A new theatre has risen from the ashes of Charing Cross Road’s once-infamous Astoria venue. Theatre owner Nica Burns and Derwent CEO Paul Williams share how theatricality and glamour has melded with AHMM’s modern architecture to create a contemporary hub for the West End. The 600 seat auditorium, designed in collaboration with AHMM by Haworth […]
October 10, 2022
BDP’s skilful reworking of Leighton House has breathed new life into one of London’s forgotten museums, the former home of artist Frederic Leighton. Rear elevation showing new brick staircase, glazed cafe and refurbished winter studio (ph: Jaron James) BDP has completed the restoration and refurbishment of Grade II* listed Leighton House Museum in London. The […]
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