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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 […]
October 7, 2022
The much-loved South London icon is finally set to be open to the public (for real this time) welcoming visitors into its WilkinsonEyre-refurbished insides on October 14th. Aerial view looking southwest. Credit Jason Hawkes. Sir Giles Gilbert Scott is an architect who has birthed London three icons: the red telephone box, Bankside power station, and […]
October 6, 2022
Eric Parry Architects has given a new lease of life to the Grade II* listed St John’s church in Waterloo, which only just survived the Blitz. “Where’s the church?” questioned the King — King George VI that is — in 1950 when touring the construction site that was Waterloo and Southbank, soon to be home to […]
September 27, 2022
When Lord Snowdon, Cedric Price and Frank Newby designed the aviary at London Zoo, they captured the spirit of the times. Samantha Hardingham charts its transformation from 1960s icon to modern-day monkey hangout. Looking south from the top of Primrose Hill, the Snowdon Aviary at London Zoo has been a distinct and delightful feature of […]
September 5, 2022
Mae has designed a community building that provides well-being and recreational facilities for the later living residents of London’s Morden College in Blackheath. Mary Duggan appreciates a sophisticated, humane design that reflects and anticipates social change. Established in 1695 by philanthropist Sir John Morden to provide support and accommodation to retired widowed merchants, Morden College […]
August 17, 2022
Herzog & de Meuron’s adaptable and dynamic flagship building for the Royal College of Art has its sights set firmly on the future, while also acknowledging the institution’s past successes, finds Vicky Richardson. Architecture, it is often said, reflects the conditions in which it is made. But it can also anticipate the future. Herzog & […]
August 10, 2022
Squire and Partners has designed a bespoke ‘cogwheel’ façade for art’otel, a 26-storey art-inspired hotel in London’s Hoxton. Partner Murray Levinson talks to Architecture Today about the challenges involved. Located in the South Shoreditch Conservation Area, the flagship development includes a hotel, creative studios, workshops, an arts hub, spa and cinema Squire and Partners is […]
August 2, 2022
Rise Design Studio has refurbished and extended the Lexi Cinema in Kensal Rise, adding a second screen and bar to expand the venue’s offering. The Lexi Cinema hoped to install a beer garden to take the place of an improvised bar set up by residents, but when this was rejected by Brent Council due to […]
July 18, 2022
Waugh Thistleton director Kirsten Haggart reviews the Rhomboid and Ziggurat by Mole Architects, a pair of buildings in the Greenwich Design District with mass timber structures. The Design District, London’s first permanent, purpose-built creative district, is conveniently located minutes’ walk from North Greenwich Station. Knight Dragon has developed a hub for creative businesses which it is […]
July 1, 2022
Two exhibitions in London showcase Zaha Hadid’s design work and early visions for the city. Before her serpentine pavilion commission in 2007 Zaha Hadid had never built in Britain. Prior to this, the Baghdad born proponent of parametricism had been the Doyenne paper architect who had bold ambitions for her adopted home city and place […]
June 14, 2022
Bob Allies assesses the merits of The Marlo, a suite of apartments by Barbara Weiss Architects that give a new lease of life to a 19th-century block on Marylebone High Street, London. Is The Marlo an ambitious project or a modest project? It is modest to the extent that it is concerned principally with the […]
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