Erbar Mattes Architects has skilfully remodelled a former pub in north London to create a home for an expanding family. PhotosStåle Eriksen, Simon Menges The Blockmakers Arms is a Grade II listed former public house situated on Shepherdess Walk in north London. Forming the end of a terrace of three-storey townhouses, the 19th-century building was […]
Threefold Architects has extended and remodelled a Victorian home in Muswell Hill, north London, adding a contemporary extension behind the restored red brick facade to create a “house of two halves”. Victorian end-of-terrace home had previously been split into two flats and the clients approached Threefold Architects to bring the property back into use as […]
5th Studio has converted a former vehicle testing facility into an open-access factory for makers as part of the £6 billion Meridian Water development in Enfield, north London. 5th Studio worked with the London Borough of Enfield and social entrepreneurs Bloqs to design the workspace as part of the meanwhile use of land earmarked for […]
Matheson Whiteley has transformed the home of not-for-profit arts organisation Studio Voltaire in Clapham, south London. Nana Biamah-Ofosu admires the ingenuity and restraint of a thoughtful remodelling that anchors the building in its community and creates the conditions for creativity to thrive. Adorning the gable end of a nondescript end of terrace leading to Nelson’s […]
Coffey Architects has completed a translucent, saw-tooth education building for Norwich City College’s technology, engineering and design courses. The Digi-Tech Factory offers teaching facilities for digital technology students at the Norwich City College that are intended to feel more like a professional workplace than a classroom. The design by London-based Coffey Architects comprises three floors […]
Greg Lomas of Foster Lomas reviews Kirkland Fraser Moor’s Ashraya house, a low-carbon property tucked beneath an arching roof and covered in a blanket of greenery that melds it with its Chilterns Hills setting. We sit in David Kirkland’s studio, a stone’s throw from the Ashraya house, and discuss the back story of the house […]
Feilden Fowles associate Ingrid Petit on the generosity and warmth of she found in Glasgow, in contrast to the city’s cold description as Edinburgh’s ugly sibling. Glasgow tenement housing, some of which narrowly escaped demolition and proved flexible enough to be upgraded and improved. As I start thinking about this article, it feels luxurious to […]