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Tag: Urban
December 8, 2025
Third Space, Udaipur – ADC
Skip to content Third Space, Udaipur Photographer Timothy Soar shares his photographs – and his impressions – of Third Space in Udaipur by Studio SAAR, a vibrant cultural and educational hub born from the belief that communities deserve places of aspiration, not as a luxury, but as a birthright. There are buildings that stand in […]
December 1, 2025
Raymond Chandler Library – ADC
A new library is the first move in alma-nac’s reworking of the Junior and Lower School campus at London’s Dulwich College. Former pupil Ken Okonkwo explains how the project embeds net zero principles, reflects the school’s culture of curiosity and collaboration, and has doubled the number of borrowed library books. Photos Jack Hobhouse Dulwich College […]
October 30, 2025
One Great Cumberland Place – ADC
Skip to content One Great Cumberland Place Gort Scott has completed an environmentally-focused interior fit-out for The Portman Estate’s new head office in London, combining spatial flexibility with low-carbon materials and extensive planting. Photos Dirk Lindner Gort Scott has completed a 780-square-metre interior fit-out for The Portman Estate’s new headquarters at One Great Cumberland Place, […]
October 20, 2025
The Gallery – ADC
Skip to content The Gallery Cagni Williams Associates has reworked an Edwardian terraced house in south London, replacing the rear conservatory with a Corten steel-and-glass extension, and delivering a low-energy retrofit with carefully crafted spaces. Photos Fred Howarth Cagni Williams Associates has completed a highly distinctive extension and refurbishment of an Edwardian terraced house in […]
September 25, 2025
The Spencer Building – ADC
Skip to content The Spencer Building Wright & Wright Architects has completed a pioneering Passivhaus library for Corpus Christi College, Oxford, balancing contemporary environmental standards with contextual sensitivity. Photos Hufton + Crow Designed by Wright & Wright Architects, the Spencer Building for Corpus Christi College, Oxford, is a new special collections library that balances contemporary […]
September 18, 2025
Grand Bayview Qianhai – ADC
Skip to content Grand Bayview Qianhai Foster + Partners has completed a pair of 180-metre-high residential towers in Shenzhen, China, aimed at supporting health, wellbeing and community for work-focused professionals. Photos Dirk Lindner Foster + Partners has completed Grand Bayview Qianhai, a high-rise residential development in Shenzhen, China, aimed at professionals who have an intensive […]
September 18, 2025
Holburne Museum – ADC
Skip to content Holburne Museum Eric Parry Architects returns to Bath’s Holburne Museum with two new galleries designed to house Renaissance treasures from the Schroder family collection. Photos Dirk Lindner Eric Parry Architects has completed two new gallery spaces and associated facilities at the Grade I-listed Holburne Museum in Bath. The £2.5m project extends the […]
September 8, 2025
The Chancery Rosewood – ADC
Skip to content The Chancery Rosewood Eero Saarinen’s Grade II-listed former US Embassy building in Grosvenor Square, London, has been reimagined as a hotel by David Chipperfield Architects with interiors by Joseph Dirand. Photos Ben Anders Set within the former US Embassy on Grosvenor Square in London’s Mayfair, The Chancery Rosewood has opened as a […]
August 4, 2025
Campfield – ADC
Skip to content Campfield Project 3’s renovation of Lower Campfield Market in Castlefield, Manchester, marks a new chapter for a structure that has adapted to the city’s social and economic tides. Words Tyler-Antonia Gordon Photos Jack Garforth and Allied London From pasture to market, museum to wartime balloon factory and back again, the Grade II-listed […]
August 1, 2025
The Buttermarket – ADC
Somerset-based practice Thread has ‘re-revealed’ a collection of historic buildings in Redruth, North Cornwall, to create a vibrant hub for artists, food entrepreneurs and the local community. Words Ian Chalk Photos Claire Fear Redruth, in North Cornwall, was originally established as a market town and became a major regional centre for the Cornish mining industry. […]
June 24, 2025
100 Fetter Lane – ADC
Fletcher Priest Architects has completed 100 Fetter Lane, the first building in the City of London to implement a standardised approach to material passports – and set to be the practice’s new HQ. Photos Dirk Lindner Located between Fleet Street and Farringdon in the City of London, Fletcher Priest Architects’ 100 Fetter Lane replaces a […]
June 16, 2025
Royal Albert Dock – ADC
Studio MUTT’s bold but thoughtful transformation of Royal Albert Dock builds on Liverpool’s proud history of commissioning young, imaginative practices to reinvigorate the city. Words Marco Iulian Photos Jim Stephenson Sixty years ago, British scholar Quentin Hughes wrote one of the best books on Liverpool: Seaport. Illustrated by the beautiful photographs of Graham Smith and […]