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November 23, 2023
Bindloss Dawes has transformed an unloved Victorian terraced house in east London into a spacious light-filled family home. Photos Nick Dearden Bindloss Dawes, in collaboration with designer Daytrip, has skilfully reworked a Victorian terraced house in Clapton, east London. The clients tasked the Somerset-based practice with creating a spacious and light-filled dwelling comprising distinct yet […]
November 20, 2023
Mclaren Excell has sympathetically reworked and extended a grade II-listed Victorian villa in Oxfordshire. Photos Rory Gardiner McLaren Excell has extended and renovated a grade II-listed Victorian villa in Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire. The existing three-storey house had an unsympathetic, highly glazed dual-pitched rear extension. An elegant new brick-clad rear façade both complements and extends the building’s […]
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 16, 2023
The Growing Space Masters Architecture students at the University of Westminster have completed a lightweight, prefabricated timber structure that forms part of a therapeutic gardening project in east London. Photos Edmund Sumner Designed by the Live Design Studio for Masters Architecture students at the University of Westminster, The Growing Space forms part of the bustling […]
November 14, 2023
Jonathan Tuckey Design has transformed a former carpentry workshop and cod liver oil factory into a wellness retreat in the arctic circle. Photos Andrea Gjestvang You’d be forgiven for having not heard of Henningsvær. Found way up in the arctic circle, the archipelago in northern Norway is a small fishing village of just 510 people […]
November 11, 2023
In Liverpool, Cullinan Studio has designed two new buildings that focus on children’s mental health. Words Jason Sayer Photos Paul Raftery In England last year, 11,740 children were admitted to hospital for mental health conditions. An alarming number, made even more worrying by the fact that 1.4 million children at school age sought NHS help […]
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
Alessandro Verona Studio has turned a 13th-Century Tower in Udine, northern Italy, into a museum showcasing the industry of the city Photos Massimo Crivellari In Udine, northern Italy, local practice Alessandro Verona Studio (AV/S) has restored and repurposed the Santa Maria Tower to become part of a cultural museum that exhibits the past and present […]
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 […]
October 31, 2023
SPASE has completed what is believed to be the UK’s first Grade I listed net zero conservation project saving 100 tonnes of CO2 per year. Architectural practice SPASE has completed a two-year restoration of Athelhampton, a Grade I listed manor in Dorset, resulting in what is believed to be the first operationally carbon neutral building of […]
October 25, 2023
When architect Richard Scott embarked on his own residential renovation project, he left nothing to chance. His bid to create a ‘sculpture in the round’ of the surrounding woodland, required some lateral thinking, which eventually led him to Skyline Architectural Aluminium from Alumasc Water Management Solutions (AWMS). Having successfully brought many commercial and residential building […]
October 13, 2023
De Matos Ryan’s design for Wonderlab: The Bramall Gallery at the National Railway Museum adopts the design language associated with locomotion and aims to inspire the next generation of engineers. Photos Hufton + Crow Wonderlab: The Bramall Gallery at the National Railway Museum has opened its doors to the train-loving public. Won through a competition, […]
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