Architecture & Design Community
August 11, 2023
Zach Fluker, director of ao-ft, explains how Spruce House and Studio, constructed from CLT, establishes a prototype for sustainable housing on tight urban sites. Located in a conservation area, the house occupies a wide plot on what used to be the village high street. Over the past century, houses in the street have transitioned from […]
August 4, 2023
Office S&M’s house for two graphic designers makes use of playful colours and shapes to build on the client’s predilection for Art Deco motifs. Bold forms and striking colours abound — this is nothing new for London-based studio Office S&M. The practice has cut its teeth with playful designs awash with colour, adding joy to […]
July 24, 2023
John Robertson Architects has repurposed the 1920s Daily Mail HQ in the City of London to create one of the 1% of refurbishment projects to achieve BREEAM Outstanding. John Robertson Architects (JRA) has retrofitted the former headquarters and print works of the Daily Mail newspaper on Tudor Street, close to Fleet Street in the City […]
July 21, 2023
Bureau de Change explores a contemporary take on 1930s suburbia at Cast House in Clapham, south London. Words Kiranmmayie Suryanarayana Photos Gilbert McCarragher Located on a suburban street in Clapham, Cast House is a newly constructed detached house inspired by the contemporary style of London’s suburbs but distinct in its proposition. East London based firm […]
July 14, 2023
Studio Weave’s visually-striking cliff top house on South Korea’s eastern peninsula draws its inspiration from traditional domestic forms and materials. Photos Kyung Roh Located on a cliff top overlooking South Korea’s Eastern Sea, Seosaeng House is a multi-generational family home designed by Studio Weave. The name of the dwelling translates as ‘the brightening East’ or […]
July 10, 2023
AOC and De Matos Ryan have transformed the V&A’s former Museum of Childhood in east London into a state-of-the-art visitor experience aimed at fostering the next generation of artists, thinkers, makers and innovators. Photos Luke Hayes and David Parry (courtesy of the Victoria and Albert Museum) Designed by AOC, in collaboration with De Matos Ryan, […]
July 3, 2023
Moxon Architects has completed an innovative, low-maintenance timber bridge in Balingen, southern Germany. Photos Simon Kennedy Moxon Architects, in collaboration with timber bridge engineering specialist IB-Miebach, has completed a pedestrian and cycle bridge in the Balingen, southern Germany. Won in competition and unveiled ahead of the 2023 Baden-Würtemberg Garden Show, the bridge links event venues […]
June 29, 2023
ritchie*studio’s bold reworking of a listed brewery in Malta combines spatial inventiveness with environmental performance and future flexibility. Photos Joe Smith Won in competition and designed to BREAM Excellent, ritchie*studio’s reworking of the listed Simonds Farsons Cisk brewery in Mriehel, Malta, comprises the restoration and transformation of a 7,000-square-metre Art Deco style building into a […]
June 26, 2023
AOC has completed a highly ambitious and idiosyncratic community and cultural centre in Berkshire. Photos Philip Vile Won in competition, AOC’s School Green Centre in Shinfield, Berkshire, comprises two inter-connected performance halls, a well-being hub, public library, creche, after-school club and café, as well as meeting rooms and offices for the local council. The 960-square-metre […]
June 22, 2023
Jamie Fobert Architects, in collaboration with Purcell and Max Fordham, has comprehensively reworked London’s National Portrait Gallery. Photos Olivier Hess, Jim Stephenson Jamie Fobert Architects, working alongside heritage architect Purcell and environmental engineer Max Fordham, has completed the most significant redevelopment of London’s National Portrait Gallery in the Grade I-listed building’s 127-year history. Central to […]
June 14, 2023
Hugh Broughton Architects has skilfully transformed a historic dockyard church on the Isle of Sheppey into a community hub and business incubator for young entrepreneurs. Photos Dirk Linder Sensitively reworked by Hugh Broughton Architects, in collaboration with conservation specialists Martin Ashley Architects, Sheerness Dockyard Church now includes an exhibition area, café, events space and a […]
June 5, 2023
A major new-build sports building in Portsmouth by FaulknerBrowns Architects and Max Fordham has set a new environmental benchmark with an operational energy consumption of less than 100 kWh/m²/yr. Photos Richard Chivers, Hufton+Crow Designed by FaulknerBrowns Architects, in close collaboration with Max Fordham, Ravelin Sports Centre provides a range of leisure and sports facilities for […]
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