Architecture & Design Community
October 28, 2022
Studio Weave’s extension to Lea Bridge Library, in Waltham Forest, achieved with the help of the GLA, caters for a growing, diverse community. WordsJason SayerPhotographyJim Stephenson “You used to have to wear thick shoes here,” says Je Ahn, pointing at the ground. “It used to be full of needles and nasty objects – it wasn’t […]
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 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 30, 2022
An AT webinar with Medite Smartply exploring urban landscaping strategies is taking place on Thursday 15th September. Goldmsith Street is a collection of Stirling Prize-winning Passivhaus homes in Norwich, designed by Mikhail Riches Architects, with landscape architects, BBUK As more and more of us choose to live in cities, how we make the most of […]
August 24, 2022
Richard Lavington applauds New Practice’s sympathetic and intelligent reworking of a vital, multi-use community resource in Glasgow Southside. Timber and glass screens painted a vibrant yellow subdivide spaces for resident artists and social enterprises on the top floor Kinning Park Complex is an organisation that has operated in the Kinning Park area of Glasgow’s Southside […]
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
Artist Morag Myerscough has unveiled an aerial art installation running the length of London’s Oxford Street to encourage action on the transition to a low carbon future. Made of recycled plastic from marine environments, the artwork consists of 105 vast, 4-metre flags emblazoned with the words TIME FOR CLEAN POWER, which span the entire length […]
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 12, 2022
New Scriptorium is a studio for writers, poets and literary groups designed by artist Bobby Niven for the grounds of the 12th century Arbroath Abbey in Scotland. The New Scriptorium was designed and created by artist Bobby Niven, the founder of the Bothy Project – a network of off-grid artists and writers retreats in Scotland. […]
July 5, 2022
Studio Weave has added a timber-framed artist’s retreat to a stone cottage in rural Devon. London-based practice Studio Weave designed the retreat as an extension to the home of Tom Baker and Natalie Silk, the founders of Field Day festival. Named after the historic sandpit on which the project now stands, Made of Sand provides […]
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