The Line
AT Editor2019-12-12T16:27:04+00:00Building
A pair of timber- and masonry-clad beach houses in East Sussex by RX Architects draws inspiration from the local vernacular
Roofs
The threat of climate change is leading to an increased demand for green and blue roofs from planning authorities. BMI UK & Ireland product systems manager Amanda de Sousa explores the needs they meet in the context of drainage.
Exhibition
The specificity of landscapes and built form are evoked in architect John Melvin’s paintings, currently on show in London
Building
Simpson & Brown's new visitors' centre connects the Norman cathedral of St Albans with its twentieth-century chapter house
Learning from
Acknowledging the layers of history in renovating a neglected building was a fundamental lesson, says Richard Griffiths
Envelope
Senior Architectural Systems sets out its stall at Doncaster’s refurbished Wool Market
Building Review
Neven Sidor visits the Centre Building at the London School of Economics by Rogers Stirk Harbour & Partners
Building
A plywood-lined loft extension by Inglis Badrashi Loddo Architects is intended to evoke treehouses
Books
Hana Loftus reviews Gillian Darley’s perambulations around 'Excellent Essex'
Exhibition
Relationships that laid the foundations for post-war British architecture are explored in RIBA’s Bauhaus exhibition, writes co-curator Pete Collard
Building
Architect Russell Jones has created a compact timber house within the perimeter wall of a Victorian outbuilding in north London