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Isabel Allen2025-06-24T10:13:51+01:00Bindloss Dawes has restored a rural hamlet in south-west France – and remodelled a 300-year-old barn – to create a tranquil wellness destination.
Bindloss Dawes has restored a rural hamlet in south-west France – and remodelled a 300-year-old barn – to create a tranquil wellness destination.
Carmody Groarke’s transformation of a 1970s warehouse into a six-storey, demountable office scheme delivers a low-tech, low-carbon landmark for Bethnal Green.
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.
Clancy Moore Architects’ wastewater treatment plant at Arklow, County Wicklow, transforms a vital piece of infrastructure into a civic landmark – balancing pragmatism with poetic expression on a prominent coastal site.
Marina Tabassum Architects’ 2025 Serpentine Pavilion, ‘A Capsule in Time’ brings a poetic, ephemeral structure to Kensington Gardens, drawing on the dynamic heritage of the Bengal Delta to create a versatile, light-filled gathering space.
Bold in ambition, but compromised in delivery, Office S&M’s terrace of three family homes in a Hertfordshire village shows how commercial reality can dilute good ideas. Ellen Peirson applauds the bravery of a riposte to standard developer housing that has survived against the odds.
Coldefy’s social housing development in Lille draws inspiration from the industrial past of the Rives de la Haute-Deûle district to create a sustainable and community-centred living environment.
From a section of Robin Hood Gardens, to the only Frank Lloyd Wright interior found outside of the US and a pair of Zaha Hadid-designed shoes: the new V&A East Storehouse by Diller Scofidio + Renfro offers gallery-goers a new museum experience.
Chatillon Architectes’ reinvention of Beauvais’ 1970s tapestry gallery reimagines the cultural site as a layered, flexible destination that connects the Gallo-Roman past with a new civic future.
No.113 and No.115 Redchurch Street, Shoreditch, have been restored by Chris Dyson Architects after an in-depth analysis of the original weavers cottages influenced a restoration plan that paired a historic appreciation with contemporary living.