Birkbeck campus
Jessica Mairs2021-08-31T09:03:42+01:00Penoyre & Prasad has added a copper-clad roof extension to 373 Euston Road and transformed the building into a new campus for Birkbeck, University of London.
Fit for the future
Peter Songi2021-08-30T18:36:50+01:00Sanya Polescuk Architects has retrofitted an unloved 1950s terraced house to make a home that is refreshed, expanded and entirely fossil-fuel free. Sanya Polescuk explains the practice’s approach to balancing conservation issues with the urgent need to inject our housing stock with a new and sustainable lease of life.
Forest School
Peter Songi2021-08-20T19:11:37+01:00Studio 54 Architecture has refurbished and extended the Prep School at Forest School, on the edge of Epping Forest, to deliver an additional storey, a rooftop playground, and an entirely new facade.
Lord’s Cricket Ground
Jessica Mairs2021-08-17T15:17:03+01:00WilkinsonEyre's Compton and Edrich stands have opened at Lord’s Cricket Ground ahead of the new season.
Fin House
Jessica Mairs2021-08-19T15:07:00+01:00Architect Stephanie Thum-Bonanno has added a stepped brick extension to her east London home, introducing vertical oak fins that frame views out to the garden.
Durslade Farm Shop
Peter Songi2021-08-12T16:19:23+01:00Moxon Architects has designed a new farm shop to sit alongside the original buildings at Durslade Farm, the Somerset outpost of the international art gallery Hauser & Wirth. Graham Bizley takes a look.
Rendering versus reality
Jessica Mairs2021-08-09T12:26:49+01:00According to the glossy renders, the Marble Arch Mound was to be a lush green hill offering visitors spectacular views of Hyde Park. But the reality turned out to be rather different, writes Amanda Baillieu.
Farmyard at The Newt
Jessica Mairs2021-08-03T17:58:43+01:00Richard Parr Associates has restored a cluster of farm buildings, transforming them into a bedroom suites, a restaurant and a swimming pool for The Newt boutique hotel in Somerset.
Cove Ridge
Peter Songi2021-08-19T15:07:02+01:00Coffey Architects has replaced a 1930s cottage on the north Devon coast with a house that fits happily with its neighbours but makes a big statement inside, finds Richard Weston.
Habitat Matters
Jessica Mairs2021-08-25T12:35:06+01:00Architecture Today is partnering with Habitat Matters to support a series of a webinars and podcasts discussing the challenges of supporting natural habitats in the built environment in the run up to the UN's COP15 and COP26 conferences.
The Old Timberyard
Peter Songi2021-08-03T13:54:39+01:00Richard Dudzicki of RDA Architects has converted a 19th-century brick workshop from his practice’s office into a home for his family and a contemporary addition to the Victorian street.
King’s Cross reborn
Peter Songi2021-07-21T07:22:23+01:00As the country emerges from lockdown, the public spaces of what, not so long ago, was an urban no-go zone are the very picture of urban regeneration. Deyan Sudjic gives his verdict on what’s been achieved and what’s been lost.