Walcot Square by FORMstudio
Jason Sayer2023-01-10T14:59:01+00:00James Soane reviews FORMstudio’s new mews in the Kennington Conservation area, a scheme that sees five two-storey and basement split-level houses replace a series of garages on a brownfield site.
Workplace: The Buckley Building by Buckley Gray Yeoman
Isolde Brampton-Greene2023-01-24T12:49:57+00:00The Buckley Building in London was presented at the AT Awards live finals on 7 November 2022 at the Chartered Institute of Environmental Health to a jury comprising, Heather Topel, Asif Din, Amin Taha, Farshid Moussavi, Matt Kennedy, and Chair Lee Mallett. Read about how the project has stood the test of time.
Materials Library: Bureau de Change
Isolde Brampton-Greene2023-08-08T10:33:13+01:00Katerina Dionysopoulou and Billy Mavropoulos discuss the importance of material research and establishing close working relationships with specialist suppliers and subcontractors
Bricking it: Battersea power station primed to open to the public
Jason Sayer2022-11-22T12:16:20+00:00The 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 14 October.
Born again: St John’s Waterloo renovated by Eric Parry
Jason Sayer2022-11-22T12:16:20+00:00Eric 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.
Mae designs John Morden Centre for older people
Jessica Mairs2022-11-22T12:16:23+00:00Mae 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.
RCA Battersea South Campus
Isolde Brampton-Greene2022-11-22T12:16:25+00:00Herzog & 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.
Low-carbon brick production gets go ahead
AT Editor2022-08-01T14:20:02+01:00Michelmersh is set to produce the world’s first 100 per cent hydrogen-fired clay bricks.
200 Becontree
Jessica Mairs2022-11-22T12:16:33+00:00Archio has created two ‘super-sized’ villas containing dense infill housing on east London’s historic Becontree Estate. Marwa El Mubark enjoys a contemporary project that builds on the social aspirations of the original designs.
Herzog & de Meuron completes RCA Battersea campus
Jason Sayer2022-11-22T12:16:39+00:00Swiss firm Herzog & de Meuron has completed its much-anticipated new campus for the Royal College of Art in Battersea, south west London.
Ask the expert: Brick
Peter Songi2023-08-01T17:35:41+01:00Patrick Lewis from the Brick Development Association answers readers’ questions about bricks.