A new theatre has risen from the ashes of Charing Cross Road's once-infamous Astoria venue. Theatre owner Nica Burns and Derwent CEO Paul Williams explains how theatricality and glamour has melded with AHMM's modern architecture to create a contemporary hub for the West End.
Allford Hall Monaghan Morris and Derwent London have delivered a complex urban jigsaw of theatre, retail, office space and a new public square above the Crossrail station at Tottenham Court Road. Isabel Allen charts the influences, aspirations and relationships that have shaped a self-assured solution for one of London's most prominent sites.
Hotels, restaurants, gyms and sports facilities would probably be less attractive and welcoming places without decorative column casings. But the beauty of these elements goes beyond the purely aesthetic, as Peterborough-based specialist Encasement explains.
Designed by dRMM, a new hotel in Cambridge’s emerging Eddington town centre showcases the versatility of modern blockwork and mediates between the university’s commitment to design quality and placemaking, and evolving trends in hotel design. Â
When Lord Snowdon, Cedric Price and Frank Newby designed the aviary at London Zoo, they captured the spirit of the times. Samantha Hardingham charts its transformation from 1960s icon to modern-day monkey hangout.
Squire and Partners has designed a bespoke ‘cogwheel’ façade for art’otel, a 26-storey art-inspired hotel in London’s Hoxton. Partner Murray Levinson talks to Architecture Today about the challenges involved.
OMA has completed the first phase of its overhaul of Berlin department store KaDeWe, which sees wood-clad escalators criss-cross through concentric circular voids to connect shop floors.
White Arkitekter has completed one of the world's tallest hybrid timber buildings, a cultural complex culminating in a 75-metre-tall tower in Skellefteå, Sweden.
WilkinsonEyre's Compton and Edrich stands have opened at Lord’s Cricket Ground ahead of the new season.
Richard 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.
Arup reveals plans to transform ex-industrial Delta Lakes site near Llanelli in Carmarthenshire, Wales, into a centre for health and wellbeing.
Abin Design Studio has designed a clubhouse in Bansberia, West Bengal, using crowdfunding, local craftsmen and personal contacts to turn a modest government grant into a community gathering place that punches above its weight.
