Looking back at Battersea Power Station

2025-12-17T07:53:48+00:00

WilkinsonEyre director Sébastien Ricard reflects on the long and complex journey to restore Battersea Power Station, exploring how flexibility, mixed use and deep respect for heritage were essential to transforming a near-derelict industrial monument into a resilient piece of city.

Looking back at Battersea Power Station2025-12-17T07:53:48+00:00

68 Erith Hub

2025-12-16T10:23:50+00:00

alma-nac’s transformation of a long-vacant high-street unit in Erith creates a flexible, low-carbon community hub, organised around a generous threshold space that links between street and interior.

68 Erith Hub2025-12-16T10:23:50+00:00

Dispatches from Izmir, Turkey

2025-11-29T15:26:07+00:00

Office of Displaced Designers (ODD) is calling on UK construction professionals to support She Repairs, an initiative to help women in Izmir's displaced communities to provide their households with a safe and comfortable home.

Dispatches from Izmir, Turkey2025-11-29T15:26:07+00:00

The Sutton Estate

2025-11-25T15:06:13+00:00

CIVIC and HTA Design’s conservation-led renewal of Chelsea’s historic Sutton Estate transforms four Edwardian mansion blocks into sustainable homes while restoring the estate’s architectural character and reshaping its landscape into a sociable, biodiverse network of gardens.

The Sutton Estate2025-11-25T15:06:13+00:00

North London Collegiate School Ideas Hub

2025-11-25T14:50:58+00:00

Walters & Cohen Architects’ Ideas Hub and new main entrance for North London Collegiate School weaves between four curtilage-listed structures to create a warm, collaborative environment for innovation, design, engineering, art and science.

North London Collegiate School Ideas Hub2025-11-25T14:50:58+00:00

Backstage at The Old Vic

2025-12-23T12:22:44+00:00

A six-storey timber extension stitched into the fabric of The Old Vic transforms one of London’s oldest theatres into an inclusive, low-carbon home for learning, rehearsal and community life.

Backstage at The Old Vic2025-12-23T12:22:44+00:00

Stone Demonstration

2025-11-05T12:51:10+00:00

Webb Yates, Arup, Groupwork’s three-storey prototype at Earls Court explores how pre-tensioned stone can replace carbon-intensive materials, reimagining the structural frame as a durable, low-energy and reusable system for the future of construction.

Stone Demonstration2025-11-05T12:51:10+00:00

Reimagining iconic buildings

2025-10-27T14:19:11+00:00

Architects and façade specialists from Foster + Partners, Propak Architectural, Farrells and Schüco discuss how they collaborated to repurpose two of London’s landmark buildings – The Whiteley and Powerhouse – at an event exploring the value of reuse and restoration.

Reimagining iconic buildings2025-10-27T14:19:11+00:00

Broadfields Estate

2025-10-09T15:46:12+01:00

RCKa has completed 28 affordable rented apartments for Barnet Council within the Broadfields Estate in Edgware.

Broadfields Estate2025-10-09T15:46:12+01:00

Reflections: The Crystal Palace

2025-10-09T17:22:11+01:00

John Pardey on how Joseph Paxton’s pioneering Crystal Palace for Great Exhibition of 1851 marked the end of millennia of masonry and timber construction, ushering in a new era of light, span and prefabrication that would redefine architecture in the age of industry.

Reflections: The Crystal Palace2025-10-09T17:22:11+01:00
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