Hugh Broughton Architects is refurbishing eight public toilet blocks across central London. Hugh Broughton discusses procurement complexities, design lessons, integrating public art, and the wider debates around safety, inclusivity, and gender-neutral provision – as well as his top five toilets.
A little box of fun: Carmody Groarke reinterprets John Soane’s Dulwich Picture gallery through new a new pavilion that knits together the gallery's landscape while providing new spaces for learning and play.
AHMM and TiggColl complete a new flexible living and mixed-use development on the Grand Union Canal in West London.
Allies and Morrison has completed a mixed-tenure residential building at King’s Cross in London, the final residential development in the area part of Related Argent's masterplan.
Hugh Broughton Architects delivers upgraded public toilets beneath Parliament Street as part of Westminster City Council’s £12.7 million programme to improve facilities across the borough.
Owain Williams Architects turns a disused garage site in Finsbury Park into a modest but purposeful office for the Stroud Green Housing Co-operative.
Grimshaw has completed a community and education hub at Edmonton EcoPark in North London.
Renzo Piano Building Workshop and Adamson Associates complete the final phase of Shard Quarter with a mixed-use residential tower at London Bridge.
HLW’s circular design for Grant Thornton UK’s new London office has resulted in a 79 reduction in embodied carbon through reuse, low-impact materials and a human-centred approach.
Material Cultures and Studio Gil transform a former council nursery in North London into a thriving community hub built from natural, low-carbon materials.
Wendover Studio’s conversion of the former St John’s Wood police station transforms the Victorian civic building into nine boutique rental apartments arranged around a courtyard.
In Edinburgh’s gritty, ever-changing Leith, a new kind of architecture is taking place. It’s low-tech, hands-on, and entirely regenerative. From hempcrete mixed like porridge to screw-pile foundations and low-carbon concrete, Kieran Hawkins, founder of Cairn, proves that small material changes, collaborative building, and clear values can drive big shifts in how, and why, we build.
