University challenge
Jessica Mairs2022-11-22T12:16:21+00:00Keith Williams charts a programme of bold, creative commissioning that has transformed the London School of Economics’ cramped, fragmented estate into a world-class campus.
London Zoo’s Snowdon Aviary reinvented as Monkey Valley
Jessica Mairs2022-11-22T12:26:23+00:00When 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.
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.
art’otel Hoxton
Isolde Brampton-Greene2022-10-17T12:52:12+01:00Squire 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.
Rise Design Studio revitalises community cinema in north London
Jessica Mairs2022-11-22T12:16:27+00:00Rise Design Studio has refurbished and extended the Lexi Cinema in Kensal Rise, adding a second screen and bar to expand the venue's offering.
Mole Architects deploys CLT for Design District studios
Jessica Mairs2022-11-22T12:16:28+00:00Waugh Thistleton associate director Kirsten Haggart reviews the Rhomboid and Ziggurat by Mole Architects, a pair of buildings in the Greenwich Design District with mass timber structures.
Designer and dreamer: Zaha Hadid
Jason Sayer2022-11-22T12:26:31+00:00Two exhibitions in London showcase Zaha Hadid's design work and early visions for the city.
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.
The Marlo
Jessica Mairs2022-11-22T12:16:36+00:00Bob Allies assesses the merits of The Marlo, a suite of apartments by Barbara Weiss Architects that give a new lease of life to a 19th-century block on Marylebone High Street, London.
Takero Shimazaki Architects inserts cinema in London railway arches
Jason Sayer2022-11-22T12:16:37+00:00Takero Shimazaki Architects (t-sa) has transformed eight railway arches in Camden into a cinema for the Curzon chain.
Benedetti Architects to refurbish RIBA headquarters
Jessica Mairs2022-11-22T12:26:35+00:00Benedetti Architects has been selected to lead the refurbishment of the Royal Institute of British Architects' headquarters at 66 Portland Place, London.