Woolwich Works
Jessica Mairs2022-11-22T12:17:26+00:00Bennetts Associates has transformed a group of five Grade II and Grade II*-listed buildings at the Royal Arsenal in Woolwich into a new cultural hub for music, theatre, dance and art.
My kind of town: Michál Cohen
Peter Songi2021-09-30T12:46:54+01:00The co-founder of Walters & Cohen on the relationship the pandemic helped her cultivate with open-air London.
Birkbeck campus
Jessica Mairs2021-08-31T09:03:42+01:00Penoyre & Prasad has added a copper-clad roof extension to 373 Euston Road and transformed the building into a new campus for Birkbeck, University of London.
Fit for the future
Peter Songi2021-08-30T18:36:50+01:00Sanya Polescuk Architects has retrofitted an unloved 1950s terraced house to make a home that is refreshed, expanded and entirely fossil-fuel free. Sanya Polescuk explains the practice’s approach to balancing conservation issues with the urgent need to inject our housing stock with a new and sustainable lease of life.
Forest School
Peter Songi2021-08-20T19:11:37+01:00Studio 54 Architecture has refurbished and extended the Prep School at Forest School, on the edge of Epping Forest, to deliver an additional storey, a rooftop playground, and an entirely new facade.
Lord’s Cricket Ground
Jessica Mairs2021-08-17T15:17:03+01:00WilkinsonEyre's Compton and Edrich stands have opened at Lord’s Cricket Ground ahead of the new season.
Fin House
Jessica Mairs2021-08-19T15:07:00+01:00Architect Stephanie Thum-Bonanno has added a stepped brick extension to her east London home, introducing vertical oak fins that frame views out to the garden.
Rendering versus reality
Jessica Mairs2021-08-09T12:26:49+01:00According to the glossy renders, the Marble Arch Mound was to be a lush green hill offering visitors spectacular views of Hyde Park. But the reality turned out to be rather different, writes Amanda Baillieu.
King’s Cross reborn
Peter Songi2021-07-21T07:22:23+01:00As the country emerges from lockdown, the public spaces of what, not so long ago, was an urban no-go zone are the very picture of urban regeneration. Deyan Sudjic gives his verdict on what’s been achieved and what’s been lost.
Victoria House
Jessica Mairs2021-08-25T16:39:46+01:00Hutchinson & Partners has refurbished the neoclassical Victoria House building on London's Bloomsbury Square, transforming it into a refined oak- and marble-lined co-working office.
Lessons learnt: Kings Cross
Jessica Mairs2021-08-25T16:38:15+01:00Peter Bishop served as director of planning at the London Borough Camden from 2001 until 2006 when the Kings Cross development was being planned. He reflects on the project's ambitions and the factors that contributed to its success.
The Cheese Barge
Jessica Mairs2022-05-11T12:01:18+01:00Adam Richards Architects has designed a floating cheese restaurant in the Paddington Basin, featuring a patinated metal roof based on James Stirling's Bookshop Pavilion in Venice.