Old Customs House competition
AT Editor2023-02-15T10:45:44+00:00The City of Helsinki has launched a competition for the sale and redevelopment of Gustaf Nyström’s Old Customs House in Katajanokka.
New Century Hall
AT Editor2025-01-08T15:53:49+00:00Sheppard Robson’s sympathetic refurbishment of Manchester’s New Century Hall has given the grade II-listed music venue a new lease of life.
Jacksons Lane
AT Editor2023-02-07T11:00:41+00:00Citizens Design Bureau has skilfully reworked a much loved arts venue in north London.
Mixed use and retail: Alex Monroe Studio by DSDHA
Isolde Brampton-Greene2023-01-17T16:55:51+00:00The Alex Monroe Studio in London was presented at the AT Awards live finals on 7 November 2022 at the Chartered Institute of Environmental Health to a jury comprising, Marion Baeli, Sarah Allan, Deyan Sudjic, Roger Harrabin, Ben Derbyshire, and Chair Catherine Burd. Read about how the project has stood the test of time, below.
Workplace: The Buckley Building by Buckley Gray Yeoman
Isolde Brampton-Greene2023-01-24T12:49:57+00:00The Buckley Building in London was presented at the AT Awards live finals on 7 November 2022 at the Chartered Institute of Environmental Health to a jury comprising, Heather Topel, Asif Din, Amin Taha, Farshid Moussavi, Matt Kennedy, and Chair Lee Mallett. Read about how the project has stood the test of time.
Good mews story
AT Editor2022-11-28T16:18:38+00:00Sanya Polescuk Architects has skilfully inserted a pair of low-carbon, multi-generational flats into a Victorian mews in north London, significantly boosting the building’s spatial and environmental performance.
Retrofit: Keyhole surgery
Isolde Brampton-Greene2023-08-08T10:32:30+01:00Jonathan Spratt from Bennetts Associates argues that, for ‘young’ buildings from the 1990s and early 2000s architects should steer clients away from a comprehensive retrofit approach towards a strategy of ‘keyhole surgery’ – minimal interventions that have a transformative effect.
Daylight and natural ventilation solutions support reimagined Victorian prison
AT Editor2022-11-01T10:30:35+00:00Velux Glazing Panels from Velux Commercial play a key role in an ambitious project to transform Bodmin Jail into a boutique hotel.
BDP restores London’s Leighton House museum
AT Editor2022-11-22T12:16:19+00:00BDP’s skilful reworking of Leighton House has breathed new life into one of London’s forgotten museums, the former home of artist Frederic Leighton.
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.
Kinning Park Complex
Isolde Brampton-Greene2022-12-18T21:27:03+00:00Richard Lavington applauds New Practice’s sympathetic and intelligent reworking of a vital, multi-use community resource in Glasgow Southside.
Heritage: High Street politics
Isolde Brampton-Greene2022-11-22T12:26:26+00:00Henrietta Billings, director of SAVE Britain’s Heritage, says the planning inquiry intro controversial plans to raze and rebuild Marks & Spencer’s flagship Oxford Street store could change the future of construction.