John Pardey revisits the acclaimed modernist house that Peter Aldington built for himself and his wife in Haddenham, Buckinghamshire, in the 1960s, and reflects on the nature of permanence and the architect’s enduring love of the ordinary.
DRDH Architects has delivered a combined library, cinema and residential building for the London suburb of Sidcup. Madeleine Jacob examines the tensions between commercial viability and civic ambition.
In this extract from his new book How to Enjoy Architecture: A Guide for Everyone Charles Holland reframes Homewood, built by Lutyens for his mother-in-law in 1903, as a barbed commentary on the aspirations of its owner.
A compendium of the best housing schemes built across Europe in the 20th Century is an invaluable resource for architects seeking solutions to the current housing crisis.
BDP has completed the Oak Cancer Centre for the Royal Marsden in Sutton. Simon Allford applauds a bold response to the challenges of delivering high-quality large-scale buildings within the NHS.
A pair of high-quality civic-minded office buildings by Gort Scott and Allies and Morrison mediates between a fragmented past and a more connected future at London’s White City.
Brisco Loran and Arrant Industries have turned a former barbershop in Battersea into a flexible home, an office and a place for trade.
Witherford Watson Mann’s carefully considered addition to the second oldest college at Cambridge delicately improves access to the college and adds a new riverfront café.
Designed by Waugh Thistleton Architects for The Office Group, the Black and White Building offers a sustainable home for offices in East London.
James Soane reviews FORMstudio’s new mews in the Kennington Conservation area, a scheme that sees five two-storey and basement split-level houses replace a series of garages on a brownfield site.
