Raising the game
Isolde Brampton-Greene2022-11-22T12:26:20+00:00Julian Robinson, Director of Estates at the London School of Economics, reflects on the costs, benefits and shifting priorities of the university’s ambitious building programme.
Níall McLaughlin’s New Library wins Stirling Prize 2022
Jessica Mairs2022-11-22T12:26:22+00:00The New Library at Magdalene College in Cambridge by Níall McLaughlin Architects has won the 2022 RIBA Stirling Prize.
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.
Bricking it: Battersea power station primed to open to the public
Jason Sayer2022-11-22T12:16:20+00:00The much-loved South London icon is finally set to be open to the public (for real this time) welcoming visitors into its WilkinsonEyre-refurbished insides on 14 October.
Born again: St John’s Waterloo renovated by Eric Parry
Jason Sayer2022-11-22T12:16:20+00:00Eric Parry Architects has given a new lease of life to the Grade II* listed St John’s church in Waterloo, which only just survived the Blitz.
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.
Westonbirt Shelter
Jessica Mairs2022-11-22T12:16:23+00:00Invisible Studio has worked with timber specialists Xylotek and community groups to create a hyperbolic paraboloid shelter at Westonbirt, The National Arboretum in Gloucestershire.
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.
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.
Master’s Field
Isolde Brampton-Greene2022-11-22T12:16:26+00:00Niall McLaughlin Architects has designed eight low-rise blocks of student rooms and a sports pavilion for Balliol College, Oxford. Amin Taha pays a visit.