UNESCO strips Liverpool of World Heritage status
Jessica Mairs2021-10-04T12:30:25+01:00UNESCO has struck Liverpool from the World Heritage List, citing irreparable damage by the proposed Liverpool Waters development at the city's historic docks.
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.
Murdoch’s Connection
Jessica Mairs2021-08-25T16:39:59+01:00A 40-metre pedestrian and cycle bridge by Matter Architecture spans the bustling A63 road in Hull, extending to form a pair of viewing platforms over the city's docks.
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.
Alison Brooks Architects wins Homerton College competition
AT Editor2021-07-28T16:52:02+01:00Alison Brooks Architects’ competition-winning design will provide Homerton College at the University of Cambridge with a new entrance building and an expanded library.
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.
Pentre Awel
Jessica Mairs2021-08-25T16:39:20+01:00Arup reveals plans to transform ex-industrial Delta Lakes site near Llanelli in Carmarthenshire, Wales, into a centre for health and wellbeing.
Freeholders
Peter Songi2022-07-18T16:06:37+01:00Mole Architects has built a new house and boat shed on the harbour front at Wells-next-the-Sea in north Norfolk. Practice director Meredith Bowles talks to Piers Taylor from Invisible Studio about East Anglia’s otherworldly character.
Manchester Jewish Museum
Jessica Mairs2021-08-25T16:39:08+01:00With genuine community engagement embedded in the design process, Citizens Design Bureau has carried out a sensitive refurbishment and extension of Manchester’s Jewish Museum. New Architecture Writers Nyima Murry and Lela Sujani speak to practice director Katy Marks ahead of the opening.
Maggie’s Southampton
AT Editor2021-08-25T16:38:22+01:00AL_A’s Maggie’s cancer support centre at Southampton General Hospital is conceived as an oasis of calm and is surrounded by gardens.
Wordsworth Grasmere
AT Editor2021-08-25T16:38:56+01:00Nissen Richards Studio and Purcell have created an engaging new visitor experience for the Museum at Wordsworth Grasmere.
BlueSky Barn
Jessica Mairs2021-08-25T16:37:31+01:0031/44 Architects has converted an old grain store in the Norfolk countryside into a family home, using a palette of materials that plays on the mundane rural typology.