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Case study: Fohlenweg by O’Sullivan Skoufoglou Architects
A two-storey house extension on the edge of Grunewald Forest in Berlin recalls Charles Moore’s theories of ‘aedicular’ houses in 1960s California. Photography by Ståle Eriksen
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Case study: Cheng Yu Tung Building by MICA
MICA’s Cheng Yu Tung Building for Jesus College, Oxford, combines teaching, retail, research, NHS healthcare and student living. Photography by Jim Stephenson, Hufton + Crow
Case study: Radley College Chapel by Purcell
Purcell’s expansion of Radley College’s Grade II*-listed chapel includes a new sanctuary with an octagonal plan form and roof lantern formed of self-supporting curved structural glass
Case study: Forest Houses by Dallas-Pierce-Quintero
The project has developed an awkward site, creating three two and three-bed homes as well as refurbishing a former end-of-terrace shop to create another home
Case study: Urbanest City by Apt
Urbanest City's silhouette features inset terraces sheltered by an oversailing barrel vault roof constructed using a bespoke inclined cladding system developed with an integrated framework of solar shading louvres
Case study: Riverside House by Allford Hall Monaghan Morris
Riverside House in Salford by AHMM is a retrofit of a Victorian building that had fallen into disrepair. The architects have mirrored the existing building to double its footprint, creating office space. Photography by Tim Soar
Case study: The Energy Hub by Morris+Company
Morris+Company’s new combined heat and power plant in London’s Elephant & Castle will deliver low-carbon heating and hot water across Elephant Park. Photography by Jack Hobhouse
Case study: BlueSky Barn by 31/44 Architects
Recreation, relaxation and play are at the heart of this barn conversion home and central to the design is a 15m indoor swimming pool which runs its length. Photography by Nick Dearden
Wellington House by MATT Architecture
Wellington House in Wimbledon by MATT Architecture retains 80 per cent of an existing office block’s structural frame by overlaying a façade sensitive to its conservation area context
The National Archives, Kew by AOC
AOC Architecture has stripped back the interiors of The National Archives Q1 building in Kew to reveal the original coffered concrete ceilings and to increase the volume of the spaces in the first phases of its masterplan for the redevelopment of the Brutalist structure