The Architects’ Journal Architecture News & Buildings
Conform completes texture-rich rework of Hampstead garden flat
The design reorientates the living spaces out towards the garden, with materials ranging from green terrazzo to clay-toned plaster, exposed concrete and oak cabinetry
RetroFirst
RetroFirst is an AJ campaign to prioritise retrofit over demolition and rebuild. Hundreds of architecture practices, organisations and individuals have declared their support for our campaign
Buckley Gray Yeoman refurbishes Canary Wharf office
YY London, a 51,500m2 office space, transforms one of the first generation of buildings on the Canary Wharf estate
FCBS remodels Brighton’s Concert Hall, Corn Exchange and Studio Theatre
Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios has refurbished Brighton’s famous 200-year-old Brighton Dome
Collective Architecture completes library for Renfrewshire Council
Renfrewshire Council’s brief for Paisley Central Library requested a community-focused space that brought a dilapidated and constrained historic building on its high street back into use
TAP creates two courtyard dwellings from former stable
The project has structurally stabilised and environmentally upgraded the fabric while revealing original features including arched openings in the courtyard façade
Material Works Architecture adapts London County Hall into workplace
The practice has turned part of the fifth floor of the Grade II*-listed former GLC building into a workspace, reusing existing finishes and fittings while sourcing new materials from waste streams
Pricegore extends Brutalist townhouse in Kensington
The practice has reconfigured a 1960s house, improving thermal performance while using raw materials throughout to amplify the qualities of the original architecture
Moxon Architects converts Highland farmstead into guesthouse and studio
A collection of 19th-century agricultural buildings in Aberdeenshire has been restored and repurposed using a combination of traditional and contemporary methods
TDO Architecture delivers a retrofit in the heart of Dickens land
The courtyard development employs reuse and retrofit alongside new build to realise creative office spaces for the post-Covid era
[Y/N] Studio expands and improves affordable workspace at Bradbury Works
[Y/N] Studio has repaired and extended a terrace of workspaces in Hackney, wrapping the building in a polycarbonate skin and with deck access circulation in an industrial palette of materials