The Architects’ Journal Architecture News & Buildings
In practice: Meeting the new biodiversity net gain obligations
Symmetrys associate director Ashwin Halaria looks at how to harness civil engineering to protect, preserve and promote nature
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In practice: Gort Scott on retrofitting historic buildings at 3 Mills Studio
Gort Scott associate Sela-Jaymes Taylor talks to Fran Williams about the recently completed retrofit of historic buildings at 3 Mills Studios in east London
Why we specified cut limestone bricks instead of clay at Mayfield School
Adam Richards Architects has swapped out the originally proposed clay fired bricks for natural stone in its designs for an extension to the 19th century independent Mayfield Catholic boarding school
In practice: Studio Weave’s pink-concrete house in South Korea
Studio Weave director Je Ahn explains how his practice went about designing a clifftop family home in South Korea on an off-grid site
‘Over 90% of concrete used in construction could be replaced with timber’
Timber Development UK, working with Waugh Thistleton Architects, has released Timber Typologies, a free downloadable ‘beginner’s guide’ for various timber solutions. Fran Williams speaks to Waugh Thistleton associate Alastair Ogle to find out what it’s all about
Amin Taha: Switch to stone and timber to make construction planet-friendly
We Brits love bricks. Why not use stone alternatives? Combine natural stone with structural timber and you have a recipe for decarbonising construction, says Amin Taha. Photography of three Groupwork projects by Timothy Soar
In practice: Waste not, want not – designing for Gail’s bakeries
Holland Harvey director Jonathan Harvey weighs out the ingredients for his practice’s longstanding collaboration with burgeoning ethical ‘neighbourhood bakery’ brand Gail’s
In practice: Save steel, save embodied carbon
Matteo Attanasio, head of sustainability at structural and civil engineering consultancy Symmetrys, tells Fran Williams about FerrousWheel, the firm’s still-evolving tool for replacing designed steel sections with a reclaimed steel alternative
In practice: Baca Architects’ prefabricated holiday pods
Baca Architects directors Robert Pattison and Richard Coutts discuss their prefabricated outdoor holiday pods, produced by the practice’s spin-off company, Outdoor Sanctuaries
In practice: Decarbonising social housing – what we have learnt at URBED
Wolfgang Küchler, Diana Tarcatu and Kimberley Androliakos from the retrofit team at URBED reflect on their experiences in the growing Social Housing Decarbonisation sector and offer tips for other architects thinking of getting involved