The Architects’ Journal Architecture News & Buildings
Knight Architects-designed bridge between Germany and Poland opens
A 266m-long rail bridge designed by Knight Architects with civil engineers Schüßler-Plan is the world’s first to use carbon hangers
Buildings
Building studies and other coverage of the latest architectural building designs, including houses, extensions, offices and schools
Secular and sacred: Westminster Coroner’s Court by Lynch Architects
The renovation of the Grade II-listed Westminster Coroner’s Court on Horseferry Road and the construction of a two-storey, barrel-vaulted extension affords additional space and facilities to fulfil the evolving needs of the Coroner’s service. Rob Wilson visits
GT3 designs sports, leisure and library hub in Northumberland
The sports and leisure centre is designed to revive Morpeth’s town centre by offering sports and learning facilities to help foster local community wellbeing
Fathom Architects upgrades 10-year-old King’s Cross workspace
Fathom Architects has revamped communal spaces over three floors at 2 Pancras Square, which was originally designed by Allies and Morrison 10 years ago
Featherstone Young adapts lock-up garage as two-storey studio
The project on a tight landlocked site in East London has created a flexible two-storey studio space while retaining the character of an existing mews
Haysom Ward Miller completes Cambridgeshire almshouses
Cambridge-based Haysom Ward Miller has completed 21 community-led homes in Great Shelford, just outside Cambridge
Nissen Richards completes first phase of new-build estate in Berkshire
Once both phases are complete, the estate, in Newbury, will have 167 apartments, central landscaping and a new link road, making it the practice’s largest project to date
RSHP completes luxury London hotel with part-suspended floor structure
The new-build Emory hotel for the Qatari-owned Maybourne group is the final part in RSHP’s comprehensive redesign and extension of the adjacent Berkeley hotel in Knightsbridge
West Port Architects designs pop-up play space in Barbican Curve gallery
Our Street is a co-designed 3D interactive installation in the shape of a London street, which invites children and families to ‘play, make and dance’
Jestico + Whiles completes £73 million Cayman Islands secondary school
The practice won a competition to design and complete the largest school on the islands after work on a previous scheme was left half-built in 2012