The Architects’ Journal Architecture News & Buildings
Avanti completes affordable housing block for Be First in Dagenham
This scheme at Oxlow Lane redevelops and densifies a former council estate to deliver 62 affordable homes for Be First, the regeneration arm of Barking and Dagenham Council
Buildings
Building studies and other coverage of the latest architectural building designs, including houses, extensions, offices and schools
Shedkm designs extensively glazed ‘beacon’ church for Merseyside
Lighthouse Church is designed to provide a welcoming presence and community hub in Heswall and help reinvigorate the town’s high street
Tom Parsons completes Berkshire home office with saddle-shaped roof
Architect Tom Parsons has completed Bat Wing Studio, a hillside studio in the North Wessex Downs with office and gym and a swooping roof
Fletcher Priest reworks 9,300sqm office building in London’s West End
Fletcher Priest Architects has comprehensively renovated and extended Marylebone Place, retaining 85 per cent of the existing structure and adding three storeys
Last of the summer wine: pavilion round-up
To wrap up the summer, the AJ highlights the best architect-designed temporary structures on display over the past couple of months
White Arkitekter completes Scandi-inspired neighbourhood in Barking
White Arkitekter has completed the latest phase of the Gascoigne Estate regeneration in Barking, one of London’s largest estate makeover projects
Matthew Giles Architects reworks suburban house with timber-clad extensions
The three-storey, semi-detached house has been extended out at ground-floor level to face a rear garden studio that helps unify the site
Hopkins completes School of Data Science in Virginia
Hopkins Architects’ new building at the University of Virginia, designed in association with VMDO, incorporates a portico and brick elevations designed to reference the campus’s Thomas Jefferson-designed Rotunda
Doing the locomotion: AOC’s National Railway Museum addition
AOC’s large-scale addition to the National Railway Museum’s Shildon site in County Durham, combines the toughness of an industrial shed with the delicacy of a white cube gallery, says Rob Wilson. Photography by David Grandorge
Making the most of what you have: Cockpit by Cooke Fawcett Architects
Declining a developer’s offer to buy its 1960s former office block in Deptford and move into a new build scheme nearby, arts incubator Cockpit instead commissioned Cooke Fawcett Architects to perform a delicate, light-touch makeover. Ellie Duffy reports back