The Architects’ Journal Architecture News & Buildings
Knox Bhavan retrofits early Victorian villa in Camberwell as low-energy home
The renovation and extension preserves the house’s period elegance while creating a warm low-energy home for the clients to ‘age in place’
Tag: Conservation Area
CAN wins approval for stone extension to Highgate Arts and Crafts house
CAN has received planning permission to extend and refurbish a north London Arts and Crafts-style house with a quirky stone-brick rotunda
ao-ft reconfigures garden wall into ground-floor extension
Barclay Corner is a 61m² rear and side extension to a ground-floor flat situated within a conservation area in Walthamstow, east London
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
Ström Architects completes mid-century modern-inspired house in Cheltenham
Case House is a simple white brick and render house, half-hidden behind an existing brick wall, in a designated character area of the Gloucestershire town’s conservation area
Crewe Conservation Area review
Crewe Town Council is seeking a consultant to review its historic built environment [Deadline: 29 September 2023]
AJ Climate Champions podcast: Upgrading conservation areas for a climate emergency
Architect Chris Procter talks about his Climate Emergency Conservation Area Toolkit
RUFF wins approval for rejigged £16m Barking town centre scheme
RUFF Architects has won approval for amended plans to create a ‘full city block’ in the centre of Barking, east London
Magri Williams completes handmade brick-clad extension in north London
The extension uses a minimal but tonally warm material palette, including an oak portal marking the threshold into the existing house
RUFF architects submits plans for Barking town centre homes
RUFF Architects has submitted plans for a 'full city block' in the centre of Barking, east London, featuring 65 homes