The Architects’ Journal Architecture News & Buildings
Marionettes to Minecraft: De Matos Ryan and AOC transform Young V&A
The Bethnal Green museum reopens on Saturday after a £13 million redevelopment by De Matos Ryan with displays by AOC. Rob Wilson finds a joyous if slightly jarring cacophony
Cultural
From museums and galleries to opera houses and theatres
National Portrait Gallery reopens to the public after major revamp
A refurbishment led by Jamie Fobert Architects, working with Purcell, has increased the National Portrait Gallery’s public space by a fifth, enhanced the entrance and added a learning centre
Hollaway Studio completes Benenden School music school and concert halls
Hollaway Studio has completed a new concert hall, described as ‘a musical instrument in its own right’, together with a recital hall and music school, for Benenden school in Kent
Níall McLaughlin completes global rugby centre in Limerick
The seven-storey brick-clad International Rugby Experience sits on a tight urban site on the edge of a conservation area within Limerick’s Georgian Quarter
Sheppard Robson completes retrofit of 1960s Manchester music venue
The Grade II-listed New Century Hall, which has lain mostly vacant for years, has been upgraded and updated as part of Manchester’s NOMA development
Gilbert & George Centre: a shrine to themselves
SIRS Architects has converted a former brewery off London’s Brick Lane into a three-gallery centre dedicated to the work of the distinctive East End-based artists
Studio Gang-designed Gilder Center museum extension opens in New York
The 21,400m2 $465 million extension to the American Museum of Natural History features a canyon-inspired shotcrete atrium
Farrell Centre in Newcastle opens to the public
The new centre for architecture and cities, instigated by Terry Farrell, is located in a former Victorian department store retrofitted by SPACE Architects and Elliott Architects
Manalo & White creates new home for Thamesmead Arts and Culture Office
The south-east London scheme comprises a gallery and event space, café-bar and bookshop, supporting artists and independent publishing
Footprint completes environmental innovation hub in Bournemouth
The timber-framed education and exhibition space is constructed of low-carbon and repurposed materials including decking from a decommissioned German submarine base