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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
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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
In practice: A new type of workspace for a new way of working
Ben Taylor and Patrick Hastings of LOM architecture and design discuss their approach to designing workspace interiors, focusing on their recently completed Unity Place for Santander in Milton Keynes
‘There’s much to celebrate about the Paris Olympics – but I deserve a refund’
As the Paralympics begin in Paris, former RIBA president Paul Hyett takes a look (or tries to) at the quality of the spectator facilities, both new and adapted
Exhibition review: Brickworks at Tate Liverpool + RIBA North
The humble brick takes centre stage at an exhibition mounted jointly by Tate Liverpool and RIBA North
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
Grandorge: Electricity
Architectural photographer David Grandorge recalls an encounter with a statue of Nikola Tesla in Belgrade
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
My holiday reading: a work of startling prescience
The Child in the City by Colin Ward – published in 1978 – advocates for children’s rights in how we design and plan our towns and cities
The Secret Architect: If only Machu Picchu were on the Stirling shortlist
The Incas were not so risk-averse as the architects of today, if the Stirling Prize shortlist is anything to judge by