The Architects’ Journal Architecture News & Buildings
Turnmill Clerkenwell by Piercy & Company
The craftsmanship of Piercy & Company’s rework of the former Turnmills nightclub site puts the laboured brickwork of its historic neighbours to shame, says Owen Pritchard
Office
Workplace buildings including offices, studios, architects’ studios and workshops
The last resort: Blackpool council offices by AHR
Blackpool’s glory days are well behind it, but AHR’s council building sets out to reverse the decline, writes Owen Pritchard. Photography by Daniel Hopkinson
Restorative justice: Social Justice Centre by Architecture 00
Architecture 00 has turned a former Vauxhall shoe polish factory into flexible office space for the voluntary sector, writes Ellis Woodman. Photography by Anthony Coleman
The Shard by Renzo Piano Building Workshop
Stirling Prize 2014: It is an expression of greed, ego, deception and arrogance, as well as being one of the most elegant skyscapers to be built in recent years, writes Edwin Heathcote
River Studio by Sjolander da Cruz Architects
Three Passivhaus projects: Hattie Hartman on Sjolander da Cruz Architects’ River Studio
In the forest: The ‘house’ that £15k built
Low-cost, low-tech, low-energy: Invisible Studio’s new forest home by TV architect Piers Taylor. Photography by Andy Matthews
The poetic office: The Zig Zag Building by Lynch Architects
Lynch Architects’ approach to The Zig Zag Building appealed to the client of this Victoria office development, writes Felix Mara
Ellis Woodman on One Pancras Square by David Chipperfield
The cultivated simplicity of David Chipperfield’s One Pancras Square makes for an economical yet expressive office, writes AJ critic-at-large Ellis Woodman
Old Street, New York vibe: Curtain Road by Duggan Morris
Out of an irksome planning directive, Duggan Morris’s Curtain Road scheme adds dynamism to the Old Street district, says Christine Murray. Photography by Jack Hobhouse
Ahead of the curve: Park House by Robin Partington
The apparently simple form of Robin Partington and Partners’ Park House conceals complex and subtle geometric relationships, writes Felix Mara