The Architects’ Journal Architecture News & Buildings
Going full circle: new housing on former Berlin brewery
A mixed-use retrofit project in Berlin takes truly circular planning and construction a step further
Retrofit & sustainable
The AJ champions the retrofit of existing buildings with the AJ Retrofit Awards and the RetroFirst campaign. Here you can find good examples of how architects have reused existing buildings, or designed highly sustainable buildings
‘We can’t just keep buildings the way they were’: sustainable renovation at John Gilbert Architects
Among the vital upskilling needed to tackle the climate emergency, building performance evaluation often gets overlooked. Not so at Glasgow-based John Gilbert Architects, where it has become a crucial skill
tp bennett completes Ealing town centre development with cinema
Ealing Filmworks provides 209 low-carbon homes overlooking a central square surrounded by retail and an eight-screen cinema
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
Buckley Gray Yeoman refurbishes Canary Wharf office
YY London, a 51,500m2 office space, transforms one of the first generation of buildings on the Canary Wharf estate
FCBS remodels Brighton’s Concert Hall, Corn Exchange and Studio Theatre
Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios has refurbished Brighton’s famous 200-year-old Brighton Dome
Collective Architecture completes library for Renfrewshire Council
Renfrewshire Council’s brief for Paisley Central Library requested a community-focused space that brought a dilapidated and constrained historic building on its high street back into use
TAP creates two courtyard dwellings from former stable
The project has structurally stabilised and environmentally upgraded the fabric while revealing original features including arched openings in the courtyard façade
Material Works Architecture adapts London County Hall into workplace
The practice has turned part of the fifth floor of the Grade II*-listed former GLC building into a workspace, reusing existing finishes and fittings while sourcing new materials from waste streams
Pricegore extends Brutalist townhouse in Kensington
The practice has reconfigured a 1960s house, improving thermal performance while using raw materials throughout to amplify the qualities of the original architecture