The Architects’ Journal Architecture News & Buildings
fourth_space completes mews house extension in Shoreditch infill site
The 85m² house, on a infill site in east London, features hand-painted imitation exposed concrete walls
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
Getting warmer: Collective Architecture upgrades Glasgow tower blocks
The project seeks to tackle fuel poverty while exemplifying the city council’s shift towards retrofitting its high-rise housing, says Alan Dunlop. Photography Andrew Lee, Collective Architecture
HAT Projects completes Science Museum supporters centre
The museum’s 745m² Smith Centre in South Kensington was created from a former Royal Mail sorting office
ThirdWay Architecture refurbishes Victorian warehouse
The 1,400m² scheme in London’s Old Street preserves the heritage character of the Victorian warehouse
Purcell renovates former brewery to create Cornish archive centre
The 4,840m² Kresen Kernow is a new archive centre which holds a vast collection of documents relating to Cornwall’s history
Coffey Architects designs Clerkenwell flat as ‘solid piece of joinery’
The space has a stripped-back aesthetic, highlighting historical features reminiscent of the building’s previous use as a school
Tate Harmer completes sustainable housing block in Croydon
The £1.4 million, eight-unit block was designed with a ‘fabric-first’ approach inspired by Passivhaus principles
RIBA Stirling Prize 2019: Goldsmith Street by Mikhail Riches with Cathy Hawley
This Passivhaus-standard collection of terraced streets in Norwich is the first council housing project ever to be shortlisted for the Stirling, says George Kafka. Film and photography Jim Stephenson
RIBA Stirling Prize 2019: Cork House
Matthew Barnett Howland, Dido Milne and Oliver Wilton’s building shows how a personal bespoke venture can redefine the aesthetics of sustainable design, writes Hattie Hartman. Film and photography by Jim Stephenson
John McAslan + Partners completes music studios for the University of Oxford
The part-new build, part-retrofit project creates a suite of new rehearsal rooms for New College students