The Architects’ Journal Architecture News & Buildings
BDP-designed Elizabeth Line station in Whitechapel opens
The station, which Crossrail has handed over to Transport for London, sits within the Whitechapel Market Conservation area and incorporates the reinstated original entrance
Transport
UK architects’ completed airports, stations and other public transport infrastructure
Robin Lee completes memorial museum at Biggin Hill airfield
Robin Lee Architecture has completed a £1.9 million memorial museum at Biggin Hill airfield – the former Royal Air Force station which played a decisive part in the Battle of Britain
Zaha Hadid’s giant £8.8bn Daxing airport scheme opens in Beijing
Said to be the world’s largest single-building airport terminal, the 700,000m² Beijing Daxing will accommodate 72 million travellers a year by 2025
RIBA Stirling Prize 2019: London Bridge Station by Grimshaw
This elegant remodelling emphatically restates the station’s sense of dynamism to civilise the modern commute, writes Catherine Slessor. Film and photography Jim Stephenson
WilkinsonEyre creates £9m cycle and pedestrian bridge for Copenhagen harbour
The 160m, double-swing bridge curves in plan to connect two areas of the Danish capital
BDP opens ‘gateway to the city’ transport hub in Gloucester
The £7.5 million project is the first phase of the city’s King’s Quarter regeneration programme
Rogers Stirk Harbour and Aedas complete ‘architectural front door’ into Hong Kong
The transport hub for the new Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau Bridge has been constructed on a 150ha artificial island
Building study: Preston Bus Station by John Puttick Associates
John Puttick Associates’ respectful refurb of BDP’s iconic Preston Bus Station improves the station’s circulation and connection to the city while remaining true to its Brutalist aesthetic, writes George Kafka. Photography by Gareth Gardner
Building study: London Bridge station redevelopment
Grimshaw’s massive retrofit has unpicked the tangled mess that was London Bridge railway station, says Rob Wilson. Photography by Paul Raftery, Rick Roxburgh and Ralph Hodgson
Preston Bus Station renovation by John Puttick Associates revealed
BDP’s celebrated Grade-II listed Brutalist building, once earmarked for demolition, has been brought back to life in a thorough refresh