Once both phases are complete, the estate, in Newbury, will have 167 apartments, central landscaping and a new link road, making it the practice’s largest project to date
Jestico + Whiles completes £73 million Cayman Islands secondary school
The practice won a competition to design and complete the largest school on the islands after work on a previous scheme was left half-built in 2012
DLA Architecture completes colonnaded YMCA in Wimbledon
The scheme’s first phase provides purpose-built supported living for 121 residents in south-west London
Creating a collective culture: Accelerate Student Show 2024
Open City’s Accelerate Student Exhibition is a taster into the built environment world and its many facets through a lens of curiosity and positivity
Stirling Prize: ‘More forgettable and uninspiring than ever’
AJ deputy architecture editor Fran Williams takes a look at this year’s Stirling Prize contenders – and doesn’t find much to get excited about
Foster + Partners completes Phase 3 of Battersea Power Station masterplan
A mixed-use building with roof gardens and an office building providing over 18,500m2 of workspace have been completed as part of the Battersea Power Station masterplan
Sordo Madaleno on using local materials and skills and setting up in London
One of Mexico’s largest practices, Sordo Madaleno, has just set up shop in London. Fran Williams spoke with its London director, Fernando Sordo Madaleno
AJ Retrofit & Reuse Awards shortlist 4: Project under £500k, Retrofit Revisited and Saved from Demolition
The AJ is delighted to announce the final set of shortlists for this year’s retrofitted AJ Retrofit & Reuse Awards
AJ Retrofit & Reuse Awards shortlist 3: Fit-out and Private Renovations
The AJ is delighted to announce the third set of shortlists for this year’s retrofitted AJ Retrofit & Reuse Awards
Alta Tower rises up over Le Havre’s postwar Modernism
The 64-apartment building by Hamonic+Masson & Associés stands out against the horizon in Le Havre – a city that was rebuilt, postwar, to Auguste Perret’s Modernist vision, writes Fran Williams. Photography by Takuji Shimmura, Clément Bonnérat and Hamonic+Masson & Associés