Ella Jessel

The latest in a new AJ series looking at architects who have saved buildings from the bulldozers or brought them back from the brink of ruin

Haworth Tompkins has put forward designs for the £300 million regeneration of Albert Island at London’s Royal Docks, just east of City Airport

Hoskins Architects’ revamp of the Scottish National Gallery has been delayed again after ‘unexpected defects’ including asbestos were found in some of the existing buildings

An opulent pub in Liverpool renowned for its spectacular toilets has been upgraded to Grade I listing, the same status as Buckingham Palace 

Architects in the US have ‘strongly condemned’ a draft order by Donald Trump seeking to ’make federal buildings beautiful again’ by demanding they are all built in a Neoclassical style

Newham Council’s housing company is swapping the primary structure of a dRMM-designed scheme from timber to concrete in the wake of post-Grenfell changes to building regulations

Westminster planners have revealed they will oppose Adjaye Associates and Ron Arad’s ‘inappropriate’ Holocaust Memorial in the upcoming public inquiry to decide the scheme’s fate

DSDHA has unveiled designs for a ‘radical’ £4.4 million expansion of the National Youth Theatre’s (NYT) home in Islington, north London

Fears over quality, design and over-expansion have dogged the student accommodation sector for years. Ella Jessel asks architects and students whether it is time for a new approach

SimpsonHaugh has won planning approval for a 40-storey tower in London’s Docklands, replacing a much taller KPF-designed scheme rejected due to fears of ‘over-development’