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TDO Architecture delivers a retrofit in the heart of Dickens land
The courtyard development employs reuse and retrofit alongside new build to realise creative office spaces for the post-Covid era
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[Y/N] Studio expands and improves affordable workspace at Bradbury Works
[Y/N] Studio has repaired and extended a terrace of workspaces in Hackney, wrapping the building in a polycarbonate skin and with deck access circulation in an industrial palette of materials
Sheppey’s beacon of hope: Sheerness Dockyard Church by Hugh Broughton Architects
Hugh Broughton Architects has converted a listed but derelict church into a community and business incubator hub while preserving and restoring many of its original features, writes Fran Williams
Belgian abundance: Caruso St John’s retrofit of Brussels insurance HQ
Caruso St John and Bovenbouw Architectuur have transformed an insurance HQ into a multi-use building, including a hotel, workspaces and gym
Power of youth: Rising Green by Freehaus
Freehaus and JA Projects, working closely with the area’s local youth and Haringey Council, have led the creation of a vibrant new kind of youth centre. Words by Shamiso Oneka, photography by Ben Blossom
ACME’s Folkestone Harbour Seafront comes to market
The first of a promenade of blocks set to transform Folkestone’s seafront under a masterplan by ACME has been erected, fitted-out and marketed. Will it transform the town’s fortunes too?
Citizens House by Archio: for the people by the people
The 11-home housing scheme, champions the community land trust model with Archio selected to design the scheme by members of the local community, writes Fran Williams. Photography French+Tye
Central Somers Town: under siege by wealth on all sides
Adam Khan Architects and Hayhurst and Co have completed a community hub and a primary/nursery school, the two buildings in Phase 1 of Camden Council’s regeneration of Central Somers Town, masterplanned by DSDHA
Leisure, sports, community and care combined
Holmes Miller’s Allander Leisure Centre in Glasgow, incorporating an adult day care centre, is a new type of leisure-cum-care model of community hub
Post-industrial renaissance: Civic House by Collective Architecture
The Glasgow practice has retrofitted a former printing works in the north of the city into a co-working hub, events space and canteen for Agile City