The Architects’ Journal Architecture News & Buildings
OGU and MMAS complete adaptive reuse of former Belfast bank
Two Belfast practices have completed the meanwhile adaptation of an 1869 branch of the Provincial Bank of Ireland into a ‘sheltered public space’
Buildings
Building studies and other coverage of the latest architectural building designs, including houses, extensions, offices and schools
WilkinsonEyre completes 50-storey Bishopsgate tower
Backed by developers Mitsubishi Estate London and Stanhope, the £300 million project, originally dubbed ‘Prussian Blue’, has completed in London’s Square Mile
Coffey completes housing, gallery and artists’ studios in Bermondsey
Coffey Architects has completed 400 mixed-tenure homes plus a gallery and studios in a series of new and retrofitted buildings in south London
ADP completes day surgery centre at Evelina Children’s Hospital
ADP Architecture has completed a six-storey treatment centre at Evelina Children’s Hospital between the red-brick Victorian St Thomas’ Hospital South Wing and the contemporary Children’s Hospital, mediating between the two
Collective Architecture completes community hub in North Ayrshire
Lochshore Park Hub regenerates a former industrial site with the new two-storey building serving both tourism and the local community
O’DonnellBrown refurb creates flexible office space on Clydeside
The £1.7 million retrofit of Olympia House in Bridgeton, Glasgow, turns a former Salvation Army Citadel into 280m² of commercial office space, featuring a sculptural metal entrance tower
LDS completes student housing and research facility in Olympic Park
One Pool Street, a pair of 13- and 17-storey towers accommodating over 550 student rooms, is part of the first phase of the new UCL East campus, together with Marshgate by Stanton Williams
Stanton Williams’ UCL East scheme opens its doors to students
Stanton Williams has completed the 35,000m² Marshgate, part of the first phase of University College London’s (UCL) new 4.5ha campus on the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park
What if: projects completes community venue on Old Kent Road
What if: projects has transformed a vacant corner site on the Old Kent Road in Southwark into a test bed for community participation
Holland Harvey designs new Tate café following circular economy principles
The all-day café and bar at Tate Modern includes benches made from ash die-back timber and tabletops using coffee grounds