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Chapman Architects converts Victorian waterworks into biotech hub
The renovation of a Grade II-listed Victorian waterworks near Hampton Court provides laboratory and R&D space for a company manufacturing artificial DNA
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‘A new day brings a new government. Let’s seize the moment’
Urgent action on tackling climate change has faltered in recent years. The new Labour government brings a real opportunity for specific and well-considered policy change, argues Smith Mordak
Collective Works completes deep retrofit of north London terrace house
Mid Terrace Dream modernises a run-down early 1900s house into a low-carbon, low-energy home for a young couple
In simplifying office-to-resi conversions, PDR is on the right track
Permitted development is already allowing widespread conversion of buildings but could do with some further tweaks, argue Emily Newton and Adam Fothergill
Red+White completes triple-pitched Ealing development
The nine flats in the Creffield Conservation Area are formed of three pitched elements, stepped in plan to relate to the curve of the site’s boundary
Kate Macintosh: a radical champion of public housing
This year’s AJ100 award for an individual who has made an outstanding contribution to architecture goes to Kate Macintosh, a determined and radical architect who has championed quality public housing
Scott Brownrigg completes £250m film and TV studios in Reading
With 18 sound stages, 38 workshops and a 3.6ha filming backlot, Shinfield Studios is the largest new-build film and TV studio campus in the UK
Natural service, not national service, is what Britain needs
A biomimicry conference in Spain gets Kunle Barker thinking about how a truly forward-thinking new UK government might transform our relationship with nature
A vital vertical teaching model: Ulster Student Show 2024
Ulster University’s vertical teaching model, extending across the full five years of architectural education, is vital for injecting academic energy back into our cities and practice
Alison Brooks Architects completes mixed-use complex at Tottenham Hale
One Ashley Road comprises two residential towers framing a courtyard block above three levels of retail and incubator workspaces with roof gardens and new public realm