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Tom Parsons completes Berkshire home office with saddle-shaped roof
Architect Tom Parsons has completed Bat Wing Studio, a hillside studio in the North Wessex Downs with office and gym and a swooping roof
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Fletcher Priest reworks 9,300sqm office building in London’s West End
Fletcher Priest Architects has comprehensively renovated and extended Marylebone Place, retaining 85 per cent of the existing structure and adding three storeys
Case study: Fish Island by Henley Halebrown
The scheme combines homes and workspace on the site of a former east London piano factory. Photography by David Grandorge and Rory Gaylor
Last of the summer wine: pavilion round-up
To wrap up the summer, the AJ highlights the best architect-designed temporary structures on display over the past couple of months
If you want to win work and innovate, get networking
Networking is a vital skill for an architect and, like any skill, the more you practise it, the better you become
White Arkitekter completes Scandi-inspired neighbourhood in Barking
White Arkitekter has completed the latest phase of the Gascoigne Estate regeneration in Barking, one of London’s largest estate makeover projects
Matthew Giles Architects reworks suburban house with timber-clad extensions
The three-storey, semi-detached house has been extended out at ground-floor level to face a rear garden studio that helps unify the site
Hopkins completes School of Data Science in Virginia
Hopkins Architects’ new building at the University of Virginia, designed in association with VMDO, incorporates a portico and brick elevations designed to reference the campus’s Thomas Jefferson-designed Rotunda
In practice: A new type of workspace for a new way of working
Ben Taylor and Patrick Hastings of LOM architecture and design discuss their approach to designing workspace interiors, focusing on their recently completed Unity Place for Santander in Milton Keynes
‘There’s much to celebrate about the Paris Olympics – but I deserve a refund’
As the Paralympics begin in Paris, former RIBA president Paul Hyett takes a look (or tries to) at the quality of the spectator facilities, both new and adapted