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Book review: Atlas of Never Built Architecture packs a satisfying punch
Adding to its series of world architecture atlases, Phaidon’s new volume is dedicated to schemes that never made it to site. Rob Wilson previews it
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Sketchbook: Chris Dyson
The AJ’s Sketchbook series is a showcase of sketches and concept drawings by architects and designers. Today’s sketches are by Chris Dyson. Chris Dyson Architects won the AJ Small Projects Award in 2014 with its extension to a Georgian-style terraced house in Wapping, east London
BDP reworks two Brutalist buildings as ‘creative heart’ for Coventry University
BDP’s new home for Coventry University’s College of Arts and Society has a new link extension which provides a public-facing hub and display space
Insta Mega Jenga: Stephenson Hamilton Risley STUDIO’s Leonardo Hotel
SHR’s Leonardo Hotel in Manchester provides a distinctive bold and sculpted contribution to a visually chaotic street scene, says Jay Merrick
Step out of your comfort zone and help deliver Labour’s New Towns
Jas Bhalla of recently rebranded Jas Bhalla Works argues that architects will need to think differently to play a meaningful role in delivering the next generation of new towns for a Labour government
Buckley Gray Yeoman refurbishes listed Heal’s department store
Buckley Gray Yeoman has completed a ‘sensitive reinvention’ of the Heal’s Building in Tottenham Court Road, central London, for developer General Projects
The Secret Architect: For this guy, I’ll risk some bad karma
I know it’s bad karma to rain on other people’s success. But let’s be honest, we all have one ex-colleague who is so insufferable it’s worth risking a decade of rain on your birthday, writes the Secret Architect
Fashion forward: Allies and Morrison’s new home for London College of Fashion
The building in Stratford, east London, provides over 40,000m² of space for 5,000 students over 17 storeys, bringing together departments previously dispersed across six sites
Investing in green infrastructure, like retrofitting, is a no-brainer
Better provision and care for green infrastructure would benefit public health, the environment, wellbeing and social priorities, says Cristina Monteiro
Enzo Mari: Design for the people
Rakesh Ramchurn visits the Design Museum to see the first UK show dedicated to pioneering Italian designer Enzo Mari