The Architects’ Journal Architecture News & Buildings
John Puttick Associates refurbishes Hove church, adding timber porch
The refurbishment of St Leonard’s Church has created a new entrance with a 4.5m-tall Glulam porch and a pitched, standing seam zinc roof
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Wright & Wright’s British Academy refurb opens to the public
The refurbishment of the Nash-designed headquarters in central London transforms the lower floors into a destination for events and public engagement
Grenfell Inquiry: moving from finger-pointing to collective reflection
The Grenfell Inquiry has taught us there is little value in trying to identify a single villain in the tragedy – but it does offer a crucial chance for self-reflection, writes Colm Lacey
The Grenfell inquiry missed the elephant in the room: design and build
The Grenfell report fails to grasp the wider lessons of this tragedy by ignoring the warped procurement culture that encouraged so many awful decisions, argues Russell Curtis
Unagru completes fit-out of own studio space in Hackney Downs
The layout of the 100m2 shell, designed in collaboration with Dedraft, is organised around areas for individual and collaborative work and accented with simple material finishes and warm bright colours
Urban Movement transforms street in Oxford for £138 per sq m
Public realm and transport design practice Urban Movement has completed an urban realm project with construction taking only three weeks
Avanti completes affordable housing block for Be First in Dagenham
This scheme at Oxlow Lane redevelops and densifies a former council estate to deliver 62 affordable homes for Be First, the regeneration arm of Barking and Dagenham Council
Want to make your office retrofit future-proof? Here’s how
The attitude of removing existing elements of commercial buildings and replacing them with ‘low-carbon’ new-build should be challenged, argues Kiru Balson
Case study: Riverside Primary School by Architype
The 550-pupil school in Perth is Scotland’s first certified Passivhaus school. Photography by David Barbour
Shedkm designs extensively glazed ‘beacon’ church for Merseyside
Lighthouse Church is designed to provide a welcoming presence and community hub in Heswall and help reinvigorate the town’s high street