The Architects’ Journal Architecture News & Buildings
Terraced house refurbishment, Mottingham, London by ECD Architects
Considered use of products should ensure that ECD Architects’ retrofit of a social-housing property achieves an 80 per cent reduction in carbon emissions.
Housing
Recently completed housing schemes including social housing, student accommodation, PRS and retirement homes
Vassall Road housing, London by Tony Fretton Architects
Tony Fretton's housing and medical centre in London epitomises the 'peculiar conditions' of housing provision in the UK.Photography by Peter Cook.
Union North’s Three Towers in Manchester
Developer Urban Splash and architect Union North’s Three Towers scheme is a viable alternative to demolishing council flats, says Rob Gregory. Photography by Paul McMullin
Contemporary Housing Types
As part of its series of patternbooks, the AJ has published a set of one- and two- bedroom apartment plans by contemporary UK architects. A selection of plans and site plans are published below and the full pdf is available for download here.
Village green
Proctor Matthews’housing at Greenwich Millennium Village combines characterful design with an aesthetic which is true to the method of its construction
Frensham Heights School, Surrey by Burrell Foley Fischer
Burrell Foley Fischer has risen to the challenge of a tight budget to create a performing arts space in Surrey which excels in its simplicity
Bangor University Campus by Nicholas Hare
Nicholas Hare has brought a proper sense of style to his namesake’s creation with two appropriately fitting new university buildings at Bangor in Wales
Haileybury and Imperial Service College by Studio E
The grown-up architecture of Studio E’s accommodation for 120 of Haileybury and Imperial Service College’s female pupils should equip them well for life beyond the school
Harmeny School, Edinburgh by Richard Murphy Architects
Richard Murphy went back to the classroom to understand the needs of the end users, children with severe emotional and behavioural difficulties, for a school development in Edinburgh