The Architects’ Journal Architecture News & Buildings
ODOS converts County Kildare grain mill to whiskey distillery
Dublin, London and New York-based Office of David O’Shea (ODOS) Architects has completed the Church of Oak Distillery, a former historic grain mill converted to whiskey-making
RetroFirst
RetroFirst is an AJ campaign to prioritise retrofit over demolition and rebuild. Hundreds of architecture practices, organisations and individuals have declared their support for our campaign
ADP retrofits West Midlands office building into music school
A five-storey office building in Sandwell has been completely remodelled internally, providing facilities for 870 students, including a triple-height performance hall within an existing atrium
Nick Hill Architects brings cohesion to house reworked for artist couple
The design of this retrofitted 1930s building in Blackheath, south-east London, deliberately maintains an ambiguity between the existing and the new
Going full circle: new housing on former Berlin brewery
A mixed-use retrofit project in Berlin takes truly circular planning and construction a step further
‘We can’t just keep buildings the way they were’: sustainable renovation at John Gilbert Architects
Among the vital upskilling needed to tackle the climate emergency, building performance evaluation often gets overlooked. Not so at Glasgow-based John Gilbert Architects, where it has become a crucial skill
tp bennett completes Ealing town centre development with cinema
Ealing Filmworks provides 209 low-carbon homes overlooking a central square surrounded by retail and an eight-screen cinema
Conform completes texture-rich rework of Hampstead garden flat
The design reorientates the living spaces out towards the garden, with materials ranging from green terrazzo to clay-toned plaster, exposed concrete and oak cabinetry
Buckley Gray Yeoman refurbishes Canary Wharf office
YY London, a 51,500m2 office space, transforms one of the first generation of buildings on the Canary Wharf estate
FCBS remodels Brighton’s Concert Hall, Corn Exchange and Studio Theatre
Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios has refurbished Brighton’s famous 200-year-old Brighton Dome
Collective Architecture completes library for Renfrewshire Council
Renfrewshire Council’s brief for Paisley Central Library requested a community-focused space that brought a dilapidated and constrained historic building on its high street back into use