The Architects’ Journal Architecture News & Buildings
Fardaa extends one-bed London house into family home
A distinctive, compact house has been adapted, extended and environmentally upgraded for the architect’s own home
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
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
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
Making the most of what you have: Cockpit by Cooke Fawcett Architects
Declining a developer’s offer to buy its 1960s former office block in Deptford and move into a new build scheme nearby, arts incubator Cockpit instead commissioned Cooke Fawcett Architects to perform a delicate, light-touch makeover. Ellie Duffy reports back
Featherstone Young adapts lock-up garage as two-storey studio
The project on a tight landlocked site in East London has created a flexible two-storey studio space while retaining the character of an existing mews
Case study: Science Museum’s Adani Green Energy Gallery by Unknown Works
A major new gallery at London’s Science Museum, designed on circular economy principles, examines the rapid decarbonisation needed to limit climate change. Photography by Ståle Eriksen
Commons people: IF_DO creates community hub for Hastings
The transformation of Hastings’ Observer Building into a vibrant community hub is a welcome counter to the wave of gentrification seen in the seaside town, says Ellen Peirson. Photography by Kilian O’Sullivan
Stolon Studio creates ‘sociable’ housing from farm buildings
The Parks in Herefordshire transforms a group of neglected agricultural buildings into eight sustainable rural homes
Chapman Architects converts Victorian waterworks into biotech hub
The renovation of a Grade II-listed Victorian waterworks near Hampton Court provides laboratory and R&D space for a company manufacturing artificial DNA
Collective Works completes deep retrofit of north London terrace house
Mid Terrace Dream modernises a run-down early 1900s house into a low-carbon, low-energy home for a young couple