The Architects’ Journal Architecture News & Buildings
David Chipperfield completes renewal of Royal Academy Schools
The project, with Julian Harrap Architects as heritage consultant, restores historic studios and creates a new suite of dedicated workshops
Retrofit & sustainable
The AJ champions the retrofit of existing buildings with the AJ Retrofit Awards and the RetroFirst campaign. Here you can find good examples of how architects have reused existing buildings, or designed highly sustainable buildings
Basha-Franklin transforms three floors of Nouvel’s One New Change
Three floors of the City of London development have been turned into workspace for office brand Myo, creating a mix of environments
Unknown Works completes minimalist home for its director in Kentish Town
A dark, poorly laid-out home has been transformed into a bright minimalist space with a new interior courtyard
Andre Kong Studio reworks Portuguese farmhouse into student units
Working with Lisbon studio Barbosa Mateus arquitetos, the London-based practice has converted the 19th century building into 19 compact living units
dMFK revamps Charles Voysey’s only commercial building
dMFK has restored and upgraded Modernist pioneer Charles Voysey’s former Sanderson wallpaper factory in Chiswick, west London – the only commercial building he designed
Sharing is caring: Belgian practice ATAMA’s social enterprise retrofit
ATAMA has retrofitted a listed fire station in the Belgian city of Kortrijk to create Deelfabriek, a community space and home for social enterprises that promote sharing over ownership
Duchesse, Notan Office’s ‘Micro City’ in Molenbeek
In Brussels, local practice Notan Office has created a finely considered residential development by cutting volumes away from the existing industrial buildings on the site and reusing much of their fabric
NIKJOO and Flawk reimagine post-war terraced house in east London
NIKJOO has overhauled a post-war terraced house in Whitechapel, east London, for and with emerging creative developer Flawk
Nex and Donald Insall refurbish George Gilbert Scott-designed library in Oxford
The refurbishment of Exeter College Library combines sensitive restoration with modern additions, including a new entrance
Robin Lee Architecture transforms former library into Erith cultural hub
Erith’s most significant building, the Grade II-listed Carnegie Library, has been transformed into The Exchange, a community-owned cultural hub