Redevelopment at St John’s College has included the Library and Study Centre (2019), and now concludes with the restoration and environmental upgrade of two further historic libraries
Author Archives: Rob Wilson
Mcmullan Studio prize-winning garden room gets new life as restorative NHS space
The pod-like structure, part of an award-winning show garden at this year’s Chelsea Flower Show, will be re-erected at the Princess Spinal Injuries Centre in Sheffield
Coffey completes housing, gallery and artists’ studios in Bermondsey
Coffey Architects has completed 400 mixed-tenure homes plus a gallery and studios in a series of new and retrofitted buildings in south London
Collective Architecture completes community hub in North Ayrshire
Lochshore Park Hub regenerates a former industrial site with the new two-storey building serving both tourism and the local community
AJ Student Prize Sustainability Award 2023 – the shortlist
The 10 students shortlisted for the AJ Student Prize Sustainability Award 2023
LDS completes student housing and research facility in Olympic Park
One Pool Street, a pair of 13- and 17-storey towers accommodating over 550 student rooms, is part of the first phase of the new UCL East campus, together with Marshgate by Stanton Williams
Holland Harvey designs new Tate café following circular economy principles
The all-day café and bar at Tate Modern includes benches made from ash die-back timber and tabletops using coffee grounds
Foster Kirk designs cycling HQ and hub in Olympic Park
The practice has been selected as one of five design partners at this year’s Open House Festival, for its headquarters for community charity Bikeworks
MATA retrofits three listed buildings in Spitalfields to create new workspace
The Weaver’s House consists of three adjoining Grade II-listed buildings dating back to the early 18th century, which have been refurbished and extended with a new glulam-structured atrium
Stirling Prize commentary: community benefit trumps big bling on forgettable shortlist
AJ architecture editor Rob Wilson gives his verdict on the glitz-free contenders for this year’s RIBA Stirling Prize and wonders whether it is now time to ditch the idea of Britain’s best new building