The listed former Department of Education building has been restored and remodelled with 192 guest rooms, event spaces and three bars and restaurants
Author Archives: Rob Wilson
Buttress completes Caernarfon Castle access works
Buttress has completed a three-year programme of works to enhance the visitor experience at Caernarfon Castle
Patalab completes retrofit of mews house in Marylebone
Patalab has completed a project for a young family involving extensive renovation work, including a basement extension and façade remodelling
Moll Architects completes ‘hyperlocal’ terraced house extension
Moll Architects has completed an extension in Lambeth that reuses original yellow London stock brick as cladding and is fitted with bespoke furniture made by local craftsmen
Cathie Curran completes hempcrete-walled mews house in east London
Cathie Curran has completed a three-storey family house arranged as overlapping and interconnected spaces that are reflected in its gridded terracotta and Accoya wood façade
A thorough grounding in the city: Portsmouth Student Show 2023
The University of Portsmouth architecture school has a close connection to the region’s architecture scene, providing a rich canvas for the retrofit and urban renewal seen in much of the work, writes Rob Wilson
Leisure, sports, community and care combined
Holmes Miller’s Allander Leisure Centre in Glasgow, incorporating an adult day care centre, is a new type of leisure-cum-care model of community hub
JRA repurposes historic former Daily Mail HQ off Fleet Street
John Robertson Architects (JRA) has refurbished the former headquarters and printworks of the Daily Mail, which was in use as a newspaper office until the 1980s
Studio Zoppini completes £20m training ground for QPR
A new training ground for EFL Championship team Queens Park Rangers by Studio Zoppini Architects will accommodate the club’s first team, under 23s and academy squads
Wedding cake-shaped folly completed at Rothschild’s Bucks manor
The 12m-high three-tiered structure, clad entirely in decorative ceramic tiles, has been created by Portuguese artist Joana Vasconcelos