A mixed-use science and business hub has opened in the East Midlands, with facilities that include laboratories, office space, chemical and solvent storage rooms and a café
Author Archives: Rob Wilson
New local: MTA’s brick and larch-clad mixed-use scheme transforms old pub
This development of eight flats, two live-work units and two commercial spaces designed by Michael Trentham Architects, re-animates the site and part-shell of a previously rundown public house in a conservation area
Cycle complete: new pavilion for Herne Hill Velodrome by Hopkins Architects
A sculptural new timber-framed grandstand has opened at the historic home of UK national track cycling, where there has been a Velodrome since 1891
Office reinvention: The White Chapel Building remodelled by Fletcher Priest
Fletcher Priest has transformed a tired 1980s, eight-storey office block in Whitechapel for Derwent London
Feature: Will build-to-rent transform the UK’s housing supply?
Characterised by communal facilities and a longer-term approach to finishes and detailing, the private rented sector is establishing a new building type. But can it solve the housing crisis? Rob Wilson reports
Reviving Gothic: Winton Chapel, Winchester by Design Engine Architects
A refurbished chapel, with a bold yet referential extension, creates a welcoming space for meetings, concerts or just quiet contemplation at the heart of the University of Winchester
First look: £170k A-frame house by Donald Insall Associates
A striking gabled design that echoes the steeple of the neighbouring church
Avanti Architects completes new facility for Ulster Hospital
To mark World Health Day, we look at this new 30,000m² in-patient ward block in Belfast, which opened this week
Lumley & Koller completes bamboo café and training centre in Cambodia
This bamboo café in resort-town Siem Reap was recently completed to train young Cambodians for jobs in the region’s tourist industry
Bennetts Associates’ new block is plugged in to Tottenham Court Road
This powerfully orthogonal new corner block responds subtly to the history of its site – the former electronics retail industry in Tottenham Court Road