The Architects’ Journal Architecture News & Buildings
Manea Kella transforms run-down Nottinghamshire garage into family home
The London-based practice has transformed a run-down garage and stabling block into 120m2 of additional accommodation for a client’s family
Buildings
Building studies and other coverage of the latest architectural building designs, including houses, extensions, offices and schools
Hopkins completes immunology centre in north-west London
The Pears Building, a joint venture between UCL and the Royal Free Hospital in Hampstead, houses both research and treatment facilities within a newly terraced and landscaped public realm
PARTI completes two-home infill development in Islington
The Hercules Street development, off Holloway Road in north London, creates a pair of two-bedroom maisonettes for private rent
WilkinsonEyre completes STEAM centre for Gresham’s School
A new centre for Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Mathematics (STEAM) education, designed by WilkinsonEyre, has officially opened at Gresham’s School in Holt, Norfolk
Konishi Gaffney overhauls Greyfriars Charteris Centre in Edinburgh
Konishi Gaffney’s £1.7 million refurbishmentof a former church in Edinburgh’s city centre involves improvements and an extension to provide workspace, a community hub, events spaces and a non-denominational sanctuary
AHMM creates West End’s first new build theatre in 50 years
The first new build West End theatre in half a century, designed by AHMM, will open this autumn in Soho Place
Tim Ronalds completes sixth form centre for West Sussex school
The practice’s £6.25 million centre for Worth School, a Catholic and Benedictine private school in West Sussex, includes a library and multi-purpose hall
Hawkins\Brown completes shared living scheme in Harrow
‘Folk at The Palm House’ in Harrow is a purpose-built shared living scheme with 222 units founded on the idea of ‘sleep in your room, live in the building’
Scullion Architects completes infill housing in Dublin north
Irish practice Scullion Architects has added to a compact artisan cottage in Charleville, Dublin, by only removing what was dilapidated, leaving remnants of previous structures
Who are the architects leading the way in Ireland’s new wave?
Following the collapse of the Celtic Tiger economy in 2008, what are the conditions under which architecture in Ireland is operating? Emmett Scanlon looks at how a new cohort of architects is responding to this still dynamic place