The Architects’ Journal Architecture News & Buildings
Flea Folly Architects create ‘false banana’ pavilion from hazel and reed
The temporary structure was commissioned as part of the Nourish festival at the Kew Wakehurst National Trust site in West Sussex
Cultural
From museums and galleries to opera houses and theatres
Building study: Brixton House by Foster Wilson Size
With performance, studio, office and work spaces plus a café, Foster Wilson Size’s new Brixton House delivers a substantial multi-purpose hub for both the arts and the community
RISE completes refurb of social enterprise cinema in Kensal Rise
RISE Design Studio has completed the refurbishment and extension of London’s only social enterprise cinema, The Lexi, in Kensal Rise, west London
Hassell and Casson Mann complete Jodrell Bank visitor centre
The First Light Pavilion is at the heart of the University of Manchester’s £21.5 million regeneration project to improve the experience for visitors to its Jodrell Bank Observatory
Sam Jacob Studio redesigns V&A’s main entrance
The project playfully reworks the entrance lobby, information desk and WCs, using materials such as glass-tubes and terrazzo made from crushed waste jasperware, which reference the museum’s collections
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
Jo Townshend Architects completes learning hub at Pitzhanger Manor
The hub has been built for volunteers at the Pitzhanger Manor & Gallery Trust to both relax in and take part in training and development sessions. It is also open for use by the local community in Ealing
Stufish completes demountable venue for ABBA virtual concert
The 3,000-capacity ABBA Arena, the largest temporary performance space of its kind, is designed to be relocated to another site at the end of its five-year tenure in east London
OMA’s Taipei Performing Arts Centre ready to open later this year
The three-auditorium arts centre, heralded as Asia’s most important cultural development of 2022, is complete and will officially open on 7 August
The Burrell Collection reworked by John McAslan Architects
BUILDING STUDY: The £68 million renovation of Glasgow’s Burrell Collection involves a major reconfiguration that will continue to divide opinion, says Jay Merrick, but the essential spirit of the original – ‘mingling art with nature’ – remains intact.