The Architects’ Journal Architecture News & Buildings
Oculus forms centrepiece of Grimshaw’s Frost Science Museum in Miami
Frost Science Museum in Miami, Florida has opened to the public, a 23,000m² facility combining a science museum with an aquarium and planetarium
Cultural
From museums and galleries to opera houses and theatres
Theatre Peckham’s pearlescent new home by Jestico + Whiles
A new studio theatre abuts a town hall conversion providing student accommodation
Friend & Company’s V&A shop revamp embraces digital fabrication
The revamped V&A shop returns to its 1860s roots, inspiring an unapologetically digital take on craftsmanship
Reflections on Soane: IF_DO’s Dulwich Picture Gallery pavilion opens
The pavilion’s design is a contemporary response to Soane’s Dulwich Picture Gallery, marking its 200th anniversary as well as the launch of the London Festival of Architecture
A new chapter for Chester: Bennetts’ Storyhouse
Bennetts Associates’ Storyhouse is an inspired attempt to rework and reinvigorate the model of regional and local cultural provision, writes Rob Wilson. Photography by Peter Cook
Moore-land stranger: Hugh Broughton’s Henry Moore archive
Hugh Broughton Architects has created a visitor centre and archive building for the Henry Moore Foundation, writes Jay Merrick. Photography by Hufton + Crow
An engine room for innovation: Hoskins’ National Theatre of Scotland
Hoskins Architects has worked successfully within a clearly limited budget to produce a building of worth for the National Theatre of Scotland, writes Alan Dunlop. Photography by Gillian Hayes
BDP transforms National Army Museum
The National Army Museum in London has reopened following BDP’s major £24 million renovation and extension
Building study: Page\Park has brought Kelvin Hall back to life
The Glasgow-based practice has reinvigorated one of its home city’s most recognisable structures
The hills are alive: MawsonKerr builds £2m Cumbrian music therapy centre
Emerging Newcastle-based practice MawsonKerr Architects has created this £2 million music therapy centre in the Lake District for local charity, the Sunbeams Music Trust