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Studio Gang-designed Gilder Center museum extension opens in New York
The 21,400m2 $465 million extension to the American Museum of Natural History features a canyon-inspired shotcrete atrium
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The Regs: How to design movement joints in masonry
Geoff Wilkinson looks at requirements for movement joints in masonry walls
Deeper learning: Hall McKnight transforms disused basement for King’s College London
The Quadrangle project turns a disused double basement at King’s College London on the Strand into a modern engineering department
Coach: How can I tackle disputes with my business partner?
An architect finds themselves disagreeing with their business partner over a range of matters, none of which seem to get resolved. Matthew Turner advises
Trewhela Williams channels Donald Judd in London mews conversion
This conversion of an under-used, uninsulated garage into a habitable space for a growing family, has improved daylighting, cross-ventilation and passive surveillance from the interior
AJ Small Projects is a joyous celebration of big ideas realised on a small budget
AJ Small Projects is surely one of the most joyful events in the architectural calendar, celebrating the vital and dynamic possibilities of working at a small scale and within modest budgets, says Emily Booth
In practice: Save steel, save embodied carbon
Matteo Attanasio, head of sustainability at structural and civil engineering consultancy Symmetrys, tells Fran Williams about FerrousWheel, the firm’s still-evolving tool for replacing designed steel sections with a reclaimed steel alternative
Newcastle’s Farrell Centre uses the city as a constant reference
The centre, which opened last weekend in a retrofitted Newcastle department store, seeks to engage the public with architecture and planning issues. Rob Wilson visits and meets its director Owen Hopkins
Case study: Tennyson Road by ROAR Architects
Ship-building techniques have inspired this revamp and extension of a family home in Walthamstow, east London. Photography by Chris Wharton
Polysmiths completes cork-panelled house in east London
London-based studio Polysmiths has completed a timber-framed, three-bedroom house planned around three courtyards on an infill plot in Forest Gate