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INCH and Sheppard Robson convert disused gas purifier shed to workspace
INCH Architecture + Design and Sheppard Robson have preserved and reworked a prominent disused Victorian industrial structure in Glasgow
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Grandorge: Gimme shelter
As winter approaches, if you’re time-rich, consider becoming a volunteer at a night shelter near where you live, urges David Grandorge
The Secret Architect: I’ve been outed as Another. Bloody. Architect
The Secret Architect has taken on some freelance work for a trendy ‘digital experience’ group
Case study: Towner Gallery by Manalo & White Architects
The new foyer for Eastbourne’s Towner Gallery aims to stitch the other spaces together while providing a convivial space where visitors can pause. Photography by Marcus Quigley, Rachel Ferriman
The Regs: Are you up to speed with the Building Safety Act? Part 1
Geoff Wilkinson outlines the changes most affecting architects in the newly implemented Building Control System
Why we specified cut limestone bricks instead of clay at Mayfield School
Adam Richards Architects has swapped out the originally proposed clay fired bricks for natural stone in its designs for an extension to the 19th century independent Mayfield Catholic boarding school
How Westminster City Council plans to put retrofit first
New policies in the pipeline will make it clear that retrofit is the best solution for the vast majority of buildings in the borough, says Westminster councillor Geoff Barraclough
Haworth Tompkins completes multistorey industrial complex in Barking
Industria, in Barking, east London, is said to be the UK’s first ‘new-generation vertical’ multistorey light industrial building
Ström Architects completes mid-century modern-inspired house in Cheltenham
Case House is a simple white brick and render house, half-hidden behind an existing brick wall, in a designated character area of the Gloucestershire town’s conservation area
Why is Keir Starmer ignoring the concrete and steel elephant in the room?
The Labour leader’s macho posturing on housebuilding ignores the 60 megatonnes of upfront carbon that building 1.5 million new homes would produce, writes Alice Moncaster