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Marks Barfield completes mixed-use project focused on wellbeing
The 20,000m2 development in Euston includes a workspace designed to promote wellbeing through use of biophilia, natural materials and plenty of daylight
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HTA retrofits Hackney Wick warehouse as its own studio
The rework of four adjacent Victorian industrial buildings in east London into one interconnected workspace provides a new home for the practice’s 200 London staff
Costs: Brick & stone
The latest sample cost breakdowns for various types of brick and stone
Opinion: Who made you sheriff of Ethics Town?
Ethics are personal and creating a museum, train station or city for a regime is not the same as condoning its political policies, argues Kunle Barker
Case study: White House School by vPPR
Modern methods of construction enabled the fast assembly of an early-years building for the White House Preparatory School in south London. Photography by Will Scott
In criticising architects, Michael Gove is missing a trick
The communities secretary should stop trying to re-educate the profession and instead use the skills of architects to facilitate placemaking at a grassroots level, argues Charles Welsh
Charles Holland Architects playfully retrofits east London terraced house
The house has been reworked as a modern family home, using colour and decorative details while avoiding the tropes of a typical 21st-century extension
Sketchbook: Caroline Cole
The AJ’s Sketchbook series is a showcase of sketches and concept drawings by architects and designers. Today’s sketches are by Caroline Cole, founder of built environment consultancy Colander Associates
IF_DO transforms listed Suffolk barn into gallery
The conversion features a series of interventions that are mostly free-standing, demountable and reversible to facilitate minimal impact on the building
Welcome to Worthing: Bayside by Allies and Morrison
The mixed-use scheme is a striking addition to the seafront, designed to act as a gateway to the West Sussex coastal town