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Case study: 11 & 12 Wellington Place, Leeds, by tp bennett
Two office blocks are connected by a glazed link, with the buildings’ design influenced by the site’s industrial and railway heritage. Photography by Hufton + Crow
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Haverstock completes Hemel Hempstead crematorium featuring engineered timber catafalque
The 770m² new-build crematorium includes a separate pavilion with memorial facilities and chapel for up to 140 people, alongside spaces for crematory and administration
The Coach: The world of work doesn’t scratch my creative itch
The world of architecture isn’t satisfying a reader’s creative urges. Matthew Turner suggests that embracing one’s genuine curiosities can provide the motivation to persevere through inevitable challenges
Crooked House’s demolition highlights a major deficiency in the UK listing system
The destruction of the Crooked House pub in the Black Country highlights the planning and listing systems’ failure to put value on essence of place, argues John R Bryson
DK-Architects completes community hall outside Chester
The Five Villages Hall is a central hub serving a community of five semi-rural villages a few miles north of Chester
TYPE remodels Hampstead flat inspired by Hammershøi paintings
The refurbishment of this garden flat in north London employs the muted tones seen in the domestic interiors depicted by 19th-century Danish painter Vilhelm Hammershøi
Make retrofits Sydney government offices into five-star hotel
The listed former Department of Education building has been restored and remodelled with 192 guest rooms, event spaces and three bars and restaurants
In architecture, who’s teaching the teachers?
UK architecture schools boast some of the world's best designers – but success in practice doesn't guarantee success as a teacher. Is the lack of training for educators letting down the new next generation of architects, asks Siraaj Mitha
Corstorphine & Wright converts Second World War bunker into holiday home
An abandoned 1939 concrete structure in Ringstead on the Jurassic Coast has been reworked into a 76m² subterranean holiday home
What kind of monster has the British planning system become?
Submitting a proposal to planning nowadays feels like slipping into a weird and dysfunctional dimension – it is a bankrupt system that the government should be deeply ashamed of, says John Pardey