The Architects’ Journal Architecture News & Buildings
Timothy Hatton Architects transforms sculpture foundry into its new studio
The practice has reworked derelict buildings and a yard in Shepherd’s Bush to create its new studio, featuring a saw-tooth roof
RetroFirst
RetroFirst is an AJ campaign to prioritise retrofit over demolition and rebuild. Hundreds of architecture practices, organisations and individuals have declared their support for our campaign
Knox Bhavan completes prefabricated flood-resilient riverside house
Knox Bhavan has completed March House, a prefabricated, flood-resilient home raised on stilts on a flood plain on the banks of the River Thames near Cookham in Berkshire
Konishi Gaffney overhauls Greyfriars Charteris Centre in Edinburgh
Konishi Gaffney’s £1.7 million refurbishmentof a former church in Edinburgh’s city centre involves improvements and an extension to provide workspace, a community hub, events spaces and a non-denominational sanctuary
Scullion Architects completes infill housing in Dublin north
Irish practice Scullion Architects has added to a compact artisan cottage in Charleville, Dublin, by only removing what was dilapidated, leaving remnants of previous structures
Childcare with civic grandeur: The Woolstore by Mark Hackett
Hackett Architects has transformed Caledon’s 19th-century Woolstore building into a childcare facility that embraces the municipal splendour found elsewhere in the rural village. Fearghal Murray visits. Photography by Mark Hackett
Project Orange reworks Barbican studio flat
Project Orange has refreshed a studio flat in London’s iconic Barbican complex, introducing colour and texture to give a richness to the spaces
MoreySmith and Bush Consultancy transform Bristol generator building into workspace
The 3,300m2 scheme has turned the Grade II-listed building, which once powered Bristol’s tram system, into a creative hub for start-ups and entrepreneurs
Woodlock Hall Library by Mullarkey Pedersen Architects
Mullarkey Pedersen has created a new home for an important theological library with its retrofit at Dublin City University’s All Hallows Campus. Photography by Paul Tierney
Freehaus completes Africa Centre’s new Southwark home
Freehaus has retrofitted a 1960s building in Southwark to create the new headquarters for the Africa Centre, a ‘home from home’ for Africans in London
Buckley Gray Yeoman completes timber-led retrofit of former gin distillery
Buckley Gray Yeoman has completed Technique, a timber-led retrofit of a former gin distillery in Clerkenwell into workspace for developer General Projects