The Architects’ Journal Architecture News & Buildings
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
Retrofit & sustainable
The AJ champions the retrofit of existing buildings with the AJ Retrofit Awards and the RetroFirst campaign. Here you can find good examples of how architects have reused existing buildings, or designed highly sustainable buildings
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
TDO completes adaptive reuse of redundant Southwark railway arches
The retrofit project creates a community space and sustainability hub, using prefabricated galvanised steel Nissen sheds placed in two redundant railway arches
First images revealed of Fosters’ retrofit of 1905 Spanish gas plant
Ombú, an innovative exemplar of building re-use by Foster + Partners for Spanish infrastructure and energy company ACCIONA, has opened in Madrid
Common Ground Workshop completes retrofit of 1980s Spitalfields House
Common Ground Workshop (CGW) has performed an extensive renovation and extension of a three-bedroom, four-storey family home in east London to provide flexible living spaces