The Architects’ Journal Architecture News & Buildings
Edward Williams Architects completes carbon-neutral Paddington mews retrofit
The zero-carbon emitting office allows for versatility in layout while retaining its intimate domestic atmosphere
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
Morrow + Lorraine completes residential scheme in Marylebone
Part-retrofit, part-rebuild, the 675m² scheme also includes the refurbishment of a pub
Sarah Wigglesworth extends Camden primary school through creative collaboration
The £1.3 million extension is the result of a collaboration between the practice and client design advisor Architects Collaborative
Caruso St John reworks house in Swiss village
Originally a restaurant-cum-hotel, this holiday home now includes a two-storey salon for use as an exhibition and concert venue
Vine Architecture Studio reconfigures east London apartment
The east London-based practice has painted a spiral stair yellow for this top-floor flat
HUT Architecture completes office retrofit in Clerkenwell
Haywards Place draws upon the ‘bottle green’ original colour scheme of the 18th-century building as a key feature of the fit-out
Shutters animate London extension by MATA Architects
The £98,000 home office and self-contained guest bedroom unit has bespoke shutters which open and close depending on the client’s needs
John Robertson Architects clads 1980s building with blue terracotta tiles
Academy House on London’s Oxford Street has been transformed into an office and retail space
Jestico + Whiles and Julian Harrap complete Pitzhanger Manor restoration
The £12 million, three-year project by Jestico + Whiles and Julian Harrap Architects to restore Pitzhanger Manor in Ealing has launched with a solo exhibition by Anish Kapoor
Moxon transforms Highland hotel with ‘primitive’ tree trunk column-courtyard
Moxon Architects has renovated the Fife Arms hotel in Braemar for a contemporary art dealing client