The Architects’ Journal Architecture News & Buildings
Perkins&Will completes museum above remains of Shakespeare theatre
The Museum of Shakespeare in Shoreditch, east London, will showcase the archaeological remains of Shakespeare’s Curtain Playhouse
Buildings
Building studies and other coverage of the latest architectural building designs, including houses, extensions, offices and schools
Loader Monteith creates piazza-like forecourt to Gillespie, Kidd & Coia church
The design, in collaboration with landscape architect Mark Donaldson, creates a fully accessible public space with planting in front of St Columbkille’s Church in Rutherglen, Glasgow
Donald Insall Associates restores Grade I-listed Rochdale Town Hall
The 1871 Gothic Revival building – one of the most historically significant buildings in the country – has reopened to the public following four years of restoration work
FCBStudios completes mixed-use scheme for Sheffield’s Heart of the City
The £40 million mixed-use redevelopment – covering retail, hospitality and leisure – repurposes and reintegrates buildings into the fabric of Sheffield City Centre
Wilkinson King designs ‘garden room’ flat annexe in south London
The pergola-fronted structure is designed for the client’s mother who moved from the north of England to live with her family in London
The Manser Practice refurbishes its own pioneering 1960s project
The Manser Practice has completed the refurbishment of Cliffhanger, one of the earliest steel-framed houses in Britain, which it originally completed in 1963
A Studio Between redesigns Frieze art fair for its 21st edition
The fair has been reshaped with reuse, easy disassembly and waste reduction in mind, and uses colour accents, shadow and planting installations to create subtle atmospherics
EBBA renovates Victorian terraced house with lightweight façade
The renovation of a terraced house in Camden, north London, uses white painted steel interventions to stitch in a series of sensitive additions
Herzog & de Meuron completes major children’s hospital in Zurich
The University Children’s hospital scheme is now the largest facility for children and adolescents in Switzerland and consists of two buildings: the acute-care hospital and a research and teaching facility
Tuckey Design Studio reimagines terrace house as urban retreat
This renovation of a three-storey, early Victorian terrace house in Knightsbridge, London, reimagines the existing configuration to create a series of intimate and calm spaces