The Architects’ Journal Architecture News & Buildings
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
Cultural
From museums and galleries to opera houses and theatres
Doing the locomotion: AOC’s National Railway Museum addition
AOC’s large-scale addition to the National Railway Museum’s Shildon site in County Durham, combines the toughness of an industrial shed with the delicacy of a white cube gallery, says Rob Wilson. Photography by David Grandorge
West Port Architects designs pop-up play space in Barbican Curve gallery
Our Street is a co-designed 3D interactive installation in the shape of a London street, which invites children and families to ‘play, make and dance’
Ahead of the curve: Brighton College arts centre
Dutch practice krft, working with Nicholas Hare Architects as delivery architect, has created a unique and striking performing arts centre for private school Brighton College, says Rob Wilson
SPASE restores and extends listed Dorset building as arts venue
Sherborne House, a Grade I-listed building with Georgian, Tudor and Medieval elements, has been restored and extended with a glulam-structured pavilion and event space
Robin Lee Architecture transforms former library into Erith cultural hub
Erith’s most significant building, the Grade II-listed Carnegie Library, has been transformed into The Exchange, a community-owned cultural hub
John Gilbert Architects refurbishes Glasgow’s oldest residential building
Provand’s Lordship, which has its origins in the 15th century, has reopened to the public after a £1.6 million refurbishment carried out for culture and sports charity Glasgow Life
Mecanoo completes £27m conversion of Perth City Hall into museum
Mecanoo’s £27 million Perth Museum – which features Scotland’s Stone of Destiny as its centrepiece – finally opened to the public last month
Unknown Works unveils new permanent gallery at London’s Science Museum
Energy Revolution: The Adani Green Energy Gallery examines the rapid energy transition and decarbonisation needed globally to limit climate change
Sidcup success story: library and cinema by DRDH
Storyteller combines a library, cinema and housing in a scheme remarkable for the intelligence and generosity of its design, writes David Knight. Photography by David Grandorge