The Architects’ Journal Architecture News & Buildings
A library for the 21st century: The Word by FaulknerBrowns
The National Centre for the Written Word in South Shields, Tyneside, features a 6.5m-diameter chandelier
Cultural
From museums and galleries to opera houses and theatres
Diss Corn Hall refurbishment by Hudson Architects
The historic Grade II-listed Norfolk building, now an arts venue, has undergone a £1.7 million refurbishment. Photography by Joakim Boren
Organic growth: Dow Jones extends the Garden Museum
The practice has upgraded and expanded the museum that it first worked on 10 years ago, writes Rob Wilson. Photography by Anthony Coleman
Marking time in Hull: Tonkin Liu’s Solar Gate
This innovative two-shell steel structure acts as a sundial to mark key times and dates in the history of the UK City of Culture 2017
Jean Nouvel’s Louvre Abu Dhabi creates ‘rain of light’
The new museum’s shallow dome and filigree ceiling allow a ‘rain of light’ into its galleries
RIBA Stirling Prize: Command of the Oceans by Baynes and Mitchell Architects
A bold design and inventive solutions have transformed Chatham dockyard, with the new visitor centre bringing the site’s old buildings back to life, writes Jay Merrick. Photography and film by Jim Stephenson
Carmody Groarke creates pulped paper space at Design Museum
Carmody Groarke’s space for this year’s Beazley Designs of the Year exhibition forms a sequence of sculptural cave-like forms made from Soundcel sprayed recycled newspaper pulp
RIBA Stirling Prize: British Museum WCEC by Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners
Within a subtle exterior, the £135 million extension exemplifies the practice’s skill in designing for users, writes Laura Mark. Photography and film by Jim Stephenson
Heatherwick and Foster unwrap Bund Finance Centre in Shanghai
Foster + Partners and Heatherwick Studio have completed The Bund Finance Centre, a major new mixed-use development on Shanghai’s waterfront
What lies beneath: Command of the Oceans by Baynes and Mitchell
The outside bet for this year’s Stirling Prize has its origins in the discovery of the hidden bones of a ship – which is itself somewhat hidden in plain sight