The Architects’ Journal Architecture News & Buildings
Primary focus: Pricegore’s visual arts building in Nottingham
In a long-running collaborative effort, Pricegore is helping a Nottingham arts organisation realise its ambitions to reach out to the local community and beyond
RetroFirst
RetroFirst is an AJ campaign to prioritise retrofit over demolition and rebuild. Hundreds of architecture practices, organisations and individuals have declared their support for our campaign
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
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
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
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
Office S&M wraps Victorian house extension in pink pillow-shaped tiles
The practice has remodelled, upgraded and extended a north London house with features such as glazed tiles drawing on the clients’ love of municipal architecture
Adrian James Architects completes Arts and Crafts-inspired girls’ boarding house
The distinctive design of Queen Elizabeth Hall at Shrewsbury School combines features such as arched openings and chequerboard fenestration, steep-pitched roofs, dormers and tall ventilation stacks
Quinn Architects adds second storey to 1970s mews house
The original structure has been extended and environmentally upgraded to create a home for a young family
Haworth Tompkins’ £14.5m ‘transformation’ of Warburg Institute unveiled
Haworth Tompkins’ refurb creates a 140-seat auditorium, new gallery and extension hosting library rooms for the centre, which is dedicated to the study of art and culture