Clare College recalibrated
Witherford Watson Mann’s carefully considered addition to the second oldest college at Cambridge delicately improves access to the college and adds a new riverfront café.
Salvation Army’s new HQ in Denmark Hill
TateHindle has completed the new Salvation Army UK and Ireland Headquarters in Camberwell, south London.
Kingwood
An expressive yet contextually sensitive residential development in London’s Knightsbridge by Squire & Partners successfully fuses digital fabrication techniques with highly skilled bricklaying.
Blurring the boundaries
DEMOGO’s headquarters for the Guardia di Finanza in Bologna, Italy, explores the nature and meaning of the boundary between building and city.
Cornish Cottage by Architecture Office
Architecture Office has restored and extended a Grade II listed property on the River Fowey in Cornwall.
The Old Apple Store by Selencky Parsons
London studio Selencky Parsons has repurposed a former apple store into an extension for a home in West Sussex.
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Chalet Papillon
A timber-clad holiday residence near Lac Notre-Dame, Quebec, by RobitailleCurtis forms a strong connection with its mountainside site.
Mae’s multi-generational living block on the Aylesbury Estate
Photos reveal Mae’s project in Southwark, south east London which caters for multi-generational living on what was once part of the Aylesbury Estate.
Bellevue Beach reimagined
Arne Jacobsen’s Bellevue Beach changing room in Klampenborg, Denmark, has been given a new lease of life as a wellness centre.
Bučina Cottage
ADR‘s simple yet refined dwelling for a ski resort manager in the north of the Czech Republic draws on vernacular mountain architecture.
Walk this way: London College of Fashion’s new home in Stratford
Allies and Morrison has seen its design for the London College of Fashion in the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park open to students – and the public in east London.
Old meets new
RDTH architekti has sympathetically renovated and extended a historic mill in Opatová, Slovakia, creating a family house and work space.
Francis House by Gensler
Gensler has turned an old warehouse into the new London headquarters of communications firm, Edelman.
Berners & Wells by Emrys Architects
Working with artist Tess Jaray, Emrys Architects has completed Berners and Wells – a new mixed-use scheme in Fitzrovia for Berners-Allsopp Estate and Schroders that features a glazed-brick, patterned façade.
Shortlists unveiled for North East, East Midlands, East and South West RIBA regional awards
See what projects from across the country have been shortlisted in the RIBA regional awards for the North East, East Midlands, East and South West areas for 2024.
Windermere Fire Station by gh3* Architects
Toronto studio gh3* has completed a fire station, clad with grey iron-glazed bricks, for the city of Edmonton, in Canada.
Tartan School
MoDusArchitects’ carefully planned extension to a school in Terlano, South Tyrol, integrates both education and community needs.
Lindsay House
Ryan W Kennihan Architects has completed a bold yet sympathetic extension to a Victorian terraced house in Dublin.
Zaishui Art Museum
A one-kilometre-long art museum in Rizhao, China, by Junya Ishigami forms an inseparable bond with its lake-based site.
Daniel Libeskind’s Royal Free Maggie’s Centre
Seven years after being commissioned, Daniel Libeskind's design for the Maggie's Centre at the Royal Free Hospital in London sees a curvaceous building rise out of what was once a car park.
The Parks
Stolon Studio has completed a deep retrofit project in rural Herefordshire, sympathetically transforming a collection of 15th and 16th century agricultural buildings into sustainable housing for a new rural community.
Litomyšl footbridge
A landmark pedestrian bridge by Prague-based practice Ehl & Koumar architekti skilfully synthesizes architecture, engineering, and urbanism.
Jirásek Theatre
In the town of Česká Lípa, Czech Republic, Adam Rujbr Architects has given the 14th Century Jirásek Theatre a comprehensive transformation.
The fight for transparency
Mark Stonell, associate director at Buro Happold discusses the shift to glass building envelopes, addressing challenges with innovative solutions for transparency and energy efficiency.
Retrofitting old buildings with modern façades
Ben Knight, director at dMFK Architects presents case studies on retrofit projects focussing on renovations that maximise natural light, create visual connections, and incorporate new communal spaces.
Carbon control
National specification manager at Schüco UK, Stuart Hosier examines the company’s approach to carbon control.
Balancing energy savings and embodied carbon
Aneel Kilaire, associate facade consultant at Ramboll on the conflicts between the Approved Documents: Part L and Part O and questions the effectiveness of standards in balancing energy savings and embodied carbon.
Daylight management challenges
Stefan Trifonov, head of engineering at Schüco UK on how to adapt to varying sunlight angles by using effective horizontal sun shading over traditional vertical fins.
Optimising natural light with double-skin façades
Sanna Wennberg, associate partner at Simpson Haugh presents detailed case studies on double-skin façade systems that strive for optimal performance.
31 Newnham Road
MCW architects has completed a contextually sensitive and materially rich mixed-use development overlooking Newnham Mill Pond in Cambridge.