By sector
Housing
Peabody Avenue social housing in Pimlico, London, by Haworth Tompkins
A new social housing scheme in central London for Peabody marks a deliberate move away from novelty in favour of longevity
Rue du Cendrier housing by Sergison Bates and Jean-Paul Jaccaud
Sergison Bates has teamed up with Swiss architect Jean-Paul Jaccaud to create a Geneva social housing project that resolves a long-standing urban fault
Broadway School by Cottrell & Vermeulen Architecture
A pragmatic yet innovative approach to a school refurbishment in Birmingham points towards the future of educational institutions in these straitened times
The Spa School, Southwark, by AOC
AOC’s BSF Spa School for children with autistic spectrum disorder makes a virtue of its suburban setting
Cultural
Drawing board: The White Building, Hackney Wick
Director David Kohn and project architect Tom McGlynn discuss how they are converting a redundant print works on the fringes of the 2012 Olympics site into an arts centre with Expedition Architecture
Canada Water Library, London, by CZWG
In spite of funding cuts and its lack of public-sector experience, CZWG has created an imaginative public library in London’s Docklands
Refurbishment
Park Hill estate, Sheffield, by Hawkins Brown with Studio Egret West
The apartments of the regenerated Park Hill are a world away from 1961’s socially conscious streets in the sky. Here, BD looks at how Sheffield’s iconic housing block has echoed 50 years of Britain shifting political moods
St Pancras Renaissance London Hotel by RHWL and Richard Griffiths
The painstaking restoration of St Pancras station’s neo-Gothic Midland Grand Hotel by architects RHWL and Richard Griffiths honours George Gilbert Scott’s original vision, despite some disappointing fit-out choices.
Civic
Canada Water Library, London, by CZWG
In spite of funding cuts and its lack of public-sector experience, CZWG has created an imaginative public library in London’s Docklands
Chandos East Community Centre, Newham by Adams and Sutherland
A community centre in Newham is the first Olympic regeneration project to be completed and its influence will be felt far beyond its locality, says Andrew Houlton
Offices
Drawing board: 120 Moorgate, City of London by Lifschutz Davidson Sandilands
Director Paul Sandilands and project architect Chloe Phelps discuss the practice’s first City office development
Unison headquarters, London, by Squire & Partners
Unison’s new headquarters is an enclave of sobriety that draws on the imagery of corporate rebranding to reflect the changing language of the union movement
Masterplanning
Stratford High Street
Stratford’s Olympic legacy is already taking shape, but it is a bleak vision that is unlikely to benefit locals.
East London's Greenway by Adams & Sutherland Architects
Adams & Sutherland’s sensitive approach has seen east London’s Greenway updated for its new Olympic role, without losing its sense of place.
Industry
Faustino Winery, Spain, by Foster & Partners
Winemakers in northern Spain hope this futuristic new bodega will put the Ribera del Duero region on the world stage.
Nord’s Olympic substation is first to the finishing line
Former Yaya winner Nord’s electricity substation at the London Olympics site forges a language to which its neighbours can respond
Healthcare
Maggie’s Centre Gartnavel by OMA
OMA wilfully subverts expectations at its Glasgow Maggie’s Centre, which melts unassumingly into the background.
Toh Shimazaki’s eye surgery is sight specific
A brief to rethink a new eye surgery scheme has resulted in a non-invasive design that grows out of the contours of its secluded West Sussex site
Retail
One New Change, London, by Jean Nouvel
While the form of Jean Nouvel’s One New Change is designed to respect views of St Paul’s Cathedral, the mixed-use scheme has an exotic geometry that contrasts with its ’polite’ neighbours
Dramatic overheads at Lifschutz Davidson Sandilands’ refit of La Rinascente, Milan
The dramatic honeycomb ceiling for top Milan retailer Vittorio Radice inspires a sweet response. Photographs by Chris Gascoigne
Transport
East London Line railway extension
Despite being largely built during the boom, London’s newest transport link is depressingly unambitious
International Space Station
A few weeks ago, the final building block was delivered to the International Space Station, thus completing the first building beyond Earth. Here, one of the architects involved in its construction, charts the saga of the most technically advanced environment ever built
Sustainability
Looking forward to a retrofit future
Retrofitting meets the challenge of improving energy efficiency in existing stock, as Penoyre & Prasad’s refurb of a 1990s house in London shows
White Design’s Dartington Primary School
With its individual timber-clad classrooms, Dartington Primary School in Devon by White Design blends into the rural landscape while creating one of the greenest schools in the UK.
