Refurbishment
Waltham Forest College by Richard Hopkinson Architects and Platform 5 Architects
Richard Hopkinson and Platform 5 Architects have completed a £3 million refurbishment of Waltham Forest College, breathing new life into an existing 1930s building to create new formal and informal education and meeting areas.
Victory House, London by Ben Adams Architects
Ben Adams Architects has transformed an anonymous office building at the northern end of Tottenham Court Road with a series of subtle interventions.
Linlithgow Burgh Halls in West Lothian, Scotland, by Malcolm Fraser Architects
Architect completes refurbishment and extension of community halls in West Lothian
Worth Abbey Church by Heatherwick Studio
New furniture and cleaned-up concrete enhances Francis Pollen’s original design
Oak Meadow Primary School by Architype
Passivhaus technology is creating an efficient, well-ventilated learning environment at Oak Meadow Primary School in Wolverhampton.
Cromwell Tower refurbishment by Witherford Watson Mann
The practice has reworked the reception area and meeting room to incorporate original furniture and new finishes
Mayfair art gallery by Haworth Tompkins
Restoring a Victorian staircase is one of the highlights of a New Bond Street renovation.
Stacks of work at Eastbury Manor
Richard Griffiths Associates has completed its third phase of restoration on the Elizabethan estate’s chimney stacks and east stair turret
Restoring the Derby Roundhouse
Maber Architects has retained many original features in its refurbishment of Derby College’s Roundhouse and other railway buildings
Uncorking the secrets of Dennis Sharp’s Bayford house
Cork insulation has been used in the Dennis Sharp Architects’ extension and refurbishment of this former Hertfordshire council house
Glenn Howells wins applause for the refurbishment of Barber Institute's concert hall
Amanda Birch explores Glenn Howells Architects’ renovation of a 1930s concert hall in the grade II listed Barber Institute of Fine Arts, University of Birmingham
Watergate Farm, North Oxfordshire by James Gorst Architects
James Gorst Architects has completed the first phase of a project set around a courtyard on a farm in north Oxfordshire.
National Gallery Lower Galleries by Wright & Wright
The architect went beyond the minimal brief when refurbishing the National Gallery’s often overlooked lower galleries
Haringey Passiv Terrace retrofit by Anne Thorne Architects
Retrofit build works delivered an 80% cut in energy use to an Edwardian terraced house in London.
Central Saint Martins by Stanton Williams
Stanton Williams’ transformation of a Victorian granary into a campus for Central Saint Martins College of Art & design has made inventive reuse of original features.
Blankenberge Public Library by Sergison Bates
Sergison Bates has refurbished a derelict 19th century school building into a new public library in Blankenberge, Belgium
Julian Harrap Architects: Royal Society of Chemistry refurbishment project
So many refurbishment projects today involve redressing the work of the 1960s
MUMA raises a glass to the past at the V&A
The transformation of an existing lightwell is at the heart of MUMA’s restoration of the V&A’s Medieval & Renaissance galleries
Burd Haward Architects’ bold refurbishment of north London eaterie Osteria Emilia
Amanda Birch discovers how Burd Haward Architects transformed a dark, low-ceiled restaurant interior into a welcoming, light-filled space
