All Purcell Architects articles
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NewsPurcell completes restoration of St Barts Hospital’s grade I-listed North Wing
Spaces to become regularly accessible to the public for first time in building’s 300-year history
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NewsPurcell completes Shoemakers Museum in Somerset
New museum, with exhibition design by Nissen Richards Studio, combines historic buildings with contemporary brick intervention to display Clarks’ 200-year legacy
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FeaturesAYA 2025 shortlists: Creative Conservation Architect of the Year
In a series celebrating BD’s Architect of the Year Awards finalists, we look at the Creative Conservation Architect of the Year shortlist
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NewsPurcell-designed restoration of Colchester’s Jumbo water tower set to begin
Work on £6m scheme to convert Victorian landmark into visitor destination due to start later this year
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Building StudyFrom complexity to clarity: The Sainsbury Wing transformed
Ben Flatman explores the remodelling of the Sainsbury Wing and asks what is lost when a celebrated postmodern building is updated to make it more welcoming and accessible
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NewsGeorgian Group urges Rayner to call in Allies and Morrison’s Clandon Park scheme
The scheme, developed in collaboration with heritage architect Purcell, will introduce new visitor facilities, including a café, rooftop terrace, and accessible walkways
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NewsAllies and Morrison’s Clandon Park scheme approved despite calls for full restoration
The scheme, developed in collaboration with heritage architect Purcell, will introduce new visitor facilities, including a café, rooftop terrace, and accessible walkways
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FeaturesAYA 2024 shortlists: Creative Conservation Architect of the Year
In a series celebrating BD’s Architect of the Year Awards finalists, we look at the Creative Conservation Architect of the Year shortlist
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NewsElizabeth Line and National Portrait Gallery amongst schemes on Stirling shortlist
Shortlist foregrounds major infrastructure and urbanism projects with winner to be announced in October
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OpinionWhy is our heritage on fire… again?
The fire at Copenhagen’s historic stock exchange is a reminder that we need to value traditional building skills as much as the buildings themselves, writes Liz Smith
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NewsNíall McLaughlin and Purcell shortlisted for RIBA North East Award
Firms’ Auckland Castle project vies with three other schemes for regional recognition
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NewsIn pictures: Purcell’s restoration of Stowe House
Conservation practice completes programme of works that began in 1999
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FeaturesAYA 2023 shortlists: Refurbishment Architect of the Year Award
In a series celebrating BD’s Architect of the Year Awards finalists, we look at the Refurbishment Architect shortlist
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NewsPurcell gets green light for Clarks Shoes museum
Somerset attraction will also tell the story of Street and showcase local fossils
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OpinionWe need to retain more of our existing built environment, but not through a Grade III listing
Liz Smith explains why Grade III Listing is the right conversation, but not the right solution
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Building StudyBuilding study: Jamie Fobert Architects and Purcell’s National Portrait Gallery refurbishment
Britain’s most establishment art gallery has reinvented itself as a palace of inclusion. Is it a success?
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OpinionHeritage is the continuing history of everything
We need to think more carefully about how and why we build if we are to better reflect the changing world around us, writes Liz Smith
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OpinionConservation architecture is not a niche. It’s the mainstream
Far from being about the past, heritage and conservation architecture is at the forefront of innovation, writes Mark Goldspink
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NewsIn pictures: Radley College Chapel extension by Purcell
The refurbishment and extension provides additional seating for the growing school and futureproofs the building as a central place of worship
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OpinionConservation and the climate emergency
Our built heritage has an important role to play in addressing the climate emergency. We must allow it to adapt, writes Laura Baron