Refurbishment
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Building StudyBuilding Study: Plumstead Centre, London, by Hawkins Brown
The architect reckons it has found the solution to saving libraries from extinction. Ike Ijeh assesses the end result
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Inspirations
Richard Griffiths’ first project: The Old Dispensary, Stratford
The architect recalls putting quality over cost, winning over hostile workmen and an electric shock
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Inspirations
Jane Kennedy’s inspiration: Manchester Town Hall
The Purcell partner on a building that had a guiding influence at the start of her career and has continued to delight ever since
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Inspirations
Murray Kerr’s inspiration: SESC Pompéia, São Paulo
The Denizen Works director recalls his first visit to the social and cultural centre in a Brazilian barrel factory
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Technical
Technical Study: Science Museum supporters’ centre, by Hat Projects
The conversion of a former Royal Mail sorting office into the £3.5m Smith Centre required instinct and guts, writes Elizabeth Hopkirk
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Technical
Technical Study: Hill House, Helensburgh, by Carmody Groarke
Ike Ijeh explains how a chainmail shed is protecting a Charles Rennie Mackintosh mansion from water ingress
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Technical
Technical Study: Pitzhanger Manor, London
How Julian Harrap Architects and Jestico Whiles recreated a bit of Soane bling at his grade I-listed country house
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Building Study
Ageing gracefully: Restorations which retain historical decay
Ike Ijeh on projects that have preserved the damage caused by fires, damp, squatters and the passage of time
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Technical
Technical Study: Alexandra Palace Theatre, London
Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios’ restoration applies the principle of arrested decay with technical ingenuity and visual conviction
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Building Study
Building Study: Welsh Streets, Liverpool, by MCAU
This radical build-to-rent scheme encourages community and provides a blueprint for other developers
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Building Study
Building Study: Coal Drops Yard, London, by Heatherwick Studio
The retail hub revels in the idiosyncrasies of its original Victorian warehouse architecture, says Ike Ijeh
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Technical
Technical Study: Royal Opera House, London
Stanton Williams’ revamp of the Royal Opera House opens up the building to make it more accessible as a public space
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Building Study
Building Study: South London Gallery, by 6a architects
At a derelict fire station, 6a architects has created a sleek contemporary exhibition space while skilfully reawakening the building’s layered past
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Building Study
Building Study: Goldsmiths CCA, London, by Assemble
Ike Ijeh assesses the Turner Prize-winning collective’s first major permanent building
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Technical
Technical Study: Bristol Old Vic
Haworth Tompkins has woven a natural ventilation system through the 250-year-old fabric of this grade I theatre
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Building Study
Building Study: Westminster Abbey, London, by Ptolemy Dean Architects
How do you design an extension that can live up to the heritage of the coronation place of kings and queens for the last thousand years?
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Building Study
Building Study: The Royal Academy, London, by David Chipperfield Architects
Expanding Burlington House into Burlington Gardens is all about forging a strong link, says Ike Ijeh
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Building Study
Building Study: Grange Primary School, London, by Maccreanor Lavington
A tired Victorian primary school is given a new public face and facilities without compromising its original character or surroundings
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Building Study
Building Study: Old Bearhurst, East Sussex, by Carmody Groarke
AYA Gold Award winner Carmody Groarke’s studio and guesthouse wears its split personality with brutal honesty
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Building Study
Building Study: Centre Point, London, by Conran and Partners
Richard Seifert’s landmark has been transformed from rejected 1960’s pariah to chic luxury flats
