The Architects’ Journal Architecture News & Buildings
Barr Gazetas completes ‘net zero’ office in Chelsea, reusing 24 tonnes of steel
The architect has transformed Holbein Gardens, a 1980s office building near Sloane Square, for client Grosvenor, reusing steel from nearby demolition sites
Buildings
Building studies and other coverage of the latest architectural building designs, including houses, extensions, offices and schools
Bureau de Change completes contemporary take on Metroland house
Cast House, a new-build bay-windowed house in a suburban street in Clapham shares the visual pattern-book language of 1930s houses
Jonathan Tuckey Design restores Italian farmhouse
Jonathan Tuckey Design has a restored a 19th century farmstead in the Piemonte region of northern Italy, transforming the hillside ensemble into a sunlit home and studio for a fashion designer
dMFK with Norm complete retrofit of Chancery House for The Office Group
The transformed Chancery House above London Silver Vaults is the largest workspace for developer The Office Group, following on from its flagship project the Black & White Building
Jan Kattein Architects transforms Enfield garages into affordable workspaces
The Angel Yard project in Upper Edmonton reuses the structures of a series of derelict garages to accommodate community and young enterprise activities
ACME’s Folkestone Harbour Seafront comes to market
The first of a promenade of blocks set to transform Folkestone’s seafront under a masterplan by ACME has been erected, fitted-out and marketed. Will it transform the town’s fortunes too?
Citizens House by Archio: for the people by the people
The 11-home housing scheme, champions the community land trust model with Archio selected to design the scheme by members of the local community, writes Fran Williams. Photography French+Tye
AJ Architecture Awards 2023 shortlist: Civic, Community and Cultural
The AJ reveals the third batch of shortlists for this year’s AJ Architecture Awards. Today’s projects are in the Civic, Community and Faith, and Cultural categories
Central Somers Town: under siege by wealth on all sides
Adam Khan Architects and Hayhurst and Co have completed a community hub and a primary/nursery school, the two buildings in Phase 1 of Camden Council’s regeneration of Central Somers Town, masterplanned by DSDHA
David Leech reworks engineer’s house with playful Hi-Tech touches
This refurbishment makes tongue-in-cheek reference to ideas of structural efficiency and redundancy with elaborate, bright-yellow steel ceiling trusses inspired by Foster’s 1982 Renault Distribution Centre