The Architects’ Journal Architecture News & Buildings
Case study: Alfreton Park SEN School by Curl la Tourelle Head Architecture
The new-build all-through school, for pupils with special educational needs or disabilities, is set in Derbyshire parkland. Photography by Kilian O’Sullivan
Colour
Case studies and product information about colour and finishes
Case study: KOKO by Archer Humphryes Architects
Archer Humphryes has restored the Camden Town music venue, joining three historic, Grade II-listed buildings to provide 16 new spaces. Photography by Taran Wilkhu
Case study: The Fruitmarket Gallery by Reiach and Hall Architects
The Edinburgh gallery’s existing white spaces are augmented by an extension into a neighbouring building that relishes the crudeness of the found spaces. Photography by Broad Daylight
Case study: Freeholders by Mole Architects
The practice’s new house in a flood-prone area on the Norfolk coast aims to be striking while still in keeping with the area. Photography by Nick Guttridge
Case study: The House Recast by Studio Ben Allen
The practice pushed the boundaries of offsite fabrication with this house refurbishment which included a new kitchen and two new bathrooms
Dojima Sake Brewery at Fordham Abbey by SCABAL with KPTA
The berry-red corrugated aluminium barn is the first purpose-built saké brewery in the UK, set in the grounds of an 18th-century manor house in Cambridgeshire. Photography by Ed Tyler and SCABAL
The Egg Shed community centre by Oliver Chapman Architects
By retrofitting a loch-side heritage building and transforming it into a community centre, the practice has revitalised a key public space in the Scottish coastal town of Ardrishaig. Photography by Angus Bremner
The Barn by PAD Studio
PAD Studio has combined natural materials and contemporary design to create an energy-efficient home that is sympathetic to its rural Hampshire surroundings
A deliberately imperfect restoration: Upper Street by Groupwork + Amin Taha
AJ Specification case study: an in-situ ‘terracotta’ concrete structure reinterprets memory and heritage
Haydn Ellis Building, Cardiff University by IBI Nightingale
The colourful exterior and landscaping complement the surroundings of the Haydn Ellis Building at Cardiff University, writes Richard Golledge