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AJ 24.08.23: Neighbourhood
What makes a great neighbourhood? Three building studies of intriguing placemaking projects
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2023
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AJ 13.07.23: Glasgow
An in-depth look at Glasgow’s architecture scene, featuring Collective Architecture, Holmes Miller and many more -
AJ Specification Jul 2023: Retrofit and sustainability
Case studies of projects by Paddy Dillon, Reed Watts Architects and Allies and Morrison; Napier Clarke Architects; and tp bennett -
AJ 22.06.23: AJ100
The UK’s biggest practices are employing more architects than ever before. Read the full story in our annual special issue -
AJ Specification Jun 2023: Doors and windows
Case studies of projects by O’Sullivan Skoufoglou Architects, MICA and Beasley Dickson Architects -
AJ 25.05.23: Ornament
Beauty is in the detail. Featuring SIR Architects, vPPR and James Gorst Architects -
AJ Specification May 2023: Walls, ceilings and partitions
Case studies of projects by Common Ground Workshop, Jonathan Hendry Architects and Delvendahl Martin Architects -
AJ 27.04.23: Small Projects
Celebrating the dynamic possibilities of working within modest budgets -
AJ Specification Apr 2023: Brick and stone
White House School by vPPR; Wong Avery Music Gallery by Niall McLaughlin Architects; Riverview House by Mole Architects -
AJ 30.03.23: Food + Retrofit Awards
Four building studies united by the theme of food, plus all the winners at the AJ Retrofit Awards 2023 -
AJ Specification Mar 2023: Kitchens and bathrooms
St Catharine’s College by Gort Scott; Goodenough by Roz Barr Architects; and Tennyson Road by ROAR Architects -
AJ 23.02.23: Ways of practising
The industry is changing, and so are the priorities and methods of its practitioners -
AJ Specification Feb 2023: Façades and cladding
SEE Building, University of Salford by Sheppard Robson; CTL House by Unknown Works; Sunderland City Hall by FaulknerBrowns -
AJ 26.01.23: Housing
Four community-focused schemes by Jonathan Hendry, Page\Park, Pitman Tozer and shedkm
2022
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AJ 15.12.22: Revisit
Revisiting projects by FAT, dRMM, Cartwright Pickard and FCBS -
AJ Specification Dec 2022: Roofing & Drainage
John Morden Centre by Mae; Gainsborough’s House by ZMMA; Tottenham Green Phase 2 by Adams & Sutherland -
AJ 24.11.22: Sheffield
An in-depth look at Sheffield's ongoing regeneration, including the second phase of Park Hill's reinvention -
AJ Specification Nov 2022: Fire & Insulation
India Buildings by Falconer Chester Hall; Staffordshire University Nursery by Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios; Talent House by Citizens Design Bureau -
AJ 20.10.22: Climate crisis
Three retrofits of twentieth-century European industrial buildings by Foster + Partners, Caruso St John, and Architype and Feilden + Mawson -
AJ Specification Oct 2022: Natural materials
Lea Bridge Library Pavilion by Studio Weave; Cohen Quad Exeter College by Alison Brooks Architects; the Tree House by Bell Phillips Architects -
AJ 22.09.22: Student Prize
The annual student special showcasing student talent across the UK -
AJ Specification Sep 2022: Colour and finishes
KOKO Camden by Archer Humphreys Architects; Alfreton Park SEN School by Curl la Tourelle Head Architecture; Wembury Mews by Russell Jones -
AJ 25.08.22: Rural
Country living: a Hebridean home by Denizen Works and Daykin Marshall Studio’s Devon estate rework -
AJ Specification Aug 2022: Retrofit and sustainability
Pool Meadow Bus Station by Studio MUTT, Belsize Park House by David Leech and London South Bank University Hub by WilkinsonEyre -
AJ 14.07.22: The Irish Issue
The Irish issue, featuring; Emmett Scanlon, Grafton Architects and O’Mahony Pike Architects, Hackett Architects, Clancy Moore Architects, Mullarkey Pedersen and Noreile Breen -
AJ Specification July 2022: Doors and windows
Urbanest City by Apt, Radley College Chapel by Purcell and forest houses by Dallas-Pierce-Quintero -
AJ 23.06.22: AJ100
Featuring the AJ100 listings, data analysis from the AJ100 survey and the AJ100 award winners – including the Contribution to the Profession, won by educator and activist Neil Pinder -
AJ 19.05.22: Infrastructure
Featuring studies on Grimshaw's Elizabeth line design, Tottenham Court Road and Woolwich stations by Hawkins\Brown and Weston Williamson + Partners, Folkestone Skatepark by Hollaway Studio and The Person Environment Activity Research Laboratory by Penoyre & Prasad -
AJ Specification May 2022: Walls, ceilings and partitions
Southwark SILS 3 by Tim Ronalds Architects, MortonScarr Architects' Golders Green Crematorium and The Lodge by Simon Gill Architects -
AJ 21.04.22: Representation + Materials
Featuring building studies on Sam Jacob Studio’s 54 Ivy Street, Greenwich Design District buildings by David Kohn Architects and Níall McLaughlin Architects' Magdalene College Library, Oxford -
AJ Specification Apr 2022: Brick and stone
Southwark SILS 3 by Tim Ronalds Architects, MortonScarr Architects' Golders Green Crematorium and The Lodge by Simon Gill Architects -
AJ 24.03.22: Small Projects
Featuring the AJ Small Projects Award 2022 shortlist and building studies on 5th Studio's Bloqs building and Cottrell & Vermeulen's Sri Krishna Haveli -
AJ Specification Mar 2022: Kitchens and bathrooms
The Nourish Hub by RCKa Architects, The Library House by Macdonald Wright Architects and Holland Harvey's Gymnasium Wandsworth -
AJ 24.02.22: Retrofit
Featuring Bötzow Brewery in Berlin by David Chipperfield Architects, Rugby Radio Station's transformation into a school by van Heyningen and Haward and St Paul's Cathedral School by Kilburn Nightingale -
AJ Specification Feb 2022: Façades and cladding
Coast House by Hudson Architects, D2, Greenwich Design District by Mole Architects and Crystal Palace Park Café by Chris Dyson Architects -
AJ 27.01.22: Housing
Featuring A House for Artists by Apparata Architects, Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios, Alison Brooks Architects and Gort Scott's work at Unity Place, Sidney Close by ZCD Architects and the Cadiz harbour building in Antwerp by Sergison Bates
2021
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AJ 16.12.21: Liverpool
Special issue on Liverpool with buildings studies on The Lexington by Falconer Chester Hall and The Alder Centre by Allford Hall Monaghan Morris -
AJ Specification Dec 2021: Roofing & drainage
Strawberry Field by Hoskins Architects, Wentworth Woodhouse by Donald Insall Associates and HÛT Architecture's Forest Garden -
AJ 18.11.21: AJ Architecture Awards
The AJ Architecture Awards special issue featuring Architect of the Year and The Manser Medal – AJ House of the Year award winners -
AJ Specification November 2021: Fire & insulation
The Laszlo by Henley Halebrown, No 1 Old Trafford by Jon Matthews Architects and DSDHA's work at the National Youth Theatre -
AJ 21.10.21: Climate crisis
Featuring buildings studies on Arup's retrofit of 1 Triton Square and Dow Jones' No 3 Boase Street and a Q&A with White Arkitekter about the 20-storey timber Sara Cultural Centre -
AJ Specification October 2021: Natural materials
Redhill Barn by TYPE, the library at Stanbridge Mill Farm by Crawshaw Architects and Stride Treglown's Aylesbury Vale crematorium -
AJ 23.09.21: AJ100
Featuring the winners of the AJ100 Awards, the findings from our comprehensive annual survey of AJ100 practices and introducing AJ100 New Talent -
AJ Specification September 2021: Colour & finishes
The House Recast by Studio Ben Allen, Freeholders by Mole Architects and the Fruitmarket Gallery by Reiach and Hall Architects -
AJ 26.08.21: Greenwich Design District
Featuring the finalists for this year's Manser Medal – AJ House of the Year award, as well as all of the projects and practices shortlisted for the AJ Architecture Awards 2021 and a profile of Pulitzer-Prize winning architect Alison Killing -
AJ 22.07.21: Student Prize
Featuring the 2021 Student Prize winners, the results of the AJ Student Survey, an investigation into the toxic culture of bullying at the Bartlett and five end-of-year student show reviews from some of the most recently validated courses -
AJ Specification July 2021: Brick & stone
St Mary’s Church rooms by Erect Architecture, Acanthus Clews Architects' work at Worcester Cathedral and Triangle House by Child Graddon Lewis -
AJ 17.06.21: Housing
Featuring 4 building studies: Le Lignon by Jaccaud Spicher Architectes Associés, Henley Halebrown's Taylor, Chatto and Wilmott Courts, Matlock Spa Phase 1 by David Morley Architects and Nissen Richards Studio’s reworked visitor experience at Sutton Hoo -
AJ Specification June 2021: Doors & windows
BlueSky Barn by 31/44 Architects, AHMM's Riverside House and The Energy Hub by Morris+Company -
AJ 20.05.21: Drawing
Featuring building studies on AL_A's Wadham College building in Oxford, The Inverness Justice Centre by Reiach and Hall Architects and Bouverie Mews by Spatial Affairs Bureau -
AJ Specification May 2021: Walls, ceilings & partitions
Featherstone Young's Stonecrop, Ibstock Place School Refectory by Maccreanor Lavington and Turner Works' Dutch Barn -
AJ 22.04.21: Tall Buildings
AJ Small Projects Award 2021 winner, Allies and Morrison's 100 Bishopsgate, The Bryant by David Chipperfield Architects and Tonkin Liu's water tower -
AJ Specification Apr 2021: Kitchens & bathrooms
Hackney School of Food by Surman Weston, Overcast House by Office S&M and Hansler House by Alexander Owen Architecture -
AJ 25.03.21: AJ Small Projects
AJ Small Projects Award 2021 full shortlist, Tower Hamlets infill housing by Bell Phillips Architects and The Art Barn by Thomas Randall-Page -
AJ Specification Mar 2021: Façades & cladding
The Observatory at Graveney School by Urban Projects Bureau, Hackney Primary School and 333 Kingsland Road by Henley Halebrown and 3 Arena Central by Make Architects -
AJ 25.02.21: Retrofit
AJ Retrofit Awards 2021, Yorkton Workshops by Cassion Castle Architects with Pearson Lloyd and the restoration of High Sunderland by Loader Monteith Architects -
AJ Specification Feb 2021: Retrofit & sustainability
22 Handyside St by Coffey Architects, Stroud Chapel by Nicholas Pople Architects and Morlands Farm by Sandy Rendel Architects -
AJ 28.01.21: In practice featuring Wright & Wright
Wright & Wright's Lambeth Palace Library, David Brownlow Theatre by Jonathan Tuckey Design and Canterbury Cathedral Organ Loft by Caruso St John
2020
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AJ 17.12.20: 40 under 40
A special issue devoted to architecture's rising stars – 40 ones to watch -
AJ Specification Dec 2020: Roofing & drainage
22 Handyside St by Coffey Architects, Stroud Chapel by Nicholas Pople Architects and Morlands Farm by Sandy Rendel Architects -
AJ 19.11.20: Site + setting
Leeds Maggie's Centre by Heatherwick Studio and Turner Works' Hackney Bridge -
AJ Specification Nov 2020: Fire & insulation
Sprowston Mews by Matheson Whiteley, Old Four Row by Daykin Marshall and North Greenwich Screen by Neiheiser Argyros -
AJ 15.10.20: Community
AOC at Nunhead Green and Feilden Fowles’ Ratfry building for Carlisle Cathedral -
AJ Specification Oct 2020: Colour & finishes
The Barn by PAD Studio, The Egg Shed by Oliver Chapman Architects and Dojima Sake Bakery by SCABAL with KPTA -
AJ 17.09.20: AJ100
New for 2020: meet the 25 disruptors outside the AJ100 that are challenging traditional practice to work more sustainably -
AJ Specification Sep 2020: Retrofit
The Parchment Works by Will Gamble Architects, Wellington House by MATT Architecture and The National Archives, Kew by AOC Architecture -
AJ 27.08.20: Schools
St Paul's School by Walters & Cohen and Ditton Hill House by Surman Weston -
AJ 23.07.20: Student special
All the 2020 AJ Student Prize shortlist and five end-of-year student show reviews -
AJ Specification Jul 2020: Doors & windows
Grain House by Hayhurst & Co, Duke of York restaurant by Nex Architecture and Lock Keeper's Cottage by Sanchez Benton Architects -
AJ 18.06.20: Climate change
Building studies of projects by Practice Architecture and Lacol arquitectura cooperativa, plus the results of a survey on what Architects Declare has achieved -
AJ Specification Jun 2020: Walls, ceilings & partitions
Apartment Block by Coffey Architects, Lower Mountjoy Teaching and Learning Centre by FaulknerBrowns Architects and Holton Studios by Jonathan Hendry Architects -
AJ 21.05.20: Adaptation + Workplace
Building studies of projects by AHMM and PUP Architects, plus design’s role in post-pandemic schools and offices -
AJ Specification May 2020: Natural materials
KH House by Delvendahl Martin Architects, The New Steading by Ian O’Brien Studio and Rye Apartments by Tikari Works -
AJ 23.04.20: Heritage buildings
Walmer Castle visitor centre by Adam Richards Architects, and Lincoln’s Inn Great Hall and Library by MICA Architects -
AJ 09.04.20: Cultural buildings
Glenn Howells’ new home for English National Ballet, and stephenson STUDIO’s rehearsal facility for Manchester’s Hallé orchestra -
AJ Specification Apr 2020: Kitchens & bathrooms
Shelter From the Storm by Holland Harvey Architects, Bumpers Oast by ACME and St Albans Place by Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios -
AJ 26.03.20: AJ Small Projects
The 20 schemes shortlisted for the AJ Small Projects award 2020. Now in its 25th year, the award celebrates schemes realised for no more than £250,000 -
AJ 12.03.20: Council housing
HTA Design's infill projects in Croydon, two schemes by Peter Barber Architects and Doncaster Council’s housing programme -
AJ Specification Mar 2020: Façades & cladding
Maggie’s at The Royal Marsden by Ab Rogers Design, Leeds Playhouse by Page\Park Architects and The Stratford by SOM -
AJ 27.02.20: RetroFirst & the Circular Economy
We meet Maarten Gielen of Belgian practice Rotor, and visit Civic Architects’ LocHal library -
AJ 13.02.20: Bristol
The AJ goes west, featuring interviews with five Bristol practices, as well as a building study of Barefoot Architects’ Courtyard House -
AJ Specification Feb 2020: Floors, stairs, lifts & signage
White Rabbit House by Gundry + Ducker, Sophie Hulme shop by Maich Swift Architects and Granary Square Pavilion by Bell Phillips Architects -
AJ 30.01.20: Higher education
Grafton Architects' and Haworth Tompkins’ projects for Kingston University, plus Grimshaw’s retrofit of its own 1970s furniture factory -
AJ 16.01.20: In practice
Featuring three firms that have recently designed their own studios: HAT Projects, Gort Scott and Moxon
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AJ 19.12.19: Community
A building study on Croydon Youth Zone by John Puttick Associates, plus five case studies of community-led schemes -
AJ 05.12.19: Birmingham
Graeme Massie Architects’ reworking of Centenary Square, 10 years of Birmingham’s Big City Plan and the impending regeneration of the Ladywood estate -
AJ Specification Dec 19: Brick & stone
Corner House by 31/44 Architects, York House by dMFK Architects and St Albans Cathedral Welcome and Learning Centre by Simpson & Brown -
AJ 21.11.19: AJ Architecture Awards
The winners of the 2019 AJ Architecture Awards, plus Hoskins Architects’ Aberdeen City Art Gallery extension and Architype’s Passivhaus-standard secondary school -
AJ 07.11.19: Houses & housing
Bell Phillips’ housing schemes for Sutton Council, Collective Architecture’s refurbishment of Glasgow’s Cedar Court, Alma-nac’s House Within a House and Nithurst Farm by Adam Richards Architects -
AJ Specification Nov 2019: Fire & insulation
Cork House by nimtim architects, Max Fordham House by bere:architects and Second Home London Fields by Estudio Cano Lasso -
AJ 24.10.19: Old & new
Dow Jones’ restoration of St Mary Magdalene Church, David Chipperfield’s James Simon Galerie, and the refurbishment of Balfron Tower by Studio Egret West and Ab Rogers Design -
AJ 10.10.19: Leisure & retail
Peter Zumthor’s Secular Retreat, Invisible Studio’s gym in Somerset, and Wright & Wright’s Library and Study Centre for St John’s College, Oxford -
AJ Specification Oct 2019: Lighting
Fairfield Halls by MICA Architects, Drayton Green Church by Piercy & Company, and 77 Parkway by Sheppard Robson -
AJ 26.09.19: RIBA Stirling Prize 2019
The AJ celebrates the RIBA Stirling Prize shortlist with building studies of the six finalists -
AJ 12.09.19: RetroFirst
Orms’ conversion of Camden council offices into a hotel and Flower Michelin Architects’ Shingle House renovation and extension -
AJ Specification Sep 2019: Retrofit & sustainability
STEM Activity Lab at Torriano Primary School by Hayhurst & Co, Windsor Road by Russell Jones and The Green House by Waugh Thistleton Architects -
AJ 22.08.19: Schools
Allies and Morrison at Cranleigh School, Northampton International Academy by Architecture Initiative and Kingswood School by Stonewood Design -
AJ 08.08.19: Recycle, Reuse, Revisit
Resource Rows by Lendager Group, Lacaton & Vassal’s Grand-Parc refurb and a revisit of Hopkins Architects’ Living Planet Centre -
AJ 25.07.19: Student special
Presenting the work of students nominated for the AJ Student Prize, including both undergraduate and postgraduate projects as well as a new sustainability category -
AJ 11.07.19: Housing
Fish Island Village housing by Haworth Tompkins, Pitman Tozer and Lyndon Goode, plus Graeme Nicholls Architects’ development of flats in Glasgow -
AJ Specification Jul 2019: Doors & windows
Orchard House by Beasley Dickson Architects, D2 Townhouse by Jake Moulson and Bristol Old Vic by Haworth Tompkins -
AJ 27.06.19: RIBA National Awards
All 54 winners of the 2019 RIBA National Awards, ordered into 10 sector categories -
AJ 20.06.19: AJ100
The AJ100 edition lists the largest practices in the UK with in-depth profiles of the top 25. Plus the winners of the AJ100 awards -
AJ Specification Jun 2019: Walls, ceilings & partitions
Wildernesse Restaurant by Morris+Company, North design studio by Matheson Whiteley and Eleanor Palmer Science Lab by AY Architects -
AJ 30.05.19: Workplace
Sheppard Robson’s Hounslow civic centre, Glyndebourne opera house’s production hub by Nicholas Hare Architects and the Institute of Physics by TateHindle -
AJ 16.05.19: Manchester
SimpsonHaugh Architects’ No 1 Spinningfields, Roof Gardens housing by Ollier Smurthwaite and BDP’s refurbishment of the Alliance Manchester Business School -
AJ Specification May 2019: Roofing & drainage
Broadway Market workshop and flat by Delvendahl Martin Architects, Fitzwilliam College refurb by Cullinan Studio and House in a Garden by Gianni Botsford Architects -
AJ 25.04.19: Health & wellbeing
Cardiff Maggie’s by Dow Jones Architects, Hopkins Architects at Alder Hey Hospital and Mole Architects’ Marmalade Lane co-housing -
AJ 11.04.19: Cultural buildings
6a architects’ MK Gallery, Carmody Groarke’s Windermere Jetty Museum, Foster + Partners’ Norton Museum of Art and Feilden Fowles’ Yorkshire Sculpture Park visitor centre -
AJ Specification Apr 2019: Kitchens & bathrooms
Janus House by Office S&M, Southgrove Road by From Works, and Streatham and Clapham High School dining by Cottrell & Vermeulen -
AJ 28.03.19: AJ Small Projects
The 20 low-budget schemes shortlisted for the 2019 AJ Small Projects award -
AJ 14.03.19: Homes
Hampshire House by Níall McLaughlin Architects, Black Barn by Studio Bark and Barrow House by id architecture -
AJ Specification Mar 2019: Façades & cladding
Mapleton Crescent by Metropolitan Workshop, Luxembourg housing by Andrew Phillips and Pocket House by Tikari Works -
AJ 28.02.19: Climate change special
Goldsmith Street by Mikhail Riches, Climate Innovation District in Leeds by Citu with White Arkitekter, and Virido by Pollard Thomas Edwards -
AJ 14.02.19: Women in Architecture
Interviews with Elizabeth Diller and Hélène Binet, plus we revisit O’Donnell + Tuomey’s Saw Swee Hock LSE student centre -
AJ Specification Feb 2019: Floors, stairs, lifts & signage
Science and Technology Centre at Sevenoaks School by Tim Ronalds Architects, The Silver Building by SODA Studio and Holistic Office by Studio Ben Allen -
AJ 31.01.19: Higher education
The Hoxton Press by Karakusevic Carson and David Chipperfield Architects, plus higher education schemes by Walters & Cohen, Bennetts Associates and Robin Lee Architecture -
AJ 17.01.19: Amin Taha
An issue devoted to Groupwork + Amin Taha, including building studies of 15 Clerkenwell Close and 168 Upper Street
2018
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AJ 13.12.18: Looking back / looking forward
Looking back at the past 12 months and forward to the year ahead, plus a building study of Karakusevic Carson and Henley Halebrown’s revamped Kings Crescent Estate -
AJ 06.12.18: AJ Architecture Awards
AJ Architecture Awards 2018 winners, plus Witherford Watson Mann’s Nevill Holt Opera House and a partially subterranean house by Takero Shimazaki Architects -
AJ Specification Dec 2018: Brick & stone
Drumnakyle farmhouse by Taylor Architecture Practice, Hans Place by Squire & Partners and University Arms Hotel porte cochère by John Simpson Architects -
AJ 22.11.18: Heritage
Haworth Tompkins’ Battersea Arts Centre, the V&A Photography Centre by David Kohn Architects and DRDH’s Site Gallery in Sheffield -
AJ 08.11.18: Homes
Ordnance Road by Peter Barber Architects, Hortsley retirement housing by RCKa, Barbauld Road by Stephen Taylor Architects and Anderston Regeneration Phases 4 and 5 by Collective Architecture -
AJ Specification Nov 2018: Fire & insulation
South London Gallery by 6a Architects, Shawm House by Mawson Kerr Architects and Little Horsecroft by IF_DO -
AJ 25.10.18: The money issue
Heatherwick Studio's Coal Drops Yard, MICA Architects’ Centre Point redevelopment and Foster + Partners’ Principal Tower luxury housing scheme -
AJ Specification Oct 2018: Lighting
Fluid Workspace by Nex, Two St Peter’s Square by SimpsonHaugh and Partners and Queen Elizabeth Hall foyer restoration by Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios -
AJ 11.10.18: V&A Dundee
Kengo Kuma’s V&A Dundee, David Chipperfield Architects’ redevelopment of Selfridges and Park House, a hotel and housing scheme in by East Architecture -
AJ 27.09.18: RIBA Stirling Prize 2018
The AJ celebrates the 2018 RIBA Stirling Prize shortlist with building studies of the six finalists -
AJ 13.09.18: Retrofit
Ian Ritchie Architects’ Susie Sainsbury Theatre and Angela Burgess Recital Hall for the Royal Academy of Music, and Featherstone Young’s Tŷ Pawb arts building -
AJ Specification Sep 2018: Retrofit
Diamond Schmitt Architects and Ayre Chamberlain Gaunt at Marlborough College, Nottingham City Homes 2050 pilot by Studio Partington, The Magistrates by Gort Scott -
AJ 30.08.18: Schools
Boroughmuir High School by Allan Murray Architects, Haverstock’s Belham Primary School and Cottrell & Vermeulen’s Bellenden Primary School -
AJ 09.08.18: Public realm
John Puttick Associates’ Preston Bus Station refurb, Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre by Reed Watts and London Bridge station by Grimshaw -
AJ 26.07.18: Student special
Presenting the students nominated for the first ever AJ Student Prize, which comprises both undergraduate and postgraduate projects -
AJ 12.07.18: Homes
Tonkin Liu’s Old Shed New House, Mole Architects’ Fijal House and a house in Dublin by David Leech Architects -
AJ Specification Jul 2018: Doors & windows
Waterloo Community Farm Education Barn by Feilden Fowles, Canal House by Emrys Architects; 145 Kensington Church Street by SPPARC -
AJ 21.06.18: RIBA National Awards
All 49 winners of 2018 RIBA National Awards, ordered into nine sector categories -
AJ 14.06.18: AJ100
Listing the largest practices in the UK, with in-depth profiles of the top 25. We also announce the winners of the 2018 AJ100 awards -
AJ Specification Jun 2018: Walls, ceilings & partitions
Downs House by James Gorst Architects, Square Chapel Arts Centre by Evans Vettori Architects and Warwick Street by Squire & Partners -
AJ 24.05.18: Workplace
Rogers Stirk Harbour’s distillery for Macallan, buildings for a German steelworks by Finkernagel Ross and De Beauvoir Block by Henley Halebrown -
AJ 10.05.18: Regions + Race diversity survey
Richard Murphy Architects’ Perth Theatre, a tennis pavilion by PAD studio and Eric Parry’s music facility. Plus the results of the AJ’s Race Diversity in Architecture survey -
AJ Specification May 2018: Roofing & drainage
The Fairway by Daykin Marshall Studio, Ansdell Street by Studio Seilern Architects and The Sill by JDDK Architects -
AJ 26.04.18: Health & wellbeing
Sergison Bates’s care home in Belgium, a Tel Aviv refuge by Amos Goldreich, the Dumfries and Galloway Royal Infirmary by NBBJ with Ryder Architecture, and Glenn Howells’ TouchBase Pears building -
AJ 12.04.18: Technology in practice
Hawkins\Brown at Here East, factory-built housing for Urban Splash by George Clarke and TDO Architecture, and Jamie Fobert’s Kettle’s Yard -
AJ Specification Apr 2018: Kitchens & bathrooms
Vault House by Studio Ben Allen, The Building Centre WC and Café by Roz Barr Architects, and Beresford Road by Russian for Fish -
AJ 22.03.18: AJ Small Projects
The shortlist for AJ Small Projects 2018 – 20 schemes built for less than £250,000, ranging from pavilions and school classrooms to rope seating and house extensions -
AJ 08.03.18: Homes
Two Bristol schemes on former garage sites by Emmett Russell Architects, New Mildmay by Feilden Clegg Bradley and Matthew Lloyd Architects, and Weston Street by AHMM -
AJ Specification Mar 2018: Façades & cladding
House Peacock by BHSF Architekten with Studio-P, Greenbank Student Village by Sheppard Robson and Rathbone Square by Make Architects -
AJ 22.02.18: New town
North West Cambridge: AECOM’s masterplan, MUMA’s community centre, Lot 8 housing by Maccreanor Lavington and Witherford Watson Mann, and WilkinsonEyre and Mole Architects’ Lot 1 -
AJ 08.02.18: Women in Architecture
6a architects' Black Stone apartment building, Dow Jones’s reworking of St Mary Magdalene church, and Kinnear Landscape Architects’ and Witherford Watson Mann’s Walthamstow Wetlands -
AJ Specification Feb 2018: Floors, stairs, lifts & signage
Marie’s Wardrobe by Tsuruta Architects, Watermark WestQuay by ACME and Exeter University’s Living Systems Institute by Hawkins\Brown -
AJ 25.01.18: Education
Bogle Architects’ Early Learning Village in Singapore, Penoyre & Prasad’s Sibson Building at the University of Kent and Sheppard Robson's Sammy Ofer Centre -
AJ 11.01.18: Níall McLaughlin
Níall McLaughlin Architects: on site at Auckland Castle visitor centre, the Sultan Nazrin Shah Centre at Oxford University, LAMDA and Cambridge University’s Jesus College
2017
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AJ 14.12.17: The year in review, the year ahead
We review the biggest news stories of the last 12 months, while leading figures in the profession make their predictions for the year ahead -
AJ 07.12.17: AJ Architecture Awards
Heatherwick Studio’s Zeitz MOCAA gallery in Cape Town and the Sun Rain Rooms by Tonkin Liu, plus the winners of AJ Architecture Awards 2017 -
AJ Specification Dec 2017: Doors & windows
Vitsœ Headquarters by Vitsœ with Martin Francis and Waugh Thistleton, The Layered Gallery by Gianni Botsford, and Dunfermline Museum by Richard Murphy -
AJ 16.11.17: Foster’s Bloomberg HQ
Foster + Partners’ £1 billion European HQ for Bloomberg, Dow Jones’s Garden Museum and Featherstone Young’s restoration of a disused Sussex granary -
AJ 02.11.17: Homes
Haddo Yard by Denizen Works, Bell Phillips Architects’ pilot terrace schemes for the London Borough of Newham and a 1980s house transformed by Checa Romero Architects -
AJ Specification Nov 2017: Brick & stone
Guildford Lodge by Paul Archer Design, Wilkins Terrace at University College London by Levitt Bernstein and Chadwick Hall by Henley Halebrown -
AJ 19.10.17: RIBA Stirling Prize
The latest AJ celebrates six 2017 RIBA Stirling Prize finalists -
AJ 05.10.17: Offsite construction
Duggan Morris's R7 office building, HKR’s modular homes for Pocket Housing, Dalston Works by Waugh Thistleton and Eric Parry’s 4 Pancras Square -
AJ Specification Dec 2017: Lighting
Diss Corn Hall by Hudson Architects, The Word, National Centre for the Written Word by FaulknerBrowns and the Mayflower John Puttick Associates -
AJ 14.09.17: Green & wellbeing
AHMM’s White Collar Factory, the University of Birmingham’s Health and Fitness Centre by Lifschutz Davidson Sandilands, and David Chipperfield’s Carmen Würth Forum -
AJ 07.09.17: Three schools
Stride Treglown’s Ysgol Bae Baglan, Collective Architecture’s Toronto School and Haverstock’s Alexandra Centre -
AJ Specification Sep 2017: Retrofit
St Fagans museum by Purcell Architects, 30 Cannon Street by Delvendahl Martin Architects and JP Morgan Media Centre at Lord’s Cricket Ground by David Miller Architects -
AJ 24.08.17: Brits abroad
Stanton Williams at the Musee d’arts de Nantes, Antwerp’s concert hall by SimpsonHaugh, two projects by Allies and Morrison in Doha and AHMM’s high-rise in Ghana -
AJ 03.08.17: Estate regeneration
Silchester estate by Haworth Tompkins, Maccreanor Lavington’s South Gardens, and Sprunt's church and community centre at the Stonegate estate -
AJ 20.07.17: Students
The results of the AJ student survey, plus reviews of end-of-year student shows at the top 10 architecture schools as ranked by employability -
AJ 06.07.17: Homes
Mole Architects’ Houseboat, Red House by 31/44 Architects, and Proctor & Matthews’ Chapter House -
AJ Specification Jul 2017: Colour & texture
Sheffield Children’s Hospital by Avanti Architects, 168 Upper Street by Groupwork + Amin Taha and The Welding Institute by Eric Parry Architects -
AJ 22.06.17: RIBA National Awards
All 49 winners of the 2017 RIBA National Awards, ordered into nine sector categories -
AJ 15.06.17: AJ100
Listing the largest practices in the UK with in-depth profiles of the top 10, plus the winners of the AJ100 Awards -
AJ Specification Jun 2017: Building envelope
One Cartwright Gardens by Maccreanor Lavington with tp bennett, Clipper Wharf by Patel Taylor and Sheppard Robson’s New Science Building for the University of Hertfordshire -
AJ 25.05.17: Country-wide
Hugh Broughton Architects’ Henry Moore Archive, Hoskins Architects’ Scottish National Theatre HQ and the Storyhouse cultural hub by Bennetts Associates -
AJ 11.05.17: Workplace
A refurbished tailors by Benedetti Architects, a jewellers workshop by DSDHA, and spec offices by Cartwright Pickard and shedkm -
AJ Specification May 2017: Roofing & drainage
The Oculus building at Warwick University by Berman Guedes Stretton, Caring Wood by Macdonald Wright Architects with Rural Office for Architecture, and Donhead Preparatory School by Phillips Tracey -
AJ 27.04.17: Buildings that care
Maggie’s Forth Valley by Garbers & James, Nelson Mandela Children’s Hospital by Sheppard Robson with John Cooper Architecture, and Jonathan Clark Architects’ facility for Battersea Dogs & Cats Home -
AJ 13.04.17: Built to rent
GRID Architects’ Vantage Point, Hodder + Partners’ Cambridge Street development and Newground’s redevelopment of former BBC rehearsal studios -
AJ Specification Apr 2017: Kitchens & bathrooms
Marsh Hill housing by Mole Architects, The Lofts by Superfusionlab and Sunken Bath by Studio 304 -
AJ 23.03.17: New Scotland Yard
AHMM’s reworking of New Scotland Yard, Tony Fretton’s Belgian town hall and Page\Park’s refurbishment of Kelvin Hall -
AJ 09.03.17: Six houses
Six building studies of domestic architecture, including Richard Meier’s first ever UK house -
AJ Specification Mar 2017: Natural materials
Spheron Architects’ Belarusian Memorial Chapel, Passivhaus housing at Carrowbreck Meadow by Hamson Barron Smith, and Streatham & Clapham High School Sixth Form Centre by Cottrell & Vermeulen -
AJ 23.02.17: AJ Small Projects
From house extensions and garden sheds to public squares and a daunting outside toilet, we present the 20 schemes shortlisted for the 2017 AJ Small Projects Awards -
AJ 09.02.17: A woman’s worth
Exposing the widening gender pay gap in architecture in the AJ’s women in architecture special issue -
AJ Specification Feb 2017: Floors, stairs, lifts & signage
Make Architects’ Harrods escalator hall, Rainham Hall by Julian Harrap Architects and a bespoke staircase by Waind Gohil + Potter Architects -
AJ 26.01.17: Schools of thought
Building studies of education projects by AOC, Architype, Orms and Walters & Cohen, Wright & Wright and 6a architects -
AJ 12.01.17: Ways of being
A look at how we practice, from lone master to executive architect, featuring Feilden Fowles and Mole Architects
2016
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AJ 15.12.16: Review of the Year
A look at the events that delighted and disrupted the architectural world in 2016, plus a building study of the Tate Modern Switch House -
AJ 24.11.16: Four bespoke houses
Mews House by Russell Jones Architects, Backwater by Platform 5 Architects, Le Petit Fort by Hudson Architects and Oak Lane House by Cassion Castle -
AJ 10.11.16: Hotels & leisure
CitizenM Hotel by Sheppard Robson with Concrete, a Shoreditch pop up by Checa Romero, Acme’s Victoria Gate shopping centre and Reiach and Hall’s Oriam sports centre -
AJ Specification Nov 2016: Brick & stone
Case studies by Henley Halebrown, Stockwool and Mikhail Riches with Cathy Hawley -
AJ 27.10.16: Building with care
Walters & Cohen’s Buddhist retreat in Suffolk, Bushey Cemetery by Waugh Thistleton and Guy’s Cancer Centre by Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners -
AJ 13.10.16: Brits abroad
Zaha Hadid Architects’ Antwerp Port House, AL_A’s MAAT museum, Kericho Cathedral by John McAslan + Partners, and Chengdu Museum by Sutherland Hussey Harris and Pansolution International -
AJ Specification Oct 2016: Lighting
Three case studies by WilkinsonEyre, Bell Phillips Architects and Morrow + Lorraine Architects -
AJ 29.09.16: RIBA Stirling Prize
Profiling the six projects shortlisted for the UK’s premier architecture prize with commentary, architects’ statements, materials boards, drawings, details and data -
AJ 15.09.16: AJ Retrofit Awards
Three exemplary retrofitted buildings by Prewett Bizely, Aedas Arts Team and Morrow + Lorraine -
AJ 01.09.16: RIBA Stephen Lawrence Prize
Revealing the six projects under £1m shortlisted for the RIBA Stephen Lawrence Prize -
AJ Specification Sep 2016: Doors & windows
Case studies by Amin Taha Architects, Quinn Architects and Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios -
AJ 28.07.16: Student issue
The AJ student survey reveals a mental-health epidemic among the architects of tomorrow -
AJ 14.07.16: Homes for London
Five building studies of housing schemes in London by Peter Barber Architects, Edgley Design, OMA with Allies and Morrison and Hayhurst and Co -
AJ Specification Jul 2016: Colour & texture
Case studies of buildings by Cottrell & Vermeulen, Gianni Botsford Architects and Suzanne Brewer Architects -
AJ 23.06.16: RIBA Awards
All 46 of this year’s national RIBA Award winners, preceded with an essay presenting differing perspectives on how they should be judged -
AJ 09.06.16: AJ100
The AJ100 survey of the UK's biggest architecture practices -
AJ Specification Jun 2016: Walls, ceilings & partitions
Three case studies by Orms, Hudson Architects and Chetwoods Architects -
AJ 19.05.16: Workplaces
RSHP’s Cheesegrater offices and workplaces by Takero Shimazaki, HOK with PLP and Hodder + Partners -
AJ 05.05.16: Buildings that care
Five buildings across health, community and research by Foster + Partners, Lipton Plant, McGonigle McGrath, Keppie and Hoskins, and Allies and Morrison with PM Devereux -
AJ Specification May 2016: Sustainability
Case studies by Kirkland Fraser Moor, Phillips Tracey Architects and Gresford Architects -
AJ 21.04.16: Homes
Homes by Robin Lee Architecture, TDO Architecture, Sandy Rendel Architects and Loyn & Co -
AJ 07.04.16: Schools & craft
Hawkins\Brown’s Ark Putney Academy, The Green community centre by AOC and Invisible Studio’s tree management centre. PLUS The life and legacy of Zaha Hadid -
AJ Specification Apr 2016: Kitchens & bathrooms
Three London house extensions by McLaren Excell, Tsuruta Architects and Alma-nac -
AJ 24.03.16: Cultural buildings
AHMM’s Willesden Green Library, Boathouse 4 by Walters and Cohen, and The Harley Gallery by Hugh Broughton Architects -
AJ 10.03.16: Colleges
Herzog & de Meuron’s Blavatnik School of Government, Reiach and Hall’s Riverside Campus in Glasgow, 51 Hills Road by Gort Scott and the Heong Gallery by Caruso St John -
AJ Specification Mar 2016: Cladding & curtain walling
Projects by Zaha Hadid Architects, Jonathan Tuckey Design and Atelier Pro -
AJ 26.02.16: DSHDA’s Corner House
Corner House by DSDHA -
AJ 12.02.16: Lynch’s Zig Zag
The Zig Zag Building and Kings Gate by Lynch Architects and Piercy and Company’s Camden Lock masterplan -
AJ 04.02.16: Small Projects
The AJ Small Projects Awards shortlist for 2016 -
AJ Specification Feb 2016: Roofing & drainage
Featuring Robin Snell and Partners, Foster + Partners and Hugh Broughton Architects -
AJ 29.01.16: Public art
Sam Jacob Studio’s MK Menhir and University of Essex student centre by Patel Taylor -
AJ 22.01.16: Craftwork
Roz Barr on her practice’s models, Jaccaud Zein Architects’ Shepherdess Walk and 3D printed models -
AJ 15.01.16: Scotland’s Schools for the Future
Peter Clegg on the schools building programme and Walters & Cohen’s Lairdsland Primary School -
AJ Specification Jan 2016: Insulation & fire
Projects by John Robertson Architects, Arup Associates and Checa Romero Architects
2015
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AJ 18.12.15: 2015 in review
Top stories and buildings of the year -
AJ 11.12.15: Eric Parry’s city giant
Gasworks by HAT Projects and Hatton Wall by Roz Barr Architects -
AJ Specification Dec 2015: Floors, stairs & lifts
Featuring Studio RHE, Haworth Tompkins and Giles Pike Architects -
AJ 27.11.15: RIBA House of the Year
North VAT by Rodic Davidson Architects, plus the contenders for RIBA House of the Year 2015 -
AJ 20.11.15: Edinburgh & Glasgow
Gorbals regeneration by Page\Park and Elder & Cannon, Hart St by Richard Murphy Architects and Edinburgh Sculpture Workshop by Sutherland Hussey Harris -
AJ 13.11.15: Birmingham New Street
Birmingham New Street by AZPML, Atkins and Haskoll, and Wilton's Music Hall by Tim Ronalds Architects -
AJ Specification Nov 2015: Brick & Stone
Featuring Coffey Architects, Ayre Chamberlain Gaunt and John Simpson Architects -
AJ 30.10.15: Caruso St John at 25
Three projects by Caruso St John: Newport Street Gallery, the Gagosian Gallery Mayfair and Liverpool Philharmonic -
AJ 23.10.15: AJ/Barratt Future Homes Competition
A competition to find a bold and innovative house type for the mass market -
AJ 09.10.15: 20 years of the RIBA Stirling Prize
In depth studies on the RIBA Stirling Prize 2015 shortlist -
AJ 02.10.15: Buildings that care
Alder Hey hospital by BDP -
AJ Specification Oct 2015: Lighting
Featuring Rick Mather Architects, SimpsonHaugh and Partners and Tim Greatrex Architect -
AJ 25.09.15: Plymouth School of Creative Arts
Plymouth School of Creative Arts by Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios -
AJ 18.09.15: Inside London’s Open House weekend
Midden Studio by Studio Weave -
AJ 11.09.15: Back to prefab
Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners' Y:Cube and 24 Savile Row by EPR Architects -
AJ 04.09.15: Spotlight on Corbyn
Stephen Lawrence Prize 2015 and Jeremy Corbyn's housebuilding plans -
AJ Specification Sep 2015: Doors & windows
Featuring Squire & Partners, Zaha Hadid Architects and Studio Gil -
AJ 21.08.15: FAT
A House for Essex by FAT and Grayson Perry -
AJ 07.08.15: Hatherley in Europe
Vaulted House by VPPR and Split House by Alma-nac -
AJ Specification Aug 2015: Sustainability
Featuring Architype, LYN Atelier and 2e Architects -
AJ 24.07.15: The student issue
Reviewing the summer shows of the 10 bottom-ranking architecture shows -
AJ 17.07.15: Rainham
An overview of projects in Rainham 2003-15 and Hult business school by Sergison Bates -
AJ 10.07.15: Manchester’s Mecanoo Home
HOME by Mecanoo and Dreamland Margate by Guy Hollaway Architects and Hemingway Design -
AJ Specification Jul 2015: Colour & texture
Featuring Aberrant Architecture, Fletcher Priest, Platform 5, Richard Hopkinson and Sauerbruch Hutton -
AJ 26.06.15: Housing
Mae's social housing in King's Lynn and GeraghtyTaylor's Livinhome -
AJ 19.06.15: 37 RIBA Awards
The winners of the 2015 RIBA National Awards -
AJ 12.06.15: Housing for low income workers
Aylesbury Estate regeneration and the Fulton Center by Grimshaw -
AJ 05.06.15: AJ120
Celebrating 20 years of the AJ100 -
AJ Specification Jun 2015: Walls, ceilings & partitions
Featuring Hugh Broughton, Marks Barfield and Ryder Architecture -
AJ 29.05.15: Theatre Royal, Glasgow
Glasgow Theatre Royal by Page\Park Architects -
AJ 22.05.15: Louis Kahn in Somerset
An exhibition review, and The Shields Centre by Anderson Bell Christie Architects -
AJ 15.05.15: Glenn Howells in Manchester
One St Peter's Square by Glenn Howells Architects -
AJ 08.05.15: National Theatre
Haworth Tompkins' remodelling of the National Theatre -
AJ 01.05.15: May Day
Soviet-era architecture and Brentford Lock West by Duggan Morris -
AJ Specification May 2015: Timber
Featuring Feilden Fowles, The Harris Partnership and Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios -
AJ 24.04.15: 3 houses
Dundon Passivhaus by Prewett Bizley Architects, Gasworks by Chris Dyson Architects and Covert House by DSDHA -
AJ 17.04.15: Wilkinson Eyre’s Weston Library
The Weston Library at the University of Oxford by Wilkinson Eyre -
AJ 03.04.15: 4 #GREATSCHOOLS
Four schools by Walters & Cohen, Urban Projects Bureau, Pellings and Hawkins\Brown -
AJ Specification Apr 2015: Kitchens & bathrooms
Featuring Alma-nac, Coppin Dockray, Threefold Architects and Designscape Architects -
AJ 27.03.15: Copper Lane Housing
Copper Lane co-housing by Henley Halebrown Rorrison -
AJ 20.03.15: MUMA’s Whitworth
The Whitworth Gallery by MUMA -
AJ 13.03.15: BDP’s school in a shed
BDP's St John Bosco college -
AJ 06.03.15: Argent Airport City Charrette
A charrette on Argent's Airport City Manchester -
AJ Specification Mar 2015: Cladding & curtain walling
Featuring Scott Brownrigg, Aukett Swanke, Pattern, and Powell Dobson -
AJ 27.02.15: Bosco Verticale
Bosco Verticale by Stefano Boeri Architetti -
AJ 20.02.15: Small Projects 2015 week two
The second half of the AJ Small Projects 2015 shortlist -
AJ 13.02.15: Small Projects 2015 week one
Kicking off the shortlist for AJ Small Projects 2015 -
AJ 06.02.15: Pitzhanger Manor
Jestico + Whiles' renovation of Pitzhanger Manor and Turnmill by Piercy + Company -
AJ Specification Feb 2015: Roofing & drainage
Featuring Greig & Stephenson, Martin Ashley and Wright & Wright -
AJ 30.01.15: Is this the most influential house in a generation?
Sarah Wigglesworth and Jeremy Till's home/office plus Foster + Partners at Yale -
AJ 23.01.15: Women in architecture
Presenting the results of the 2015 Women in Architecture survey -
AJ 16.01.15: Pocket Housing
Pocket Housing plus Patel Taylor's housing for the elderly -
AJ 09.01.15: DRDH in Bodø
DRDH's Stormen concert hall and No 1 Undershaft by Avery Associates -
AJ Specification Jan 2015: Insulation & fire
Featuring Walters-Storyk Design Group, PRP Architects and A-Zero Architects
2014
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19.12.14: Thank you!
AJ honours the Scottish Fire & Rescue Service for saving The Mack -
AJ 12.12.14: Project Orange versus Hopkins
Project Orange reconfigures a 1970s house by Patty and Michael Hopkins -
AJ 05.12.14: Colourway
Barrowland Park by LOCI Design and artist Jim Lambie -
AJ Specification Dec 2014: Floors, stairs & lifts
Featuring Eva Jiricna Architects, Hudson Architects and John Smart Architects -
AJ 28.11.14: Glasgow Film Theatre
NORD Architecture’s Glasgow Film Theatre revamp -
AJ 21.11.14: AJ Writing Prize
We present the winning essays -
AJ 14.11.14: Reimangining Mayfair
Fresh ways to invigorate the West End -
AJ 07.11.14: Two schools
Building studies of schools by Cottrell & Vermeulen and Bond Bryan Architects -
AJ Specification Nov 2014: Brick & stone
Featuring Robert and Jessica Barker; Buckley Gray Yeoman; and OMI Architects -
AJ 31.10.14: Hawksmoor’s symmetry
The mesmerising power of Hawksmoor. Plus Frank Gehry’s Fondation Louis Vuitton -
AJ 24.10.14: Architecture 00 in Vauxhall
Social Justice Centre by Architecture 00 -
AJ 17.10.14: Estuary English
A photographic record of Thameside structures