The Architects’ Journal Architecture News & Buildings
Case study: Cohen Quad Exeter College by Alison Brooks Architects
Alison Brooks Architects has created a 21st-century spin on the traditional Oxford quad. Photography by Alison Brooks Architects, Hufton + Crow, Studio 8, Paul Riddle
Natural materials
Case studies and product information about brick, stone, timber and natural materials
Case study: Lea Bridge Library Pavilion by Studio Weave
The architect has added a café and adaptable community space to the Grade II-listed Lea Bridge Library in east London. Photography by Jim Stephenson
Case study: Aylesbury Vale Crematorium by Stride Treglown
The facility has been built on a former gravel pit as part of the site’s ‘re-naturing’, designed as a subtle pavilion with a projecting lantern allowing light in to the main space. Photography by Tom Bright, Jim Stephenson
Case study: The Library, Stanbridge Mill Farm, by Crawshaw Architects
The practice has converted an agricultural out-building into a library, office and kitchen on the grounds of Grade II-listed Stanbridge Mill Farm in Dorset. Photography by Ingrid Rasmussen
Case study: Redhill Barn by TYPE
The practice has converted a roofless ruined shell in the Devon countryside into a ‘farmhouse’ for the surrounding smallholding. Photography by Rory Gardiner
The New Steading by Ian O’Brien Studio
This family guesthouse in Perthshire, by Ian O’Brien Studio, is built within the ruins of an old steading and clad in boards cut from the clients’ own oak tree. Photography by Keith Hunter
Rye Apartments by Tikari Works
With a shingle-clad façade and exposed CLT interiors, Tikari Works has create a sense of warmth and privacy in this housing scheme opposite Peckham Rye Park. Photography by Jack Hobhouse
KH House by Delvendahl Martin Architects
In this extension to a Grade II-listed farmhouse Delvendahl Martin has used local natural materials, such as flint and oak, at the heart of its design. Photography by Tim Crocker