The Architects’ Journal Architecture News & Buildings
Civic presence: Hounslow Civic Centre by Sheppard Robson
The building, combining a public library with council offices, is architecturally striking, environmentally enlightened and publicly orientated, writes Owen Hopkins. Photography Jack Hobhouse
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BDP’s refurbishment of the Alliance Manchester Business School
The practice has extended and refurbished the University of Manchester’s business school, remodelling its original 1970s streets-in-the-sky design, writes Rob Wilson. Photography Nick Caville
Wonderwall: Roof Gardens housing by Ollier Smurthwaite
The practice has created high-density housing at low-rise scale with this residential scheme in Manchester’s Castlefield, writes Fran Williams. Photography Pawel Paniczko
No 1 Spinningfields by SimpsonHaugh: a chip off the old block
This latest completed contribution to Manchester’s economic development comes with a BREEAM Excellent rating and wrapped in a masterfully executed ‘old’ form of Modernism, writes Suzanne Ewing. Photography Daniel Hopkinson
Building study: Marmalade Lane cohousing by Mole Architects
The Cambridge scheme puts its residents’ wellbeing at the heart of building design, writes Jay Merrick. Photography David Butler
Hopkins’ Institute in the Park for Alder Hey Children’s Hospital
Circulation – of people and knowledge – is the watchword at Hopkins’ cedar-clad research centre in Liverpool, writes Rob Wilson. Photography Jane Airey and Richard Brine
Maggie’s Cardiff by Dow Jones: an oasis of Douglas fir-lined solace
With the permanent facility on hold, an interim Maggie’s Centre built on a car park plot creates an engaging piece of experiential architecture. Fran Williams reports. Photography Anthony Coleman
Foster in Palm Beach: Architecture for art’s sake
Foster + Partners has reworked and extended Florida’s Norton Museum of Art to create a building worthy of the mother of the arts, writes Paul Finch. Photography by Nigel Young
All aboard: Carmody Groarke’s Windermere Jetty Museum
Carmody Groarke’s Jetty Museum at Windermere has a studiedly ‘workaday’ aesthetic perfectly suited to its site, subject matter and prevailing weather conditions, writes Rob Wilson. Photography Christian Richter
6a architects’ MK Gallery: A spark of life within the city grid
The extended and revamped MK Gallery aims to counter Milton Keynes’ reputation as a cultural cold spot, while celebrating its original utopian ideas, writes Fran Williams. Photography Johan Dehlin