Ellen Peirson

After suffering significant fire damage in 2013, the Grade-II listed Southwark landmark has been sensitively restored to provide flexible workspaces and community facilities

Mailen Design has completed the redevelopment of three garages in a south-east London conservation area into a three-bedroom detached house

PLP Architecture has completed a new building for Grosvenor offering six floors of Grade A office space at 65 Davies Street, above London’s Bond Street station

John Robertson Architects (JRA) has reconfigured 30-31 Golden Square, just north of Piccadilly Circus in central London, as offices for client Aviva Investors

Designed in collaboration with the client, interior designer Celia McCarthy, the façade has been wrapped in high-performance insulation and cedar cladding with the interiors reworked in a bold palette of colours

The practice has transformed a former storage site near Old Street into six new social tenure homes

Mike Tuck and Ellen Peirson of Mike Tuck Studio reflect on construction’s reliance on steel and their experience of using reclaimed steel beams on a domestic extension project

The transformation of Hastings’ Observer Building into a vibrant community hub is a welcome counter to the wave of gentrification seen in the seaside town, says Ellen Peirson. Photography by Kilian O’Sullivan

Mole Architects’ flexible and thoughtful 15-home Dovehouse Court later-living scheme in Cambridgeshire provides a welcome alternative to the stigmatising nature of some almshouses

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?