The Architects’ Journal Architecture News & Buildings
Carmody Groarke renovates London penthouse with rooftop pavilion
Carmody Groarke has transformed an apartment in a 19th-century Grade II-listed merchant’s house in Covent Garden with the addition of a folded aluminium rooftop pavilion
RetroFirst
RetroFirst is an AJ campaign to prioritise retrofit over demolition and rebuild. Hundreds of architecture practices, organisations and individuals have declared their support for our campaign
Squire & Partners transforms Seifert’s Brutalist icon Space House
Squire & Partners has performed an ambitious retrofit of Seifert’s Grade II-listed tower near Covent Garden, including the addition of a 2,000m2 rooftop extension
Jon Matthews Architects converts Manchester rail arches into arts spaces
The three once-derelict railway arches now complement and extend the adjacent Home arts complex, supporting young and emerging artists
NVDC adapts 1980s former Glasgow bank into private hospital
Scottish healthcare specialist NVDC has completed the £5 million retrofit of a 40-year-old Brutalist commercial unit into a private healthcare facility for Elanic
David Kohn Architects completes Modern Art Oxford makeover
David Kohn Architects (DKA) has redesigned the Oxford gallery’s ground and lower floor spaces after winning an invited competition
Arts and industry: Gianni Botsford’s artist studios on the Isle of Wight
Gianni Botsford Architects has transformed a pair of barns on a smallholding on the Isle of Wight into a dwelling and studios for visiting artists and writers. James Payne reports. Photography by Schnepp Renou
AOMD refurbishes rural home using locally sourced waste
Emerging practice AOMD has renovated and extended an Edwardian semi-detached house set among ancient woodland in Limpsfield Chart, Surrey
Feix&Merlin restores Walworth Town Hall as community hub
After suffering significant fire damage in 2013, the Grade-II listed Southwark landmark has been sensitively restored to provide flexible workspaces and community facilities
Twelve Architects delivers FCBS’s ‘Hanging Gardens of Basingstoke’ retrofit
Together with planting by Studio Knight Stokoe, the completed scheme renews and revives the celebrated Grade II-listed Mountbatten House office building designed by Arup Associates in 1976
JRA refurbishes former Sony Pictures headquarters in Soho
John Robertson Architects (JRA) has reconfigured 30-31 Golden Square, just north of Piccadilly Circus in central London, as offices for client Aviva Investors