Crystal Houses, Amsterdam
The Crystal Houses project by Dutch architects MVRDV created an entirely transparent façade for the Chanel store on Amsterdam’s upmarket shopping street, PC Hooftstraat. Judges at the World Architecture Festival 2016 praised the architects for demonstrating “such invention and bravado by using... View Project
High Wycombe – A model for a brighter sort of retirement living
A new and more socially-inclusive form of retirement living is being designed and built in High Wycombe, writes Steve Menary. Retirement housing was once acerbically described in the hit 1980s comedy-drama, Auf Wiedersehen Pet as “A little box before the... View Project
Greenwich Market
Greenwich Market has adapted over the centuries, but has its latest regeneration, realised in the wake of a high-profile failure, future-proofed it? Amy Dron finds out. First assigned to the commissioners of Greenwich Hospital in 1700, historic Greenwich Market moved... View Project
University of Leicester – Centre for Medicine
Over a kilometre of ‘earth tubes,’ offsite manufacture, and air tests using an aircraft engine were all required to make the UK’s largest Passivhaus building a reality. Passivhaus is the fastest-growing energy performance standard in the world, but in the UK... View Project
Opalia – Paris
A CLT office building currently on site in Paris is set to become an emblem of timber construction in France, as the country’s largest building of its kind. Jess Unwin speaks to its architects about how modern engineered timber is... View Project
The Aylesbury Estate, Walworth
The Aylesbury Estate, in Walworth, half a mile south east of Elephant & Castle in central London, is one of the capital’s notorious estates. Designed by architect Hans Peter ‘Felix’ Trenton in 1963 it was part of the boom in... View Project
Birmingham Dental Hospital, Edgbaston
Britain’s first new stand-alone dental hospital and school in 40 years, on the site of a former BBC studio, also has healthy environmental credentials. On the outskirts of Birmingham, the BBC’s long-defunct Pebble Mill Studios site in Birmingham is being... View Project
11 Cadogan Gardens, Chelsea
High-end boutique hotel 11 Cadogan Gardens comprises four attached four-storey Victorian townhouses in a small street tucked away behind Sloane Square in west London. The internal remodelling of this grand old building was, on the surface, a tantalising proposition for... View Project
One Ruskin Square, Croydon
London and Liverpool based practice shedkm architects has completed One Ruskin Square in Croydon, a Grade A commercial building designed for Schroder UK Real Estate Fund and its partner Stanhope Plc. The completed development comprises 183,000 sq ft of high... View Project
The Spark, Southampton Solent University
Since being awarded university status 11 years ago, Southampton Solent is establishing a growing reputation across many academic disciplines, including its industry-renowned maritime, media and sports courses. In light of its growing stature, the University realised it needed a new academic... View Project
Wellington Performing Arts Centre, Berkshire
Connecting two different buildings, bringing together a school community and linking new structures with the natural and historical setting were the challenges for Wellington Performing Arts Centre, Berkshire. A new auditorium with capacity for 1,400 people will not only provide... View Project