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Whittaker Parsons crowns North London mews house with “bolthole” extension

July 25, 2023 Kate Jacobs 0

Using a combination of copper, larch and structural insulated panels, architecture firm Whittaker Parsons has added an additional storey to a contemporary mews house in Stoke Newington to house a bedroom suite. Originally built in 2005, the property belongs to a couple with two older children, who have lived here for the last decade. The family

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Norm Architects uses “natural forms” and steel details for Chancery House interior

July 25, 2023 Cajsa Carlson 0

Danish studio Norm Architects has worked with pale wood, red bricks, sandstone and stainless steel to create the interior of The Office Group’s Chancery House workspace in London. Located above the subterranean Silver Vaults market in London, the 1953 building was given a retrofit by dMFK Architects with a new interior by Norm Architects for

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Timber and hempcrete form patchwork facade of London mews house

July 23, 2023 Katie Last 0

Hempcrete walls and a patchwork facade characterise Hempcrete Mewshouse, a three-storey home that local studio Cathie Curran has added to a derelict site in east London. Located in Forest Gate, the home was built around a gridded structure made from steel and timber and features a variety of natural materials, including oak, accoya, hempcrete and

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Marks & Spencer’s Oxford Street flagship saved from demolition in “huge victory for heritage”

July 20, 2023 James Parkes 0

British Secretary of State Michael Gove has rejected Marks & Spencer’s plans to demolish its Art Deco flagship store on Oxford Street in London and replace it with a building designed by Pilbrow & Partners. A 127-page report was released today by the Department of Housing & Communities to announce Gove’s decision. His rejection of the plans

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YN Studio wraps Dalston workspaces with translucent “X-ray” facade

July 20, 2023 Jon Astbury 0

A steel frame clad with aluminium and polycarbonate panels was designed to add an industrial feel to Bradbury Works, a retail and office building in Dalston, London, by local studio YN Studio. Located in Gillett Square, a former carpark that over the past 20 years has been gradually transformed into a lively community hub, Bradbury Works

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YN Studio wraps Dalston workspaces with translucent “X-ray” facade

July 20, 2023 Jon Astbury 0

A steel frame clad with aluminium and polycarbonate panels was designed to add an industrial feel to Bradbury Works, a retail and office building in Dalston, London, by local studio YN Studio. Located in Gillett Square, a former carpark that over the past 20 years has been gradually transformed into a lively community hub, Bradbury Works

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Carmody Groarke to add children’s pavilion to Dulwich Picture Gallery

July 20, 2023 Amy Peacock 0

UK architecture studio Carmody Groarke has revealed plans to create a timber pavilion and extend a Grade II-listed cottage as part of its plans to transform London’s Dulwich Picture Gallery. Planning approval and listed building consent was recently granted by Southward Council for Carmody Groarke’s plans, which will be the biggest redevelopment of the Dulwich Picture

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2LG Studio brings colour and personality into London family home

July 20, 2023 Kate Jacobs 0

Ornately corniced ceilings were preserved and painted pastel inside this detached Edwardian house in southeast London, which local firm 2LG Studio has renovated for a returning client. Set in the leafy residential area of Forest Hill, the house on Sunderland Road belongs to a couple who needed space for their three young children to grow

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Cast concrete volumes animate south London home by Bureau de Change

July 19, 2023 Jon Astbury 0

Architecture studio Bureau de Change has used concrete to playfully mimic motifs drawn from surrounding 1930s brick housing at Cast House in south London. Located on a suburban street in Clapham, the home is intended as a “contemporary interpretation” of the surrounding large red-brick houses that have gable roofs, bay windows and covered porches. Finished

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Hopkins Architects tops Wimbledon tennis courts with sweeping racket-informed roof

July 19, 2023 Katie Last 0

British studio Hopkins Architects has added an indoor tennis centre with an undulating timber-coated roof to the All England Lawn Tennis Club at Wimbledon, UK. Located opposite the tennis club’s main site which houses the iconic outdoor Wimbledon courts, the building replaces an ageing 1950s concrete dome that previously housed the club’s indoor courts. “By replacing the

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