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Don’t Move, Improve! 2023 shortlist names London’s best home renovations

April 13, 2023 Lizzie Crook 0

A low-energy house and a bright yellow extension are among London’s best new home renovations according to this year’s Don’t Move, Improve! shortlist. There are 15 projects vying to win Don’t Move, Improve! 2023, the latest edition of the annual New London Architecture (NLA) competition that celebrates the capital’s residential architecture. This year’s theme is

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Over 900 Grenfell fire victims reach civil settlement

April 12, 2023 Nat Barker 0

More than 900 survivors, bereaved family members and local residents affected by the Grenfell Tower fire have agreed a settlement in a civil claim over the disaster. Companies and public bodies involved in a refurbishment of the 1970s London social housing block, which was destroyed in a huge blaze in June 2017 that killed 72

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Prada opens Milanese-informed cafe at Harrods

April 11, 2023 James Parkes 0

Fashion house Prada has opened the Prada Caffè in luxury department store Harrods, which has an interior that is blanketed in the brand’s signature green hue and mirrors one of Milan’s oldest patisseries. Located at the corner of Hans Road in London, the Prada Caffè is accessed via a mint green latticed storefront that complements

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Wavy steel canopy shelters rooftop bar on historic stables in Camden

April 10, 2023 Jon Astbury 0

An undulating crown of black and brown steelwork covers The Lucky Club bar, which architecture studio vPPR has positioned on top of the historic Stables Market in Camden, London. Designed by vPPR for developer LabTech, the rooftop bar and restaurant curve around the northwestern edge of the 19th-century stable building. It sits alongside the Grade

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Francesco Pierazzi Architects adds light-filled extension to Suncatcher house

April 9, 2023 Jon Astbury 0

London studio Francesco Pierazzi Architects has extended a suburban house in Croydon, adding two volumes with carefully-positioned openings that follow the path of the sun. The minimalist extension, aptly named Suncatcher, was designed by Francesco Pierazzi Architects to wrap an existing steep-roofed cottage owned by a family of four in Purley. Along the western edge

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Rise Design Studio adds reclaimed-brick extensions to Queen’s Park House

April 7, 2023 Betty Owoo 0

Reclaimed bricks and large windows define the side and rear extensions that London practice Rise Design Studio has added to a mid-terrace Victorian house in Queen’s Park. Named Queen’s Park House, the residence in northwest London was extended and renovated to maximise space, natural light and views out to its garden. Rise Design Studio’s design

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Ai Weiwei’s first design exhibition celebrates “how life goes on” after the pandemic

April 5, 2023 Jane Englefield 0

Hundreds of thousands of cannonballs, donated Lego bricks and a marble toilet roll feature in Making Sense, the first design-focussed exhibition by Chinese artist Ai Weiwei at London’s Design Museum. Showing a range of new and historical works spread across a single gallery, Ai Weiwei: Making Sense opens at the Design Museum this Friday and marks

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SIRS Architects converts London brewery into gallery for Gilbert & George

March 31, 2023 Katie Last 0

London studio SIRS Architects has converted a 19th-century brewery into a public gallery for artist duo Gilbert & George in London. Located on a narrow street in Spitalfields, the Gilbert & George Centre is designed to pay homage to the area’s architectural heritage while celebrating the work of artists Gilbert Proesch and George Passmore, who

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Coppin Dockray turns mid-century Hampstead House into contemporary family home

March 29, 2023 Betty Owoo 0

A mid-century house originally designed by British architect Trevor Dannatt has undergone a sensitive restoration by architecture studio Coppin Dockray in north London. Named Hampstead House, the 1960s home has been overhauled by Coppin Dockray to transform it into a spacious and thermally-efficient residence suited to the needs of its owners’ growing family. Hampstead House

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Richard Rogers’ Channel 4 headquarters awarded Grade II-listing

March 28, 2023 Cajsa Carlson 0

The Richard Rogers-designed Channel 4 headquarters in London, which was recently deemed one of the UK’s most-at-risk buildings, has been granted Grade II-listed status. Completed in 1994, the Channel 4 headquarters in central London was given a Grade II-listing as an “elegant example of high-tech architecture”, according to listing body Historic England. The listing follows an assessment carried

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