London architecture
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Project • By Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios • Offices
Paradise SE11
Paradise SE11, the UK’s lowest embodied carbon mass timber office development, has been built in the heart of Lambeth, South London. Designed by Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios (FCBStudios) for Bywater Properties, this fully demountable structure showcases both the immediate and future potential of simple, circular, carbon-conscious, and people-centric design. Paradise demonstrates how architecture can reshape the built environment to actively address the climate emergency.
Andy Stagg
Andy Stagg
FCBStudios
A sustainable building ahead of its time
Paradise was completed five years ahead of the RIBA 2030 Climate Challenge. Developed by RIBA, these voluntary performance targets measure operational energy use, water... More
Project • By Knox Bhavan Architects • Private Houses
Heartwood
In the Colville Conservation Area of London’s Notting Hill, Knox Bhavan Architects has completed the extensive renovation of a deteriorating end-of-terrace house into a light-filled oasis of calm. The London-based studio’s thorough transformation has resulted in a finely crafted and sustainable home.
Henry Woide
Knox Bhaven
Heartwood
The 186-square-metre, four bedroom property has been rebuilt from within. Designed for Notting Hill’s upscale rental market, Knox Bhavan has paired architectural character and meticulous detailing with robust, low-maintenance finishes. The home is named Heartwood, a reflection of Knox Bhavan’s inside-out transformation — heartwood is the dense inner part of a tr... More
Project • By Allies and Morrison Architects • Universities
London College of Fashion
London’s East Bank cultural quarter is home to the new London College of Fashion building, which unites the college’s previously dispersed sites under one roof. Designed by London-based Allies and Morrison, the seventeen-storey building is conceived as a 21st century factory atelier. As the college’s “forever home”, the building achieved a BREEAM Outstanding rating through its use of robust materials and a proactive sustainability management approach.
Simon Menges
Architectural design of the London College of Fashion
Part of University of the Arts London (UAL), the London College of Fashion’s different departments are housed across more than 40,000-square-metres, with space for over 5,000 s... More
Greycoat Stores
In the heart of Westminster, London, a former Victorian-era warehouse for the Army & Navy Cooperative Society Ltd. has been painstakingly restored. The warehouse had fallen into disrepair and obscurity. Led by London-based architectural studio SPPARC, the project breathes new life into the historic building.
The refurbished 90,000-square-foot Greycoat Stores is now a flagship mixed-use development. SPPARC has revived the building’s original Victorian charm, particularly through the reintroduction of its previously lost red brick facade.
Ed Reeve
Ed Reeve
Restoring the original brickwork
Designed by the prolific British architect Sir Reginald Blomfield, the warehouse at 10 Greycoat Place was originally built in... More
Project • By Perkins&Will • Offices
150 Holborn
In central London, England, Perkins&Will has designed a landmark smart, sustainable head office building for Sidara, a global collaborative of specialist firms providing services in architecture, engineering, sustainability consulting, digital strategy, and energy systems. 150 Holborn replaces an old 1980s office block and provides a shared company headquarters for Sidara’s London-based brands, including Dar, Perkins&Will, Portland Design, Currie & Brown, Introba, Maffeis Engineering, and Penspen. Described as a “living lab”, 150 Holborn harnesses intelligent building technology to self-optimise and provide real-life data that will inform future projects for Perkins&Will and the wider industry.
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News • News • 11 Dec 2024
SPPARC completes restoration of former Victorian-era Army & Navy Cooperative Society warehouse
In the heart of Westminster, London, the London-based architectural studio SPPARC has restored and revived Greycoat Stores, a building of historic importance. The structure, a former Victorian-era warehouse for the Army & Navy Cooperative Society Ltd, had fallen into a state of disrepair and obscurity. The newly refurbished 90,000-square-foot (8,361-square-meter) building has been reimagined as a mixed-use development. SPPARC has revived the heritage building’s original Victorian charm, most notably reintroducing its previously lost red brick facade.
Ed Reeve
Ed Reeve
Ed Reeve
The warehouse at 10 Greycoat Place was designed by the prolific British architect Sir Reginald Blomfield. Originally built in 18... More
News • News • 26 Nov 2024
Tree Courtyard House by ao–ft brings contemporary flair to small backland site
In Walthamstow, East London, a single-story new-build home brings contemporary flair to a small backland site. Designed by London-based architecture practice ao–ft, “Tree Courtyard House” is constructed from brick and cross-laminated timber (CLT). The home’s L-shaped plan is guided by the site’s mature London Plane tree and root system.
ao–ft
Rory Gardiner
The restricted backland site is located at the end of a laneway, behind the Walthamstow Village commercial street. It was originally occupied by the large rear kitchen of a restaurant. In 2021, the client, a local property developer, contacted ao–ft with a view to exploring the possibility of building on the site: “T... More
Project • By Alison Brooks Architects Ltd • Offices
One Ashley Road, London UK
One Ashley Road is a flagship project in the urban regeneration of North London’s Tottenham Hale district. The mixed-use development was designed by London-based architectural studio Alison Brooks Architects. The project has received a BREEAM Very Good rating, reflecting its commitment to sustainable design and construction practises.
Paul Riddle
Alison Brooks Architects
“Heart of Hale”
One Ashley Road acts as the gateway to “Heart of Hale”, a masterplan for Tottenham Hale that comprises new homes, retail, restaurants, cafes, and office space. Tottenham Hale experienced significant urbanisation in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. This transformation was marked by the construction of n... More
News • News • 17 Sep 2024
Minty House extension by Peter Morris Architects uses polystyrene-based imitation stone material
“Minty House” is the result of a colorful and quirky architectural intervention on a Victorian home in London’s West Hampstead. Completed by London-based Peter Morris Architects, it includes a novel extension that uses an ultralight polystyrene-based imitation stone material painted in mint ice cream green.
Juliet Murphy
Peter Morris Architects
Minty House is located on a street of Victorian houses. A project for a young family, its key feature is the inclusion of a rear 15-square-meter (162-square-feet) kitchen extension with a filled-in side return alongside a full refurbishment of the home. Peter Morris Architects takes a colorful approach to architecture and design and the studio envisaged the extens... More
News • News • 11 Sep 2024
dMFK Architects gives Grade II* Listed Arts and Crafts factory building new lease of life
London-based dMFK Architects has restored and repurposed a former wallpaper factory in Chiswick, west London. Designed by C. F. A. Voysey, an English architect and proponent of the Arts & Crafts movement, the 1902 building has been given a new lease of life.
Jack Hobhouse
dMFK Architects
dMFK Architects
The five-story wallpaper factory was originally designed for Sanderson, the British manufacturer of wallpapers and textiles. The Grade II* Listed Arts and Crafts factory building — named Voysey House — is the only industrial building designed by C.F.A. Voysey (who was also a furniture and textile designer) and was part of an expansion of the Sanderson factory in Chiswick (first opened in 1879). A f... More
News • News • 10 Sep 2024
Gianni Botsford Architects’ robust design of Reciprocal House responds to adjoining 1969 extension by “Foster Associates”
Concrete, glass, and steel are used to great effect in the construction of Reciprocal House, a newly completed 280-square-meter (3,014-square-feet) family home designed by London-based Gianni Botsford Architects. Located in a leafy Hampstead mews in north-west London, the home is hidden behind a Victorian pub. Reciprocal House replaces a nondescript, run-down coach house and its smart and robust design responds to an adjoining 1969 extension by Foster Associates (now Foster + Partners).*
Schnepp Renou
James Eagle
Gianni Botsford Architects
Former coach house:
Schnepp Renou
Schnepp Renou
Foster Associates’ lightweight, single-story extension is made up of steel trusses, concrete blocks, an... More
News • News • 17 Jul 2024
Perkins&Will designs collaborative London-based head office building and “living lab”
Global architecture and design firm Perkins&Will designed the London-based European head office for Sidara (formerly known as the Dar Group), an alliance of specialist design, engineering, and consulting firms. Located at 150 Holborn in central London, England, the new building’s innovative design and construction was completed by its own tenants, all member companies of Sidara: Dar, Perkins&Will, Portland Design, Currie & Brown, Introba, Maffeis Engineering, and Penspen. Described as a “living lab”, 150 Holborn utilizes intelligent building technology to self-optimize and provide real-life data that will inform future projects.
Perkins&Will
Perkins&Will
Perkins&Will
In t... More
News • News • 2 Jul 2024
Cairn pioneers use of new low-carbon blended cement in “house made by many hands”
Cairn is an architectural studio based between Edinburgh and London that specializes in creating low-carbon buildings. In its latest project — the renovation and extension of a Victorian terrace in Hackney, east London — Cairn has pioneered the use of a new low-carbon blended cement. “House made by many hands” is the first building in the UK to use Limestone Calcined Clay Cement: LC3.
James Retief
Cairn
LC3 is based on a blend of limestone and calcined clay, two materials with a synergetic effect. It was developed at the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne in Switzerland along with regional experts at the University “Marta Abreu” of Las Villas in Cuba and the I... More
News • News • 26 Jun 2024
Alison Brooks Architects references classic Berol Eagle pencil in design of mixed-use development
One Ashley Road is a flagship project in the regeneration of Tottenham Hale in north London. Designed by the acclaimed London-based architectural studio Alison Brooks Architects, the project is a mixed-use development that is rooted in both community and place.
Paul Riddle
Alison Brooks Architects
One Ashley Road was commissioned by Related Argent, a property developer and urban regeneration specialist. The project marks the gateway to “Heart of Hale”, a masterplan for Tottenham Hale that comprises new homes, retail, restaurants, cafes, office space, and more. Tottenham Hale underwent significant urbanization in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, including the construction of many new factories and workho... More
News • News • 14 Jun 2024
31/44 Architects designs London house filled with architectural character
31/44 Architects designed “Six Columns” as a home for studio co-founder Will Burges. Sited on a previously undeveloped side garden on a residential street in south-east London, the house is imbued with architectural character, twisting and stepping to make best use of its trapezoidal plot.
31/44 Architects
Nick Dearden
Six Columns (the house has six) draws upon a number of architectural references, including California’s exploratory Case Study Houses and a conversation with English architect Peter Aldington at his 1960s Turn End house in Buckinghamshire, England, that inspired the home’s more informal design. “Six Columns captures the optimistic spirit of post-war American experiments in hous... More