British architecture

Architecture / 20 Jun 2018

Brutalist cathedral in the UK opens to the public following renovation

Architecture buffs might recognise the brutalist cathedral in Clifton, Bristol by its distinctive, irregular, elongated hexagonal floorplan. What many don’t know however, is that the iconic building has been suffering from water leakages for years, due to its large, striking lead...

Architecture / 19 Jun 2018

Mark Wallinger and Studio Octopi installation celebrates the Magna Carta

As one walks across the green countryside towards Cooper’s Hill in Runnymede, a low, circular building emerges from the base of the rolling hills of Surrey. This is the new permanent installation by Turner Prize-winning artist Mark Wallinger, produced in collaboration with...

Architecture / 18 Jun 2018

Old and new in perfect harmony as WWM unveils Nevill Holt Opera theatre

RIBA Stirling Prize-winners Witherford Watson Mann have created a 400-seat opera theatre in a 17th-century stable yard. The project sits in the grounds of Nevill Holt Hall, a vast stately home in the Leicestershire countryside owned by David Ross, the co-founder...

Architecture / 13 Jun 2018

Brutalist icon Preston Bus Station gets facelift by John Puttick Associates

You’d be hard pressed to find a British brutalist icon outside London that is as instantly recognisable as Preston Bus Station. The project, originally completed in 1969 to a design by BDP, is Grade-II listed, but was in need of a...

Architecture / 12 Jun 2018

Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners reveals 3 World Trade Center in New York

Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners (RSHP) and Silverstein Properties are celebrating the completion of 3 World Trade Center, the second tallest building in the World Trade Center site and the very first built work by the architects in New York...

Architecture / 12 Jun 2018

Take a seat: City Benches winning designs revealed during LFA

The City of London is one of this year’s London Festival of Architecture’s (LFA) key focus areas, and one of the hub’s big flagship events has just been unveiled; the winning designs of the City Benches competition that took place...

Architecture / 8 Jun 2018

Haptic Architects’ Rosemoor Studios brings modern prefabrication to Chelsea

London and Oslo-based architecture practice Haptic Architects are known for a contemporary style that fuses Nordic influences with the language of international design and luxury. Their latest offering in the British capital’s residential market is a case in point. Rosemoor...

Architecture / 7 Jun 2018

The Smithsons’ Economist Plaza renovation by DSDHA is revealed

One of London’s most beloved architectural icons, the Economist Plaza by Britain’s brutalist pioneers Alison and Peter Smithson, is being given new lease of life after a loving restoration by architects DSDHA for commercial real estate specialists Tishman Speyer The...

Architecture / 6 Jun 2018

Stanton Williams transform Tintagel House into The Office Group co-working hub

Ask any London cabbie where Tintagel House is and they know to head to Vauxhall to a 1960s building that has a rich, if sombre, history. Spanning the desolate Albert Embankment, the imposing block was home to the Metropolitan Police...

Architecture / 5 Jun 2018

Harty and Harty design the perfect artist’s studio in Norfolk

If all a writer needs to find inspiration is a secluded cabin in the woods, then the artist’s equivalent would be a light-filled, purpose-built studio with amazing views; and this is exactly what an artist in Norfolk got, when she...

Architecture / 22 May 2018

Raise a glass to the new Roger Stirk Harbour + Partners-designed Macallan Distillery

As the whisky afficionados will swiftly confirm, a visit to a distillery is much more than just about the tasting; it is a pilgrimage and a journey of discovery that is just as much about the experience than the sublime drink itself...

Architecture / 19 May 2018

PAD Studio completes Portsmouth tennis pavilion

Hampshire based PAD studio has just completed its first public building, an elegant tennis pavilion within the beautiful Southsea Seafront Conservation Area in Portsmouth. Located on the leisure grounds of Canoe Lake Park, against mature trees and green lawns, the structure stands...