The Architects’ Journal Architecture News & Buildings
Unknown Works unveils new permanent gallery at London’s Science Museum
Energy Revolution: The Adani Green Energy Gallery examines the rapid energy transition and decarbonisation needed globally to limit climate change
Cultural
From museums and galleries to opera houses and theatres
Sidcup success story: library and cinema by DRDH
Storyteller combines a library, cinema and housing in a scheme remarkable for the intelligence and generosity of its design, writes David Knight. Photography by David Grandorge
Sanchez Benton refreshes and reanimates ICA with natural light
The refurbishment of the exhibition and reception spaces at the central London contemporary art venue adds spatial richness by opening up windows and emphasising thresholds
Levitt Bernstein restores Grade II-listed Bristol Beacon concert hall
Levitt Bernstein has completed the £130 million restoration of Bristol Beacon – formerly known as Colston Hall – for Bristol City Council and Bristol Music Trust
FCBS remodels Brighton’s Concert Hall, Corn Exchange and Studio Theatre
Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios has refurbished Brighton’s famous 200-year-old Brighton Dome
Jonathan Tuckey transforms factory in Norway into hotel and cultural hub
Jonathan Tuckey Design has completed the first phase of a light-touch conversion of a former factory on the island of Henningsvær in Norway into a hotel and cultural hub
De Matos Ryan completes Wonderlab gallery at National Railway Museum
The 1,500m² interactive gallery for the National Railway Museum in York showcases different engineering and railway concepts and processes
OMA’s delayed and overbudget Manchester Factory officially opens
OMA’s landmark Factory arts centre in Manchester – the practice’s first major UK public building – has finally opened, years late and costing double its original budget
Hoskins’ Scottish National Gallery revamp finally opens
Hoskins’ long-awaited transformation of the Scottish Galleries at the National in Edinburgh opened to the public last Saturday (30 September 2023)
Coffey completes housing, gallery and artists’ studios in Bermondsey
Coffey Architects has completed 400 mixed-tenure homes plus a gallery and studios in a series of new and retrofitted buildings in south London