The Architects’ Journal Architecture News & Buildings
Collective complete restoration of Grade ‘A’ Watt Institution in Greenock
A tight budget for external conservation has been intelligently stretched to include significant internal improvements to accessibility and natural lighting
Cultural
From museums and galleries to opera houses and theatres
Manalo & White completes ‘fine-tuned’ conversion of garage into gallery
This light-touch conversion of an 1890s London stable into the RODEO art gallery is designed to accentuate the historic interior
Purcell completes new thatched visitor centre at Christ Church, Oxford
The project incorporates the conservation and re-use of an historic barn, together with a new-build development on a sensitive site on Christ Church Meadow
Building for keeps: Adam Richards’ Walmer Castle visitor centre
Adam Richards Architects has created a robust but contextual learning centre on the grounds of Walmer Castle on the Kent coast. Photography by Brotherton-Lock
Dance moves: Glenn Howells’ new home for English National Ballet
The headquarters building provides a cultural anchor for the London City Island docklands redevelopment, says Rob Wilson. Photography Hufton + Crow
Music box-in-a-box: Manchester’s Hallé orchestra’s rehearsal facility
Manchester-based stephenson STUDIO has combined well-judged materials, technical expertise and bespoke detailing to create a solid and confident facility for the city’s famous orchestra, writes Fran Williams. Photography by Daniel Hopkinson
Hawkins\Brown turns listed library into community centre
A 1903 Grade II-listed library on Plumstead High Street in south-east London has been refurbished and extended to create The Plumstead Centre, a new community building
Atkins reworks listed Plymouth museum as cultural centre
‘The Box’ is a £40 million project creating a new consolidated archive for the city and museum
Bell Phillips’ Southwark Park lakeside pavilion opens
The south London pavilion, part of a larger masterplan by Kinnear Landscape Architects, includes a café designed by Mizzi, park offices and public amenities
Hopkins Architects completes interpretation centre in Sharjah with ‘urchin’-inspired shape
The Buhais Geology Park Interpretive Centre is sited on a former sea-bed in a region of geological and prehistoric significance in the centre of the UAE