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AJ Architecture Awards 2023 shortlist: Civic, Community and Cultural
The AJ reveals the third batch of shortlists for this year’s AJ Architecture Awards. Today’s projects are in the Civic, Community and Faith, and Cultural categories
Cultural
From museums and galleries to opera houses and theatres
Revisit: ZHA’s Glasgow Riverside Museum 12 years on
How is Zaha Hadid Architects’ 2011 Glasgow’s harbour museum faring? Hayley Chivers pays a visit accompanied by key figures in its creation
Wedding cake-shaped folly completed at Rothschild’s Bucks manor
The 12m-high three-tiered structure, clad entirely in decorative ceramic tiles, has been created by Portuguese artist Joana Vasconcelos
Marionettes to Minecraft: De Matos Ryan and AOC transform Young V&A
The Bethnal Green museum reopens on Saturday after a £13 million redevelopment by De Matos Ryan with displays by AOC. Rob Wilson finds a joyous if slightly jarring cacophony
National Portrait Gallery reopens to the public after major revamp
A refurbishment led by Jamie Fobert Architects, working with Purcell, has increased the National Portrait Gallery’s public space by a fifth, enhanced the entrance and added a learning centre
Hollaway Studio completes Benenden School music school and concert halls
Hollaway Studio has completed a new concert hall, described as ‘a musical instrument in its own right’, together with a recital hall and music school, for Benenden school in Kent
Níall McLaughlin completes global rugby centre in Limerick
The seven-storey brick-clad International Rugby Experience sits on a tight urban site on the edge of a conservation area within Limerick’s Georgian Quarter
Sheppard Robson completes retrofit of 1960s Manchester music venue
The Grade II-listed New Century Hall, which has lain mostly vacant for years, has been upgraded and updated as part of Manchester’s NOMA development
Gilbert & George Centre: a shrine to themselves
SIRS Architects has converted a former brewery off London’s Brick Lane into a three-gallery centre dedicated to the work of the distinctive East End-based artists
Studio Gang-designed Gilder Center museum extension opens in New York
The 21,400m2 $465 million extension to the American Museum of Natural History features a canyon-inspired shotcrete atrium