The Architects’ Journal Architecture News & Buildings
Case study: An Office and Two Houses by Loader Monteith
The burnt larch-clad buildings in the Scottish Highlands provide the office for a mountain biking tour operator as well as two low-energy private residences. Photography by Henry Woide
Natural materials
Case studies and product information about brick, stone, timber and natural materials
Case study: 32° East Arts Centre, Uganda, by New Makers Bureau
The rammed-earth and earth-brick community arts space, designed in colloboration with Kampala-based Localworks, is the new home of 32° East | Ugandan Arts Trust. Photography by New Makers Bureau, Tim Latim, Will Boase
Case study: The Tree House by Bell Phillips Architects
Bell Phillips has completed The Tree House, a multipurpose public pavilion constructed from cross-laminated timber around a plane tree in south London’s Elephant Park
Case study: Cohen Quad Exeter College by Alison Brooks Architects
Alison Brooks Architects has created a 21st-century spin on the traditional Oxford quad. Photography by Alison Brooks Architects, Hufton + Crow, Studio 8, Paul Riddle
Case study: Lea Bridge Library Pavilion by Studio Weave
The architect has added a café and adaptable community space to the Grade II-listed Lea Bridge Library in east London. Photography by Jim Stephenson
Case study: Aylesbury Vale Crematorium by Stride Treglown
The facility has been built on a former gravel pit as part of the site’s ‘re-naturing’, designed as a subtle pavilion with a projecting lantern allowing light in to the main space. Photography by Tom Bright, Jim Stephenson
Case study: The Library, Stanbridge Mill Farm, by Crawshaw Architects
The practice has converted an agricultural out-building into a library, office and kitchen on the grounds of Grade II-listed Stanbridge Mill Farm in Dorset. Photography by Ingrid Rasmussen
Case study: Redhill Barn by TYPE
The practice has converted a roofless ruined shell in the Devon countryside into a ‘farmhouse’ for the surrounding smallholding. Photography by Rory Gardiner
The New Steading by Ian O’Brien Studio
This family guesthouse in Perthshire, by Ian O’Brien Studio, is built within the ruins of an old steading and clad in boards cut from the clients’ own oak tree. Photography by Keith Hunter
Rye Apartments by Tikari Works
With a shingle-clad façade and exposed CLT interiors, Tikari Works has create a sense of warmth and privacy in this housing scheme opposite Peckham Rye Park. Photography by Jack Hobhouse