The Architects’ Journal Architecture News & Buildings
Restorative justice: Social Justice Centre by Architecture 00
Architecture 00 has turned a former Vauxhall shoe polish factory into flexible office space for the voluntary sector, writes Ellis Woodman. Photography by Anthony Coleman
Office
Workplace buildings including offices, studios, architects’ studios and workshops
The Shard by Renzo Piano Building Workshop
Stirling Prize 2014: It is an expression of greed, ego, deception and arrogance, as well as being one of the most elegant skyscapers to be built in recent years, writes Edwin Heathcote
River Studio by Sjolander da Cruz Architects
Three Passivhaus projects: Hattie Hartman on Sjolander da Cruz Architects’ River Studio
In the forest: The ‘house’ that £15k built
Low-cost, low-tech, low-energy: Invisible Studio’s new forest home by TV architect Piers Taylor. Photography by Andy Matthews
The poetic office: The Zig Zag Building by Lynch Architects
Lynch Architects’ approach to The Zig Zag Building appealed to the client of this Victoria office development, writes Felix Mara
Ellis Woodman on One Pancras Square by David Chipperfield
The cultivated simplicity of David Chipperfield’s One Pancras Square makes for an economical yet expressive office, writes AJ critic-at-large Ellis Woodman
Old Street, New York vibe: Curtain Road by Duggan Morris
Out of an irksome planning directive, Duggan Morris’s Curtain Road scheme adds dynamism to the Old Street district, says Christine Murray. Photography by Jack Hobhouse
Ahead of the curve: Park House by Robin Partington
The apparently simple form of Robin Partington and Partners’ Park House conceals complex and subtle geometric relationships, writes Felix Mara
Highlander. House at Camusdarach Sands by Raw
The design of this rural house in Scotland was tuned to its rugged upland context, writes Graeme Laughlan of Raw Architecture Workshop. Photography by David Barbour
In pursuit of efficiency
Sheppard Robson’s Neo-High Modernist Siemens HQ at Masdar successfully balances performance with form, writes Felix Mara