The Architects’ Journal Architecture News & Buildings
Roath Lock Studios, Cardiff, by FAT and Holder Mathias Architects
FAT’s half-metre thick, clip-on facade for Cardiff’s BBC studios is a poster boy for procurement today, writes Rory Olcayto
Office
Workplace buildings including offices, studios, architects’ studios and workshops
Green design and build
Hopkins’ WWF-UK headquarters is not only an outstanding energy-efficient design, it achieved a remarkable 42 per cent cut in embodied carbon after Stage C, writes Hattie Hartman. Photography by Morley von Sternberg
A steal in steel city: SOAR Works by 00:/
00:/’s restyled, low-budget SOAR Works has revived local enterprise in a tough area of Sheffield, writes Laura Mark. Photography by Anthony Coleman
Rogers completes £97m Sydney skyscraper
Rogers Stirk Harbour and Partners’ (RSH+P) first project in Australia, a 34-storey office block in downtown Sydney, has opened its doors
CTHB Law Office Interior, Istanbul by Salon Architects
Lighting fixtures align with the tectonic of the design language in Salon Architects’ CTHB Law Office interior, writes Alper Derinbogaz
Ideas above one station: Cannon Place by Foggo Associates
Built above a railway terminus, Foggo Associates’ Cannon Place continues the long tradition of construction ingenuity in the City, writes Felix Mara
Mad Men formula
Stiff + Trevillion has rebranded a tired office at 10-4 Pentonville Road in London, writes Christine Murray. Photography by Kilian O’Sullivan
Come together
jmarchitects’ rescue of the Maryhill Burgh Halls preserves it as a building for the people, writes Alan Dunlop. Photography by Andrew Lee
Industrial evolution: Leckey offices by Hall McKnight
Hall McKnight’s £695/m² retrofit of a factory makes a little go a long way, writes Laura Mark. Photography by Ros Kavanagh
Take two: 199 Bishopsgate by John Robertson Architects
For all its pragmatism, John Robertson Architects’ 199 Bishopsgate retrofit has a measured finesse, says Felix Mara. Photography by Richard Leeney