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  1. Buildings

Wright & Wright’s library for St John’s College looks to the future and past

The architect’s modern addition for the 400-year-old Oxford college concludes a decade-long project of restoration and renewal

28 November 2023

  1. Intelligence

How Moxon gave the Cairngorms’ Gairnshiel Bridge hidden strength

Some complex engineering lies behind the slender new river crossing, a robust but sympathetic design that sits elegantly in its context

27 November 2023

  1. Intelligence

How can architects integrate shading to combat overheating?

As we adapt to the warming climate, shading can help keep our buildings cool. In the first in our climate adaptation series, Tom Dollard of Pollard Thomas Edwards offers guidance on making shading part of your design

24 November 2023

Department 4 education winners

This year's SterlingOSB Zero competition called on entrants to redevelop a department store into a mid-sized secondary school

This year's SterlingOSB Zero competition asked entrants to redevelop a department store into a secondary school

Paul Cashin Architects & Keith Evans Architects’ transformation of a Southampton department store into a secondary school with community learning spaces is the overall winner of this year's West Fraser SterlingOSB Zero/RIBAJ competition

The retrofit of a Southampton department store into a secondary school has won this year's West Fraser SterlingOSB Zero/RIBAJ competition

Manchester House of Fraser is the site for a SterlingOSB Zero kit-of-parts design that applies retail principles to an education setting

The conversion of Manchester House of Fraser applies retail principles to an education setting

A former Debenhams in Bath uses hexagonal SterlingOSB Zero constructions to create a hive structure where students experience an interactive exploration of what the school has to offer

A former Debenhams in Bath uses hexagonal SterlingOSB Zero constructions to create a hive structure

The proposal adapts an Exeter retail unit to create a school with civic purpose, devising a framework that could be applied to other settings

The proposal adapts an Exeter retail unit to create a school with civic purpose

Roofing and cladding

Architects of Highoaks House in north London have used natural slate as a defining feature to reference the local vernacular while remaining true to their design's contemporary aesthetic

Highoaks House's contemporary aesthetic includes a nod to the past

Introducing an invisible clip-based system for the rapid installation of flawless, hidden-fix wooden cladding and decking

Invisible clip-based system 50 per cent faster to install

This solar PV solution provides fully integrated sustainable electricity generation without compromising aesthetics

Integrated solar PV electricity generation can look good too

Zinc is the material of choice for three innovative projects, including a Stirling Prize winner

Zinc is the material of choice for three innovative projects

Specify a slate that offers a BROOF(t4) fire rating, exceptional performance and a trademark grey phyllitic sheen

Specify the durable slate with a trademark phyllitic sheen

Opportunities Hub: Commissions worth the bidding

Fancy being a ‘place champion’ for an historic maritime city programme? Want to design a visitor centre for a heritage colliery or an extension for a London business school? These are the latest architecture contracts and competitions from across the industry

  1. Buildings

Balbek Bureau adapts shipping containers to modular art gallery touring Ukraine

If you can't travel to see this exhibition, MOT will come to you, says architect Slava Balbek of his studio's demountable gallery that is touring his war-ravaged country to raise funds for restoring Ukraine's art institutions. Here’s how he has done it

23 October 2023

Medina House in Hove is new and old at the same time

Epic yet compact and welcoming, the ocean-facing house by Pilbrow & Partners preserves a piece of the Hove seafront, combining references both to that heritage and the exotic

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