Buildings | Design in the making

Knight Architects’ ‘beautiful and resilient’ bridge, with its unique structural solution, has reconnected the Ullswater community.

Knight Architects' replacement bridge reconnects Lake District community

40m-span structure replaces the structure that gave the town of Pooley Bridge its name

Bristol youth centre gives its users authorship of the space

Askew Cavanna Architects' redesign of a community centre for black-led charity Full Circle@Docklands

Bristol modular housing factory offers jobs and training

Alex Dutton / SNUG Homes' Lockleaze factory is in one of the city's most deprived neighbourhoods

Pop-up creative hub provides meanwhile use for Enfield shopping centre

Dallas-Pierce-Quintero's Culture Palace demonstrates the importance of arts in the recovery of the high street

AHMM bereavement centre provides support in sensitive environment

AHMM's Alder Centre provides support for bereaved individuals after the death of a child

DSDHA theatre redevelopment creates street presence

DSDHA has radically improved the theatre's accessibility while minimising environmental impact

Colours, fixtures, fittings, tactile surfaces and braille signage offer an accessible experience delivered through high-quality workmanship.

Clifftop sustainable community hub provides educational space

Cave Cooperative's Bale House provides a sustainable educational space at Hastings nature reserve

An exercise bench on Claridge Way multi-tasks as seating and playspace.

Micro-interventions improve vital route along Thamesmead

Jan Kattein Architects collaborated with residents and schools on public realm improvements

The hand-painted ceiling mural extends over the teaching kitchen at one end of the dining room.

Hammersmith café tackles food waste, hunger and social isolation

RCKa's Nourish Hub combines a café with courses on catering and healthy eating

The building faces towards the quieter access road to Dudley Zoo, allowing it to be almost entirely naturally ventilated

Cullinan's institute of technology aims to bring jobs to Black Country

Black Country and Marches Institute of Technology brings together education and work skills

‘The aisle is full of noises’. With apologies to Shakespeare’s Tempest, here is the children’s multi-level play area. Credit Richard Chivers

Near-abandoned Portsmouth church given a community lifeline

Studio B.A.D.'s St Margaret’s Community Church combines a mix of uses from food bank to bicycle repair workshop

National youth theatre

MacEwen Award shortlist shows how inventive architecture helps

Twelve projects across the UK show how architects are doing the common good