South West | Design in the making

Stephen Macfarlane (1928-2022), who helped make modern Bristol

10 November 2022

Whicheloe Macfarlane co-founder who played a leading part in shaping post-war Bristol

Region:: South West

More:: AHMM; Peter Morris; Stephen Macfarlane; Whicheloe Macfarlane; Le Corbusier; HKPA; Bristol

KAST Architects’ home conversion restores life to Cornish barns

7 September 2022

How KAST made a light and airy home at Milk Moon Barn

Region:: South West

More:: KAST Architects; Cornwall; Design construction & technology; Restoration; Materials; Rural Design; Reuse

RIBA South West and Wessex Regional Award winners 2022

4 May 2022

Homes, holiday lets, library and university excel in South West Awards

Region:: South West

How to specify for extreme weather on exposed coastal sites

14 April 2022

Durable, long-lived roofing at Cornwall's Tregenna Estate

Region:: South West

More:: Cupa Pizarras; Natural slate; Slate roofing; Materials; Sustainabilty; Specification and compliance; Coastal; Tregenna Estate; Cornwall

The service spine presents a facade to the larger event space.

Less is more for Shatwell Farm’s latest scheme

3 February 2022

Clancy Moore’s deliberately unfinished cowshed invites intervention

Region:: South West

More:: Clancy Moore; Shatwell Farm; Somerset; Design construction & technology; Chris Foges

Mark Wray designs the dream at Bath's Toppings bookshop

24 January 2022

Toppings bookshop Mark Wray Architects

Region:: South West

More:: Conservation & heritage; Mark Wray Architects; Bath; Bookshop; Meeting Venue; Design construction & technology; Interiors; Eleanor Young; Conversion

Bristol youth centre gives its users authorship of the space

18 January 2022

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

Region:: South West

More:: MacEwen Award; Askew Cavanna Architects; Bristol; Youth centre; Architecture for social purpose; Conservation and heritage; MacEwen Award 2022

Bristol modular housing factory offers jobs and training

18 January 2022

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

Region:: South West

More:: MacEwen Award; Bristol; Modular homes; Architecture for social purpose; Design construction & technology; Alex Dutton; SNUG Homes; MacEwen Award 2022

The plinth has a kinship with the harbour walls; Piers Taylor sees the blocks and accommodation pods as growing out of it like a new bit of town at the end of the Esplanade.

Piers Taylor adds local flavour to Watchet with East Quay community space

11 January 2022

Commercial gain gives way to community growth

Region:: South West

More:: Invisible Studio; Ellis Williams Architects; Design construction & technology; Regeneration; Places planning & community; Architecture for the common good; Eleanor Young