Ella Jessel

Brighton

Freelance journalist, mainly housing. Former features ed and reporter at local London papers @NewJournal and @hackneycitizen

Articles

Atelier Alter Architects tops Sunner Museum in China with curved green roofs

5 days ago | dezeen.com | Ella Jessel

A trio of sweeping green roofs characterise this agricultural museum in Fujian Province, designed by Chinese studio Atelier Alter Architects to mirror the peaks of the nearby Wuyi Mountains. Named Sunner Museum, the building was designed by Beijing-based Atelier Alter Architects for one of China's largest poultry farming companies, Sunner Group, near its factories in Nanping City, Guangze County.
Overhanging roof shelters black-timber Senior Shelter in the Netherlands

1 week ago | dezeen.com | Ella Jessel

A large gable roof with white-painted rafters sails over Senior Shelter, a house cloaked in black timber by Dutch studio i29 for an elderly couple in the Netherlands. Located in the town of Hoofddorp, the 100-metre-square Senior Shelter is built in the garden of the couple's children's property on a site surrounded by trees and greenery.
‘Imaginative’ post-war Leicestershire primary school listed

2 weeks ago | architectsjournal.co.uk | Ella Jessel

The government’s heritage body, Historic England, said Glenmere Community Primary School in Wigston deserved statutory protection for its architectural interest, praising its ‘imaginative plan form’ and clever use of a sloping site. According to the list entry, the project also represents a ‘significant work’ by Farmer and Dark, a practice known for public sector works and power stations in post-war Britain, as well as a number of innovative schools across Leicestershire.
Oxford co-operative becomes England’s first ‘Living Hours’ architecture practice

2 weeks ago | architectsjournal.co.uk | Ella Jessel

Transition by Design, a design collective based in the city, has signed up to the national scheme which aims to encourage Living Wage employers to go one further and guarantee employees security of working hours.
Alexander Symes Architect

2 weeks ago | dezeen.com | Ella Jessel

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Gensler’s ‘gateway’ labs approved for Cambridgeshire research campus

2 weeks ago | architectsjournal.co.uk | Ella Jessel

The practice’s plans for 20,000m² of lab space at Wellcome Genome Campus, a world-leading hub for genomics and biodata set in the grounds of Hinxton Hall, were granted consent by South Cambridgeshire District Council last week. The application is the first reserved matters application to come forward for the campus’s expansion, which is set to grow from 50ha to 180ha, bringing the number of people working on site up to 9,000.
Alexander Symes Architect reworks kite-shaped Cake House on Australian coast

2 weeks ago | dezeen.com | Ella Jessel

Australian studio Alexander Symes Architect has renovated and reconfigured a kite-shaped house used as a landmark by local surfers in Mollymook, New South Wales. Located in the beach town three hours south of Sydney, the project is called Cake House in honour of the home's sharp, wedge-shaped roof that resembles a large slice of cake when seen from the water.
Puerto & Sánchez Arquitectos adds looped lookout to Spanish mountain pass

2 weeks ago | dezeen.com | Ella Jessel

Local architecture studio Puerto & Sánchez Arquitectos has completed Farrapona Geological Viewpoint, a looping lookout jutting over a mountain pass in Someido, northern Spain. The weathered-steel viewpoint was built at Alto de la Farrapona, the summit of Saliencia Valley in the Cantabrian Mountains, which is the highest mountain pass accessible by road in the province of Asturias.
6a’s transformation of Tate Liverpool gets £12m cash boost

2 weeks ago | architectsjournal.co.uk | Ella Jessel

The London-based practice’s ‘once-in-a-generation’ upgrade of the museum on Royal Albert Dock was originally supposed to reopen this year but was delayed by two years because of funding constraints. Now, Tate has announced that the Department of Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) will provide £12 million for the project, alongside £3 million from the Garfield Weston Foundation, and £1.25 million from the Wolfson Foundation.
Espacio 18 Arquitectura perches crab-like Casa Tobi on Mexican coast

2 weeks ago | dezeen.com | Ella Jessel

Pink stucco covers the walls of Casa Tobi, a house designed by Mexican studio Espacio 18 Arquitectura to resemble a "crab emerging from the rocks" above the Oaxacan coast. Created as a refuge from the city for a family of photographers, the home is located near the beach resort of Puerto Escondido with views west towards the crashing waves of the Pacific.