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1 month ago | 
architectsjournal.co.uk | Fran Williams |Rob Wilson
This year we’re celebrating the 30th anniversary of AJ Small Projects. To mark this milestone – and to reflect the quality and variety of the almost 170 entries we received – we have, for the first time in the award’s history, shortlisted 30 projects. The shortlist includes every typology of project from saunas and wellbeing spaces to new parks and outdoor classrooms – and all completed well within a tight budget of £399,000.
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Feb 25, 2025 | 
architectsjournal.co.uk | Rob Wilson |Rob Wilson
Replacing a former single-storey dwelling which was in a poor state of repair, the two new houses are mirror images of each other. Each house is laid out over three levels. On the ground floor, the open-plan kitchen/dining/living spaces at the rear overlook private rear gardens, with a stepped façade incorporating a feature window seat and brick canopy. Four bedrooms are accommodated on the upper two floors, alongside a workspace/office on the top floor.
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Jan 8, 2025 | 
architectsjournal.co.uk | Rob Wilson
The buildings, on Farringdon Road within the Clerkenwell Green Conservation Area, were originally four Victorian warehouses, housing a printworks and shops selling bicycles and printing ink. Incremental conversions over the years had left the warehouses with a confusing array of tenancies contained within an inefficient, leaky envelope.
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Dec 10, 2024 | 
architectsjournal.co.uk | Rob Wilson
Hopkins Architects’ new ‘SciTech’ buildings for Haileybury private school in Hertford double the school’s previous provision and provide a new model for teaching science. Source:Hopkins ArchitectsTogether, the buildings provide science laboratories, IT suites, robotics amenities and design and technology (DT) facilities as well as a dedicated research centre, 20 teaching and seminar spaces, a geodome, VR Room, media room and outdoor courtyard.
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Dec 5, 2024 | 
architectsjournal.co.uk | Rob Wilson
The development is in La Confluence, a previously industrial area of the French city where the Rhône and Saône rivers converge, and is part of a masterplan by Herzog & de Meuron. David Chipperfield Architects was appointed to coordinate three blocks consisting of 11 buildings, creating a mixed-use quarter with a focus on social and environmental sustainability.
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Dec 3, 2024 | 
architectsjournal.co.uk | Rob Wilson
Peckham House has a simple four-square form, given character and texture through its distinctive hit-and-miss brickwork. Occupying an end-of-terrace site – previously a piece of scrubby grass – next to a Brutalist car park in Peckham, south London, judges liked how it successfully fitted into its eclectic context. ‘It stands out but blends in,’ said one. ‘Unique, but doesn’t seem out of place. Brilliantly contextual,’ said another.
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Nov 27, 2024 | 
architectsjournal.co.uk | Rob Wilson
The swathe of central London stretching across the north side of the Euston Road was originally laid out in the late 18th century, with genteel versions of the grand terraces and squares of Bloomsbury to the south, only to be cut to ribbons by the railways by the mid-19th century.
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Nov 21, 2024 | 
architectsjournal.co.uk | Rob Wilson
Bringing our expertise in creative responses to challenging small sites to the fore, we have carefully configured the building form in response to issues of distancing, mass, privacy and outlook relative to the specific characteristics of the site. The ground floor had to be raised to deal with surface water flooding considerations particular to this location. The building was also subject to strict height restrictions owing to its Conservation Area setting.
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Nov 18, 2024 | 
architectsjournal.co.uk | Rob Wilson
Key design features on the house’s exterior are inspired by its context of decorative Victorian brick architecture, including the front elevation’s dog-tooth brickwork, its angled brick soffits and set-back glazing line. Materials include hand-made moulded bricks and extensive use of timber, similarly echoing their use on surrounding houses. Inside, the house is designed to maximise natural light and create a sense of openness, optimising views towards the rear garden.
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Nov 12, 2024 | 
architectsjournal.co.uk | Rob Wilson
Securing the future of a heritage building through sensitive remodelling is always an honour and a welcome challenge. For too long, 10 Greycoat Place had sat as a shadow of its former self, despite its rich history as part of Westminster’s Army & Navy Stores trade ecosystem. Mid-20th century renovation works had diminished the building’s coherence with its nearby heritage architecture, from the Edwardian-era Westminster Fire Station to the Grey Coat Hospital school.
