The Architects' Journal

The Architects' Journal is a weekly magazine focused on architecture, published in London by Ascential.

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Glasgow practice puts forward scaled-down Buchanan Galleries plans

2 days ago | architectsjournal.co.uk | Gino Spocchia

Under the plans, which were lodged with Glasgow City Council on Tuesday (24 June) on behalf of Landsec, the 1990s complex, originally designed by Jenkins & Marr Architects, will retrofitted and reconfigured. Local design studio Graven is also on the job. A previous, unrealised £800 million proposal by Foster + Partners would have demolished and rebuilt the 26-year-old building.
SOM submits plans for 20-storey Barbican offices

2 days ago | architectsjournal.co.uk | Gino Spocchia

The Chicago-headquartered practice’s plans to mostly demolish the 1980s office building at 1 Silk Street – replacing it with a part 19 and part 20-storey scheme – were submitted yesterday (25 June) on behalf of developer Lipton Rogers and investor La Salle. SOM’s scheme will reduce the existing 1982 building to its foundations, which will be retained. The below-ground support currently makes up 40 per cent of the block’s existing structure.
David Levitt slams ‘wasteful and costly’ procurement process in AJ100 speech

3 days ago | architectsjournal.co.uk | Gino Spocchia

Speaking on Friday (20 June) after being named winner of the Contribution to the Profession award on the 30th anniversary of the AJ100, the 89-year-old condemned the time and resources architects spent taking part in competitions, often as part of the public procurement process.
Queen Elizabeth II memorial competition won by Foster + Partners

4 days ago | architectsjournal.co.uk | Gino Spocchia |Richard Waite

The AJ understands that the Foster + Partners team, which includes heritage specialists Purcell, French landscape architect Michel Desvigne and artist Yinka Shonibare, has been selected to design the national memorial on the site next to Buckingham Palace in London’s St James’s Park. Norman Foster’s architecture practice, which the AJ understands was informed last week of the win, saw off four other bids, following the high-profile competition organised by Malcolm Reading Consultants.
Chipperfield’s Chinese embassy plans tipped for government OK

5 days ago | architectsjournal.co.uk | Gino Spocchia

The planning inspectorate is understood to have recommended approval of the planned overhaul of the listed 2.4ha former Royal Mint, next door to the Tower of London UNESCO World Heritage Site, following a public inquiry into the plans in February. Rayner received the planning inspectorate’s decision to recommend approving the twice refused plans within the last two weeks, The Sunday Times reported.
AJ100 Champion 2025: Foster + Partners

5 days ago | architectsjournal.co.uk | Kate Youde

In 2024, the number of architects it employed in the UK rose by more than 100, from 546 to 651. Total architectural fees paid to its UK and overseas offices increased by 70 per cent to £542 million. ‘Obviously we’re following workload,’ says managing partner Stuart Latham. ‘We’ve been fortunate enough to win a number of design competitions and they’ve been large projects.
Emerging architects win AJ100 2025 New Talent awards

1 week ago | architectsjournal.co.uk | Emily Booth |Rob Wilson

Jemma Ho, who joined Architype as an Architectural Assistant whilst completing her studies at the Welsh School of Architecture, is the recipient of this year’s New Talent (Part 1) award. ‘Jemma really stood out,’ enthused the judges. ‘She connects something of the past role of architects and the future, which is quite incredible.
London Met puts architecture teaching jobs at risk

1 week ago | architectsjournal.co.uk | Gino Spocchia

The university, which has become the latest to propose job loses, informed a dozen members of staff last month that their contracts might not be continued into the next academic year, the AJ understands. Those individuals have rolling associate lecturer contracts and teach Part 1 across the first, second and third years. An anonymous source told the AJ that associate lecturers were told job cuts were likely during a meeting between design tutors and London Met.
ARB’s post-Grenfell code of conduct to come into effect

1 week ago | architectsjournal.co.uk | Gino Spocchia

The code, which was published today (19 June), will come into effect later this year and includes six standards, based on research and engagement with the public and the profession, according to the ARB. It will replace a code of conduct dating back to 2017.
Barr Gazetas remodels London West End office building

1 week ago | architectsjournal.co.uk | Fran Williams

The existing 1970s office building, in London’s Soho, required significant remodelling, having previously been identified as having a negative impact on the character of the local conservation area. Barr Gazetas’ main intervention was to carefully replace the building’s main street façade, giving it a new aesthetic that would blend in with other large buildings nearby that have also been retrofitted over the years. The façade features a granite base and limestone cladding.