The RIBA Journal

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Making Buildings: Lambeth Palace retrofit by Wright & Wright

3 days ago | ribaj.com | Chris Foges

Wright & Wright is retrofitting the Archbishop of Canterbury’s 800-year-old Thameside home. Practice partner Stephen Smith showed Chris Foges how the work is progressingHeritage buildings pose a particular challenge in meeting national net zero commitments. England has around 400,000 listed buildings, where retrofit options are limited, so it is essential to develop workable, high-performance solutions.
Highlighting Jeddah’s overlooked modernist heritage

1 week ago | ribaj.com | Chris Foges

A new book by the co‑founders of Jeddah-based practice Bricklab looks to revive the reputation of the Saudi city’s architecture between 1938 and 1964While architects marvel over the historic heart of Jeddah, the city’s equally impressive modernist heritage has been overlooked. That could change with the publication of a hefty new book, edited by brothers Abdulrahman and Turki Gazzaz, co‑founders of Jeddah-based practice Bricklab.
V&A East Storehouse: a mesmerising experience where the collection becomes the building

1 week ago | ribaj.com | John Jervis

The gallery-cum-warehouse’s kaleidoscopic variety unfolds inside a vast, deliberately anonymous space, setting a benchmark for what a responsive institution can be, with near-infinite scope for future adaptation to its users' needsAs you probably know by now, V&A East Storehouse is a triumph – a gallery-warehouse hybrid that transforms public access to museum collections. Given the public hadn’t yet been granted access when those headlines were written, perhaps a little caution is required.
Islamic Arts Biennale gives Saudi Arabia a cultural leg-up

2 weeks ago | ribaj.com | Tim Abrahams

With scenography by OMA, the second edition of the event is a fascinating exploration of what temporary architecture could mean in the modern Middle EastEven for those who live and work in the Middle East, the Islamic Arts Biennale remains, both in concept and in existence, rather hard to grasp – perhaps because of its ingenuity and subtlety. Its location is key.
Exploring the potential of cross-laminated secondary timber

2 weeks ago | ribaj.com | John Jervis

Maximising the use of bio-based products is key to meeting current sustainability targets. Yet according to sustainability consultancy Metabolic, using bio-based products for half of new housing in Europe would require production of engineered timber to increase nearly fivefold, and roundwood by four and a half times.
At Bramley Moore Dock, Everton's new home is a worthy addition to a historic waterfront

2 weeks ago | ribaj.com | Hugh Pearman

A building 240m long by 213m wide by 45m high is a megastructure by any standard. If that structure is a football stadium, it’s also an exercise in fluid dynamics: what other building type expects you to house, service and rapidly move a population of – in this case – nearly 53,000? Everton FC’s new home, then, is at the point where a single object becomes a civic realm. Once you’ve strolled round the outside of it, you’ve walked a kilometre.
'We need some texture in our lives – it's time to rehabilitate pebbledash'

2 weeks ago | ribaj.com | Eleanor Young

Eleanor Young likes a bit of pebbledash – and believes that with a bit imagination and use of local materials, practices could give the much-maligned finish a fresh lease of life‘Now I’m going to start dashing,’ says the guy on YouTube. Watching him grab handfuls of pebbles and throw them expertly at the still-wet slurry with a flick of the wrist, it is clear this is an art, with richness and depth.
Profile: Annabelle Selldorf on the Sainsbury Wing saga

3 weeks ago | ribaj.com | John Jervis

The collaborative, Cologne-born architect's high-profile revamp of the National Gallery’s Sainsbury Wing has had a tricky birth. But as the controversial project completes, she remains (mostly) serene in the face of criticismAt this point in the Sainsbury Wing saga, Annabelle Selldorf might be forgiven for gritting her teeth.
Rambling Houses: 'honouring the hands of people who make things'

1 month ago | ribaj.com | Chris Foges

How did this project evolve? Traditional Irish settlements had ‘rambling houses’ whose door was always open. Harpists, fiddlers and singers would turn up on a rainy night and need to be put up somewhere. Our experimental Rambling Houses are for the encouragement of gathering and conversation. I’d met the furniture maker Joseph Walsh at a crafts exhibition. Having asked us to design a test piece, he spotted a sketch in my notebook of a conceptual ‘vessel’ for zenithal light, and offered to make it.
If the face fits: in search of our buildings' friendly features

1 month ago | ribaj.com | Eleanor Young

What are the patterns we are looking for in our building designs? And can babies help us discover them? Eleanor Young investigatesWhat do babies spend time looking at? Faces were long thought to be what would draw their attention most. But one research project has shown that babies spend more time looking at a picture of a building.