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British Architecture on ArchEyes runs from Charles Rennie Mackintosh’s Glasgow School of Art to the latest regeneration of London’s industrial heritage. The archive includes Alison and Peter Smithson’s House of the Future, Ernő Goldfinger’s Trellick Tower and Future Systems’ Malator House, alongside Battersea Power Station, Heatherwick Studio’s Coal Drops Yard, WilkinsonEyre’s Gasholders, Adjaye Associates’ Dirty House and Haworth Tompkins’ Aldeburgh music campus. Reuse of existing fabric is a recurring theme.
By Eleni Stefania Kalapoda This week, Lion Green Road in Croydon won the RIBA Stirling Prize, the UK’s highest architecture award. Earlier this year, I served as Sustainability Expert on…
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A Memorial Forest is a 1914-1918 memorial at Brookwood Military Cemetery in Surrey, United Kingdom. Thirty Portland stone stelae and a dedication stone are dispersed through new woodland, heathland, meadow…
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Warneford Park is a consented redevelopment of Oxford’s historic Warneford Hospital estate in Headington, combining a new mental health hospital, medical research facilities, and postgraduate college accommodation within a landscape…
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The Secular Scriptorium by Peizheng Zou proposes a reversible writer’s retreat beside the remains of Sheerness Dockyard Church on the Isle of Sheppey, reframing adaptive reuse as a relationship between…
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Malator House, also known as House in Wales, is an earth-sheltered dwelling by Future Systems set into a hillside above Druidston Haven in Pembrokeshire. Completed in 1998, the house reduces…
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Space House is a comprehensive retrofit and extension of a Grade II-listed commercial complex from the late 1960s, reworking its Brutalist composition to accommodate contemporary work practices while reasserting its…
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Stoke Newington House reworks a Victorian mid-terrace in Hackney through a ground-floor extension, roof additions, and a full internal reconfiguration. The project enlarges the dwelling from two to three storeys…
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On Regent Street, an adaptive reuse consolidates two adjoining addresses into a single retail and hospitality venue within a protected Neo-Baroque shell. The project turns the street-facing restraint required by…
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Wool now accounts for 49% of the UK carpet market as post-pandemic homeowners prioritise eco-friendly materials. Wool and natural fibre carpets have captured nearly half of the UK residential market…
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Exhibited at the 1956 Ideal Home Exhibition in London, the House of the Future by Alison and Peter Smithson is a visionary prototype that challenges conventions of domesticity. Set within…
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Towering over West London’s skyline, Trellick Tower is one of the most iconic examples of Brutalist architecture, embodying both the ambition and controversy of post-war high-rise housing. Designed by Ernő…
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The Yoga Dojo is a standalone pavilion designed for meditation and relaxation in a private garden in Greater London. It is an extension of the home, positioned at the end…
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Situated in Streatham, South East London, Bristow Mews is a residential development that transforms a former coach house and derelict garages into housing. The project maintains the site’s historical essence…
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The restoration of Battersea Power Station from an abandoned industrial site to a mixed-use development highlights WilkinsonEyre’s architectural ingenuity and dedication to heritage preservation. Known for its distinctive chimneys and…
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