Buildings

Building study: The Quentin Blake Centre for Illustration

Ben Flatman explores a sensitive reworking of Clerkenwell’s New River Head, where Tim Ronalds Architects weave galleries, education spaces and a cafe into a historic site shaped by four centuries of change

Fixing the roof while the sun is shining: Making Blenheim Palace fit for the next 300 years

Water was pouring through the roof and stonework falling off of the John Vanbrugh-designed palace in Oxfordshire. Blenheim is spending £12m restoring an acre of lead and slate roof and restoring the stonework and water-damaged painted ceilings. Thomas Lane reports

The reinvention of Broadgate: Has it worked?

The topping out of 2 Finsbury Avenue marks the near completion of British Land’s transformation of the iconic Broadgate estate, with £2bn of work to create a mixed-use destination that has doubled prime rents

A quietly radical housing project: Metropolitan Workshop’s resident‑led Passivhaus scheme

This 24‑home scheme for Phoenix Community Housing in Lewisham brings contemporary low‑energy design to the Bellingham Estate, echoing its arts & crafts origins while meeting today’s demands for family housing

In pictures

Historic England rounds up most ‘remarkable’ 2024 heritage listings
Richard Rogers: A life in buildings
In pictures: Adjaye’s Florida library campus
In Pictures: Fosters’ Roman antiquities museum
In pictures: Heatherwick plans £500m makeover of 1970s shopping mall in Nottingham
In pictures: Fit-out specialist completes finance firm’s new Shoreditch HQ
In pictures: Winners of 2021 RIAS awards announced
In pictures: Arup unveils images of James Bond-inspired underground car showroom for Aston Martins
In pictures: Twelve Architects unveils plans for Manchester High Line
In pictures: Arcadis moves into new City office