Buildings

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

Such buildings can change lives… Regenerating safe spaces that young people can call their own

The Horizon Youth Zone opened last weekend in a refurbished warehouse in Grimsby – one of a flurry of youth centres that have completed over the past three years in disadvantaged areas of England. As the government promises a £500m investment in youth services across the nation, Debika Ray considers ...

From stranded asset to grade A office: how a facsimile facade made all the difference for a failing, listed Manchester building

A thermally improved replica now fronts Manchester’s grade II listed Pall Mall, after Bruntwood SciTech and Sheppard Robson overhauled its failing 1960s facade, Thomas Lane report

Inside Hornsey Town Hall: a brilliantly conceived and highly sensitive – if mildly eccentric – restoration

Residents of Crouch End in north London have had a long and sometimes fraught wait for Reginald Uren’s 1935 former council HQ to reopen, but they now once again have a building to enjoy and cherish

In pictures

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In pictures: Arcadis moves into new City office