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Verdant House’s striking extension embraces natural materials

CAN's extension of a house in Stoke Newington has turned a disconnected ground floor into an open-plan kitchen and dining area which spills into the garden through a bespoke curved window

16 January 2025

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Recypark in Anderlecht, Belgium, makes circular economy a pleasure

A combined waste collection centre and skatepark raises the bar on materials reuse by using structural timbers saved from demolition elsewhere. Architect 51N4E speaks to Stephen Cousins about how the frame was moved and repurposed

15 January 2025

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Introducing the MacEwen Award 2025 shortlist

An inspiring collection of 12 projects make up this year’s MacEwen Award shortlist, ranging from a floating events venue to a woodland retreat centred around a repurposed military parachute, but all embodying the concept of architecture for the common good

14 January 2025

House extensions 2024

CAN's extension of a house in Stoke Newington has turned a disconnected ground floor into an open-plan kitchen and dining area which spills into the garden through a bespoke curved window

CAN’s extension features an open-plan kitchen that spills into the garden through a curved window

Studio KAP’s Cor-Ten steel addition to a hillside house in Argyll is designed to create visual links with its striking rural setting

Studio KAP’s addition to a house in Argyll creates visual links with its striking rural setting

There’s no clutter to be seen in Prewett Bizley’s serene, airy The Orchards in Somerset – the stuff of life is all stowed away, allowing the space to flow

Serenity depends on putting it all away

Architecture for London’s rear extension for a house in a conservation area uses existing walls to create a sense of rhythm with brick pillars surrounding the dining space

Architecture for London’s extension creates a sense of rhythm through its use of brick

Emil Eve Architects’ scheme adds a side extension in keeping with the existing building and a more modern three-volume full-width rear extension, explains practice founder Emma Perkin

A three-volume full-width rear extension is influenced by Nordic and Japanese traditions

Roofing and cladding

Zinc is the material of choice for three innovative projects, including a Stirling Prize winner

Zinc is the material of choice for three innovative projects

Wood and natural slate cladding wrap up a modern new-build that is completely at home in its Loire Valley setting

A modern new-build completely at home in its Loire Valley setting

This solar PV solution provides fully integrated sustainable electricity generation without compromising aesthetics

Integrated solar PV electricity generation can look good too

These A1/A2 fire rated architectural panels for new-build and recladding projects are available as vibrant or natural-looking designs in aluminium, fibre cement or extruded porcelain

A1/A2 fire rated panels in aluminium, fibre cement and extruded porcelain

Be mindful of the entire roof build-up - not just the vegetation layer - when looking to achieve an environmentally friendly solution

It's the entire roof build-up that's important - not just the vegetation

Opportunities Hub: Enter the contests that get you noticed

Join the race to build 1.5 million homes, design a flexible exhibition space, restore the farmstead of a Scottish poet - some of the latest architecture competitions and contracts from across the industry

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Woods Bagot with John McAslan + Partners, Central Station, Sydney Metro, Sydney, 2024.
  1. Buildings

Pride of place: Sydney’s new metro stations

In a city that seldom celebrates its everyday architecture, new stations by UK architects Fosters, Grimshaw and McAslans, along with Australian practice Woods Bagot, have provoked public joy at their sheer grandeur, writes Sydney-based critic Elizabeth Farrelly

29 October 2024

Terabe Guest House: floating on a piloti forest

Japanese architect Tomoaki Uno has created a coastal home and workplace that explores the timeless harmony between man and nature

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