St Helen's in Shropshire was built in 1211 and is mentioned in the Doomsday Book. The history of the gate itself is unknown. After various attempts to renovate it over... read more →
At the foot of a long thin rear garden in a Victorian terrace in Hackney floats a lightweight timber pavilion containing a playroom, studio and guest room. The 'new summerhouse'... read more →
Loft living rarely implies new-build or affordable housing but here, next to a railway viaduct on London's South Bank, four smart one-bedroom 'lofts' have been economically built using sustainable wooden... read more →
English Heritage describes the Staircase House as 'one of the most complex restoration and conservation schemes of recent times'. Once a 15th century merchant's town house, it is now an... read more →
Black with soot for many decades, Hawksmoor's Christ Church Spitalfields in East London is gleaming white once more. It has been restored not only as a place of worship, but... read more →
The Serpentine Gallery pavilion for 2005 was a dramatic 400m2 arching grid of laminated spruce elements designed by the famous Portuguese architects Alvaro Siza and Eduardo Souto de Moura in... read more →
On 9 June 1963 lightning set fire to the thatched roof and it remained a wreck until Michael Eavis, organiser of the Glastonbury Festival, bought it in 1995, and presented the barn to... read more →
Maggie’s Highlands Cancer Caring Centre at Raigmore Hospital Inverness is a one and a half storey timber frame building designed to reflect and harmonise with the adjacent landscape designed by... read more →
The Sage Gateshead opened officially to the public on 17 December 2004. It fulfils three demanding criteria: to create an international centre for musical performance and education, with acoustically excellent... read more →
Three derelict farmyard buildings in Northamptonshire have undergone a subtle, modern conversion that wins the prize for best private home and the overall gold award for best project. In the... read more →