1934 Erik Mendelsohn sketch for an ICI factory in Huddersfield. 🏭

Morris+Company’s Haringey communal warehouse living approved bit.ly/3UavJAR

An ideas competition exploring possible new leases of life for the Marks & Spencer Oxford Street building has been launched by the AJ in partnership with SAVE Britain’s Heritage:

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Mowat & Company has won approval for an all-wood overhaul of a timber merchant HQ:

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Haworth Tompkins has been chosen to revamp the iconic De La Warr pavilion:

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Sad news: Tony Fretton Architects shuts its doors Architects’ Journal architectsjournal.co.uk/news/tony-fret…

FCBS has revealed designs for the Liverpool Slavery and Maritime Museums:

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‘Hefty, maybe. But £85m for RIBA’s House of Architecture is a sound investment’ argues RIBA chair Jack Pringle bit.ly/3U0Ac9c

‘Hefty, maybe. But £85m for RIBA’s House of Architecture is a sound investment’ architectsjournal.co.uk/news/opinion/h…

These are rather funky… the Architects’ Journal supplement 3d glasses 21st January 1954. I hope I can find the magazine they came with from my stash

Sketchbook: Agustin Coll bit.ly/4adAwHe

NEW COMPETITION
The AJ & SAVEBritainsHeritage have launched the re:store ideas competition to explore possible new leases of life for the M&S Oxford Street building
Find out more 🔻 bit.ly/3VDcP72

Love this competition to find new ideas for the M&S building on Oxford Street. This site need thoughtful and creative solutions rather than thoughtless and uninspired demolition Architects’ Journal architectsjournal.co.uk/news/aj-save-l…

RIBA House of Architecture plans unveiled with a £85m price tag:

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Consultants are being sought for a ‘once-in-a-generation’ revamp of Liverpool Central Station -- increasing station capacity and unlocking wider city centre regeneration 🚄🏙️ architectsjournal.co.uk/competitions/l…

NEWS: Hackney names architects chosen for infill council housing jobs bit.ly/3VhOUtA

Peter Barber has won a contest to convert a listed Shrewsbury mill into homes:

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FIRST LOOK: Knox Bhavan retrofits early Victorian villa in Camberwell as low-energy home bit.ly/3wUelqP

This seems like a sad loss - we really have to find better ways of re-using buildings as sustainability becomes more & more a necessity. Equally, the loss of yet more heritage in #Bradford that's arguably lost enough. SAVEBritainsHeritage #heritage #Sustainability #architecture

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More central Bradford demolition. Surely this could be reused?