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New Wave House
by Bryony Bodimeade|19 March 26|Design
This adaptive reuse scheme in northwest London adds a vertical extension and refurbishes an existing two-storey industrial building with a demountable Douglas fir glulam structure – providing a new headquarters for client and specialist contractor New Wave London.
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A CLT crown for Royalty Studios
by Matt Milton|15 September 25|Design
This central London rooftop extension project, recently completed by TDUK members ConstruktCLT, demonstrates the architectural, structural, and environmental potential of using cross laminated timber (CLT) to sensitively modernise existing buildings. Royalty Studios, in Ladbroke Grove, is undergoing a full refurbishment and redevelopment, involving the addition of two new CLT storeys...
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Chart Street Studios
by Matt Milton|05 July 25|Design
16 Chart Street is a redevelopment of a 1930s former furniture warehouse located in Hoxton, using engineered timber.
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Example of the interactive design tool that Optoppen is developing
Optoppen: a new viability tool for building upwards with timber
by Liam Macandrew|28 November 24|Design
A pan-European consortium of developers, designers and engineers today launches a platform to accelerate ‘Optoppen’ – the practice of extending buildings vertically using bio-based materials, creating new floorspace or housing in a fast, climate-sensitive way. Optoppen.org hosts case studies, policy information and a brand-new viability tool; it has been created...
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198 CAL by night: a local community and arts centre in Brixton, South London, designed by CarverHaggard architects.
198 Community Arts and Learning
by Matt Milton|03 October 24|Design
A flexible platform for multiple activities, the design allows for potential enhancement as any additional funds become available in future.
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Timber pavilion on the rooftop of Arding & Hobbs
A timber pavilion crowns a historic department store
by Matt Milton|20 September 24|Design
The old Arding & Hobbs building is a Grade II-listed former department store. We talk to Nahdya Thebault, Associate Architect at Stiff + Trevillion, about the sensitive renovation and rooftop extension that have brought the building back into use. On a busy corner of southwest London, an elegant rooftop extension...
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