‘Original approach to urban industrial design’ | WorkStack wins best new commercial building
Rising from a compact urban site, the dRMM-designed WorkStack presents a new vision for high-density industrial space – with a minimal carbon footprint – for which it was crowned the best new commercial building at the Wood Awards 2024. Located in Greenwich, London, WorkStack’s distinctive cantilevered form – which takes...
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A timber pavilion crowns a historic department store
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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Located at the periphery of the Charlton Riverside industrial area in Greenwich, WorkStack provides an exemplary new model for building high density, affordable, urban workspaces.
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Timber brings rooftop extension to iconic former department store
TDUK member Stora Enso supplied the prefabricated Sylva™ CLT building kit for the rooftop extension at Arding & Hobbs – a former department store that's a much-loved South London landmark. A CGI of the interior, with CLT clearly visible at ceiling level. It's a great example of how timber, by...
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Is mass timber the future of the workplace?
The use of mass timber in the commercial sector has seen a recent flourishing in the UK, with increasing interest from investors. Here, some of the frontrunners in the industry explain why. Occupiers want healthy and sustainable workspaces Alex Dunn, research manager at Cromwell Property Group, has undertaken extensive research...
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Regreening an unloved site
Hayhurst & Co have created a verdant, light-filled CLT home that uses space to maximal effect. Commissioned by the clients to design a fun and exciting home for their young family, London-based architects Hayhurst & Co drew on the greenery and natural history of the site to create a re-imagined,...
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Green House
Set on a backland plot in the Clyde Circus Conservation Area in Tottenham, Hayhurst & Co’s design for Green House draws on the natural history and verdant character of its location.
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