Alison Brooks Architects misses out in Canadian visitor centre contest

The Architects’ Journal Alison Brooks Architects misses out in Canadian visitor centre contest Alison Brooks Architects has been unsuccessful in the contest to reimagine an urban block in the heart of Canada’s Banff National Park The post Alison Brooks Architects misses out in Canadian visitor centre contest appeared first on The Architects’ Journal Merlin Fulcher

Ridge designs timber gateway to the UK’s fusion future

The Culham Science Park visitor centre was conceived as a new gateway to the UK Atomic Energy Authority’s campus. Located around 10km south of Oxford, it sits at the heart of the UK’s fusion programme, which aims to replicate the process that powers the sun to generate low-carbon energy. From the outset, the new centre […] The post Ridge designs timber gateway to the UK’s fusion future appeared first on Architecture Magazine.

Architecture at the Edge of the World

Nissen Richards Studio, together with local Icelandic design partner SP(R)INT STUDIO, has created the permanent exhibition, interior and graphic design for the Gígur Visitor Centre in Iceland, where timber acts as a mediator between building and landscape. The brief for the project was to create a new permanent exhibition relating to the Mývatn nature reserve […] The post Architecture at the Edge of the World appeared first on Architecture Magazine.

Schemes using ‘new and emerging’ materials among RIBA South East award finalists

The Architects’ Journal Schemes using ‘new and emerging’ materials among RIBA South East award finalists BakerBrown Studio’s replacement for a bungalow destroyed by fire using recycled and salvaged materials and a hempcrete and timber visitor centre by Reed Watts are among the 14 projects shortlisted for RIBA South East awards The post Schemes using ‘new and emerging’ materials among RIBA South East award finalists appeared first on The Architects’ Journal Richard Waite

Martello Tower P, Felixstowe

The Architects’ Journal Martello Tower P, Felixstowe East Suffolk Council is seeking a conservation architect for the conversion of a Grade II-listed Martello tower into a new visitor centre [Deadline: 23 January 2026] The post Martello Tower P, Felixstowe appeared first on The Architects’ Journal Merlin Fulcher