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Tate+Co uses “supertexture” to enliven teaching space at York St John University

May 18, 2022 Lizzie Crook 0
Front facade of Creative Centre at York St John University

A mix of textured timber cladding animates walls throughout the Creative Centre teaching space, which London studio Tate+Co has created for York St John University in England. The building, located at the heart of the inner-city campus in York, provides the university with teaching facilities for its music and computer science departments. Externally, the Creative

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Hugh Broughton Architects adds viewing deck to restored 13th-century tower

April 16, 2022 Alyn Griffiths 0
Aerial view of Clifford's Tower

Hugh Broughton Architects has conserved and upgraded the 800-year-old Clifford’s Tower in York, England, adding a timber deck to partially cover the ruin and provide a viewpoint overlooking the city. Commissioned by English Heritage, the project was carried out to protect and radically transform the interior of the 13th-century landmark that once formed part of

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Mikhail Riches releases visuals for carbon-neutral housing scheme in York

November 12, 2020 Lizzie Crook 0
An exterior visual of a site in Mikhail Riches' Housing Delivery Programme in York

Stirling Prize-winning studio Mikhail Riches has unveiled details of the low-rise Passivhaus housing it is designing in York, UK, which will be net-zero carbon when in use. The scheme is being developed by Mikhail Riches for the City of York Council’s Housing Delivery Programme and will encompass seven sites across the city. With over 600

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Studio Ben Allen adds pair of brick vaults to terraced house in York

February 10, 2018 India Block 0

Two arches made from handmade bricks form an extension at the rear of this Victorian terraced house in York by London practice Studio Ben Allen. Studio Ben Allen used locally made bricks to build the two barrel vaults at the back of the L-shaped property located near the River Ouse. “It was the simple beauty of these rear spaces, a

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