Refurbishments
Retention of existing buildings must be “the starting point” for major London developments
Lore Group opens “grown-up” One Hundred Shoreditch hotel
SANAA’s overhaul of La Samaritaine department store opens in Paris
Herzog & de Meuron begins San Francisco power plant transformation
Batek Architekten transforms Berlin arthouse cinema with saturated colours and neon lights
David Chipperfield completes “surgical” overhaul of Mies van der Rohe’s Neue Nationalgalerie
Georges Batzios Architects restores “original brutalist identity” of abandoned office in Greece
Don’t Move, Improve! 2021 shortlist spotlights London’s best house renovations
Feilden Fowles adds pointed arch extension to Carlisle Cathedral’s fratry
Sarah Wigglesworth future-proofs self-designed straw bale house in London
Leaf-shaped aluminium panels cover ceiling of Tokyo department store
Atelier Espaço P2 remodels Portuguese home with wood-lined interiors
Burwell Architects completes renovation of Denys Lasdun’s Charles Clore House
Skylight illuminates interior of brutalist university building renovated by Kuba & Pilař Architekti
Wright & Wright completes overhaul of Museum of the Home in London
Studio Ben Allen casts pigmented concrete to create colourful surfaces inside House Recast
Steel-and-glass “greenhouse” envelops existing buildings at Paddenbroek Education Centre
A tiny house in Tokyo features in today’s Dezeen Weekly newsletter
Alma-nac inserts colourful music studios into disused London warehouse
Perkins&Will redesigns earthquake-damaged Alaska office to evoke glacier
John Pawson strips back 18th-century church in London to celebrate original features
Whittam Cox Architects creates colourful student housing for Sheffield’s Park Hill
Cristina Celestino uses plaster and terracotta for 28 Posti restaurant interior
