https://www.architecturalrecord.com/rss/1486 en-us http://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/18164 Tue, 12 May 2026 00:04:00 -0400 https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/18164-with-a-set-of-faceted-skyscrapers-and-an-elevated-park-wilkinsoneyre-extends-torontos-business-district goncharj@bnpmedia.com (Joann Gonchar, FAIA) http://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/16754 Fri, 01 Mar 2024 00:07:00 -0500 https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/16754-wilkinsoneyres-london-tower-navigates-planning-mandates-with-nuanced-form-and-clever-engineering http://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/15912 Tue, 01 Nov 2022 07:06:00 -0400 https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/15912-wilkinsoneyre-built-a-new-campus-hub-within-a-50-year-old-structure-at-london-south-bank-university A remnant of British industrial glory is transformed into contemporary commercial luxe.

]]> http://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/15894 Wed, 19 Oct 2022 00:00:00 -0400 https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/15894-a-second-life-for-londons-battersea-power-station Lead-1 Peter Landers.jpg London-based practice WilkinsonEyre thoughtfully updated the Battersea Power Station, which has reopened to the public as a multi-use venue after nearly 40 years. Photo by Peter Landers Lead-3_Peter Landers 03_result2.webp Photo © Peter Landers LEad-2John Sturrock 02_result2.webp Photo by John Sturrock Lead-4_result2.webp Photo by Hufton and Crow Lead-5_result2.webp The power station's control rooms have been preserved, with one transformed into a functioning bar. Photo © James Parsons http://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/15303 Thu, 09 Sep 2021 14:07:00 -0400 https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/15303-battersea-power-station-by-wilkinsoneyre Battersea-Power-Station-01-B.jpg Battersea Power Station. Photo © Hufton + Crow Lentzl@bnpmedia.com (Linda C. Lentz) Twisting its way between Victorian-era and 1970s buildings, a new pedestrian bridge by WilkinsonEyre and Speirs + Major spans the years and a busy Toronto street with a graceful thrust.

]]> http://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/14326 Mon, 04 Nov 2019 09:30:00 -0500 https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/14326-cf-toronto-eaton-centre-bridge-twists-across-busy-thoroughfare LEDs in the twisting 115-foot-long structure gently illuminate the street (shown) and guide occupants from the century-old Hudson’s Bay Company building to the 1970s CF Toronto Eaton Centre. Photo © James Brittain LEDs in the twisting 115-foot-long structure gently illuminate the street and guide occupants (shown) from the century-old Hudson’s Bay Company building to the 1970s CF Toronto Eaton Centre. Photo © James Brittain A relic from London's industrial past is reinvented as a complex of upscale apartments.

]]> http://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/13320 Thu, 29 Mar 2018 09:00:00 -0400 https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/13320-gasholders-london-by-wilkinsoneyre The new apartment buildings stand within the armature of the restored and re-erected iron gasholder frames dating from the 1860s. Photo © Peter Landers The buildings' homogeneous cylindrical volumes are achieved by extending perforated shutters across openings such as windows and inset balconies. Photo © Peter Landers The brass details in the entry-lobby floor and its grand staircase emphasize the complex’s watchmaker aesthetic and its circular geometry. Photo © Peter Landers The apartments feature gently curved millwork. Photo © Peter Landers The residential units are accessed via corridors that encircle each drum’s atrium. Photo © Peter Landers At the center of the complex is a courtyard open to the sky with a walkway linking all three buildings. Photo © Peter Landers At the center of the complex is a courtyard open to the sky with a walkway linking all three buildings. Photo © Peter Landers Image courtesy WilkinsonEyre Image courtesy WilkinsonEyre Image courtesy WilkinsonEyre The New Bodleian Library in the historic center of Oxford had for years been so unfashionable as to be all but invisible. Designed in the mid-1930s by Sir Giles Gilbert Scott (1880–1960) in a stripped-down classical style, and not completed until 1946, it was already a throwback at a time when modernism was rising. 

]]> 1511-weston-library-wilkinsoneyre.asp Sun, 15 Nov 2015 23:30:00 -0500 https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/10226-weston-library Weston Library The architects carved out a new atrium and inserted a glazed mezzanine gallery on four sides. Above the gallery, they added a two-story volume with study rooms for visiting scholars. A 17th-century brick-and-iron gateway from a different building serves as an entry to areas for university readers.Photo © James Brittain Weston Library The Weston looks toward a group of famous neighbors designed by Hawksmoor, Gibb, and Wren.Photo © James Brittain Weston Library Oxford, EnglandThe south facade of the Weston Library, opens the building up to the city of Oxford. Photo © James Brittain Weston Library Jim Eyre created a new colonnade on the south facade of the Weston Library.Photo © James Brittain Weston Library An enclosed bridge connects the visiting-scholars center with the rest of the library. Photo © James Brittain Weston Library The spirit of Scott's designs has been restored to spaces such as the Mackerras Reading Room. Photo © James Brittain Weston Library The Rare Books and Manuscripts Reading Room. Photo © James Brittain Weston Library Image courtesy WilkinsonEyre Weston Library Image courtesy WilkinsonEyre