AJ 24.04.25: Small Projects
To celebrate the 30th year of AJ Small Projects, we have shortlisted 30 schemes which are showcased in this special issue. Their range and creativity encapsulate what the AJ Small Projects award has always been about: giving well-deserved recognition to projects realised on more modest budgets.
In the issue you’ll discover a home that works with a restricted site and a mature plane tree; a deep retrofit of a cold, leaky 1970s house using natural, local and recycled materials; a pilot project for improvements across an entire block of 153 flats; and a contemporary interpretation of a traditional cottage in the Scottish Highlands.
In addition to the Small Projects shortlist, we also publish a building study on Pollard Thomas Edwards’ landmark development for Haringey Council that mixes homes, healthcare and social purpose, part of the first large-scale social housing programme of its kind in a generation.
Within News, you can read a feature on Part W’s campaign to shine a light on the urban barriers hampering women, and check out the UK’s pavilion at the Osaka World Expo.
In a packed Culture section The Ghost of Ian Nairn, via Ian Martin and Jason Hazeley, expresses his Outrage at today’s London: ‘Look at the Olympic Park: 560 acres of showing off, where there used to be paint shops and railway sidings ... Now what have you got? Basketball, Waitrose and ABBA.’ There is also a review of Dinah Bornat’s new book on child-friendly design, and a write-up of the RIBA’s recent youth event, Festival of the Future.
Rounding out the issue are our editor’s pick of competitions; a column by Kunle Barker on nature; RIBA president Muyiwa Oki on apprenticeships; plus more from David Grandorge, Sketchbook and Hellman.
£16.00
