AJ 23.03.17: New Scotland Yard

AJ 23.03.17: New Scotland YardThe latest AJ focuses on civic and community buildings, with studies of AHMMs reworking of New Scotland Yard; Tony Frettons major new town hall in the Belgian city of Deinze; and Page\Parks refurbishment of Glasgows Kelvin Hall. PLUS Bell Phillips public housing developments in the deprived Essex borough of Thurrock; as the government plans a series of new garden villages and towns, Colin Marrs examines BDPs revamp of postwar new town Bracknell; how

awarded the 2020 RIBA Royal Gold Medal

and building studies of two mixed-use projects in Islington: the controversially stone-fronted 15 Clerkenwell Close and a residential/retail block at 168 Upper Street

A round-up of how the government plans to radically overhaul planning

Our heritage building studies in this issue are Walmer Castle visitor centre by Adam Richards Architects

Each features a critical appraisal

AJ architecture editor Rob Wilson visits Hodder + Partners' low-carbon visitors’ centre at the Royal Horticultural Society’s newest public gardens near Salford

converted from a disused grain silo

the AJ coach

and we meet Emma Dent Coad

Exposing the widening gender pay gap in architecture

Presenting the top 100 architectural practices of 2020

AJ Sketchbook entry from Zean Mair-Macfarlane