Journal Archive

The Housing Crisis Unveiled: Exploring Challenges and Architectural Solutions

The UK has long been grappling with a housing crisis that shows no signs of abating. From a shortage of homes to increasing property prices and sustainability concerns, this article explores the details of the crisis and questions how architecture can play a pivotal role in alleviating the challen

Two Hudson Architects projects recognised at the RIBA East Awards 2023

Yesterday evening we were delighted two of our projects, Coast House and Duke Street Riverside won an RIBA East Award!! Both Coast House and Duke Street Riverside continue our distinctive design approach in making buildings environmentally responsible and rooted in context. Coast House, located in

The Net Zero Neighbourhood: Shortlisted

We are delighted to share that we have been shortlisted alongside 6 other practices for the Architect Pitch: The Net Zero Neighbourhood. Max Fordham LLP has invited architects to re-imagine the future of neighbourhoods in the face of the climate and biodiversity emergency. “The brief is for d

Retrofit Case Study: The Grade II* listed Institute of Education at UCL

With the climate crisis continuing to accelerate, and campaigners pushing for #RetroFirst, the new question is: should we demolish or reuse? For some time, the industry’s conversation around sustainability focused on building in operation, specifically, the carbon emissions generated once a buildi

Highlights of 2022

2022 was a year of projects, initiatives and an award win that we are immensely proud of and so today we are sharing some of the highlights! Duke Street Riverside Award Win! We were delighted that Duke Street Riverside won the award in the Higher Education (up to £20 million) category at the Archit

Norwich-based Hudson Architects win top architecture award for NUA city landmark

Duke Street Riverside – Norwich University of the Arts’ landmark building on the banks of the Wensum in central Norwich – has won a top architectural award. The striking building, designed by Norwich-based Hudson Architects – was named Best Higher Education Building (up to £20 million) at

CobBauge: Open Days & Open Minds

Over the last few months, our CobBauge team, alongside Grocott & Murfit Builders, hosted two successful Open days at the CobBauge Pilot Build House in Fakenham, North Norfolk. These involved the coming together of a range of interested and interesting people, from the local and wider area, to di

Retrofit Series: Building in Resilience

Despite the unseasonably warm Autumn, the successive hikes to energy prices begin to hurt as we turn on our heating systems for the winter. Sadly, these prices are unlikely to abate over the coming years. The National Grid requires significant expansion to cope with the transition of fossil fuel

Retrofit Series: Never Let a Good Crisis Go to Waste

As the hottest summer on record fades away and the cold months draw nearer, it’s the thought on everyone’s minds: how to cope with their energy bills. Liz Truss’ plan to freeze bills for two years will have been welcomed by many around the country but average bills will still be around double

A Closer Look: Chantry Barn

Chantry Barn is a Grade II listed timber framed barn in Suffolk that had been left redundant and was beginning to fall into disrepair. It presented quite an imposing black timber-clad structure set at the point where the land slopes away to the fields. The key characteristic of the barn was its rou

An Introduction to Embodied Carbon

Embodied carbon is a vitally important part of the overall carbon footprint of any building and it is becoming increasingly significant. For decades now, sustainably minded clients have sought to commission low-energy buildings, sometimes called ‘eco homes’. The focus for these buil

OWCH! The Older Women’s Co-Housing Project

In our recent post about later-life co-housing we talked about OWCH, the Older Women’s Co-Housing project in New Barnet, also known as the ‘New Ground’ project. Our Georgie Day wrote a more detailed piece about OWCH for the RIBA Journal shortly after it opened back in 2016...A brilliantly-au