Manchester gallery opens textile archive show tracing mill-town design
A new exhibition reconnects industrial pattern books with contemporary British makers.
Architecture prize honours retrofit restraint over glass spectacle
Judges reward warm homes upgraded without erasing street character.
A national architecture prize went to a housing retrofit that cut energy use while keeping a terrace’s awkward charm intact.
The jury citation read like a quiet manifesto: less spectacle, more winters people can afford.
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