A huge bank of bleachers acts as a gathering point at the centre of this studio complex created by Emrys Architects within a listed ironworks in the Isle of Dogs, east London.

Built inside the former Millwall Ironworks, the two-storey birch plywood structure by London studio Emrys Architects contains studios, workshops and co-working spaces.
The "crisp stand-alone insertion" stands away from the walls of the 19th-century building, maintaining its Grade II-listed heritage status and dividing up the large internal space.

Named The Forge, the rejuvenated building is now the headquarters of Craft Central, a charity promoting craftsmanship and providing affordable studio space.
"The challenge has been to make economic use of the immense internal space of The Forge without compromising the fabric of the building or the internal listed features that include two overhead tracked cranes," said the architects.
Millwall Ironworks formed part of the city's shipbuilding quarter on the Isle of dogs, a peninsula created by a dramatic bend in the River Thames.
The docks were bombed heavily during the second world war, but the brick structure of the ironworks remained intact.

The broad gabled area of the building formerly used as a forge has become the site for the aptly named studios ? which rent for £453 per month. It now forms the centrepiece of a gated residential community, with new housing surrounding it on three sides.
"With the Forge, Craft Centr...