In this issue: Clancy Moore Architects’ Arklow Wastewater Treatment Plant, Marks Barfield Architects’ proposal for West Somerset Tidal Lagoon, Studio MUTT’s transformation of Royal Albert Dock, Office S&M’s Red Cow Terrace in Hertfordshire, Materials Library with Bennetts Associates, Still Standing: Milan's Torre Velasca, National Gallery’s Sainsbury Wing reworked and much more.
Dispatches from the Serpentine Pavilion: Marina Tabassum
AT chats to Marina Tabassum, the Bangladeshi architect behind the 25th Serpentine Pavilion which has opened in West London. We learn about what informed her design for A Capsule in Time, and the challenges of building a temporary structure on the Hyde Park site.
Materials library: Bennetts Associates
Peter Fisher and Alexandra Francis discuss how the practice’s nuanced approach to sustainability balances material research and data analysis with storytelling and a resource-minimalist aesthetic.
Learning from Cedric Price
In the 1990s, Cedric Price’s radical approach to architectural practice – prioritising processes over buildings – was seen as visionary and eccentric. Today, as the Regenerative Architecture Index reveals, his ideas about systems, adaptability, and the intelligence of practice itself are central to an evolving, more sustainable profession.
AT Workplace Webinar: Return to the Office
Join us on Wednesday 25th June to learn about how architects are reimagining office design to balance collaboration, wellbeing, and sustainability, while embracing flexibility and efficiency in the workplace as companies mandate a return to the office.
Designing for safety, security and sustainability
Watch the AT webinar, in partnership with Kuraray and Selectaglaze, exploring how architects and consultants are designing resilient, low-carbon buildings that are secure, durable and inviting.
2025 Serpentine Pavilion
Marina Tabassum Architects’ 2025 Serpentine Pavilion, ‘A Capsule in Time’ brings a poetic, ephemeral structure to Kensington Gardens, drawing on the dynamic heritage of the Bengal Delta to create a versatile, light-filled gathering space.
From earth to action
Jim Matthews, managing director of HG Matthews, talks to AT about the challenges and opportunities facing the construction industry as it shifts towards more sustainable and regenerative practices, and the role of leadership, innovation and collaboration in driving meaningful change.
Retain, reuse, reimagine
Charlie Luxton and VELUX rethink the rural retrofit at Lamorna House in the Cotswolds.
Anthony Grimshaw Associates
Three years after the practice's 60th anniversary, AT hears from Anthony Grimshaw Associates: the sister-run practice at the forefront of the North-West's conservation battle with crumbling churches and lack of public funding.
Red Cow Terrace
Bold in ambition, but compromised in delivery, Office S&M’s terrace of three family homes in a Hertfordshire village shows how commercial reality can dilute good ideas. Ellen Peirson applauds the bravery of a riposte to standard developer housing that has survived against the odds.
Still Standing: Torre Velasca, Milan, 1958
An emblem of Milan’s rough lovability, BBPR’s Torre Velasca was inspired by traditional Lombard architecture and contempt for the reductive, repetitive Modernism that was on the march worldwide.
Alasdair Ben Dixon
Alasdair Ben Dixon of Collective Works shares why regenerative design is about far more than environmental performance - it's about restoring communities, embracing collaboration over competition and aligning purpose with practice.
Hannah Arendt House
Coldefy’s social housing development in Lille draws inspiration from the industrial past of the Rives de la Haute-Deûle district to create a sustainable and community-centred living environment.
Dispatches from BCO Conference, Milan: Eric Parry
Eric Parry on the uncertainties generated by political headwinds and looking forward to an exchange of views on critical urban issues in London and Milan.Â
Dispatches from BCO Conference, Milan: Samantha McClary
At chats to Samantha McClary on her obsession with lego, her first conference as Chief Executive of the BCO and what her career as a journalist will bring to the job.
Dispatches from BCO Conference, Milan: Oliver Hall
Oliver Hall on his role as National Chair of BCO NextGen Committees and using the conference as a platform for full immersion in Milan.
Dispatches from BCO Conference, Milan: Andy Young, BIG
Andy Young on drawing by hand, talking a lot, sleeping like a baby and loving Milan.Â
Dispatches from BCO Conference, Milan: Frances Brown, Cundall
Frances Brown on being on the lookout for inspiration and fresh ideas, not having enough hours in the day and getting excited about exploring Milan.Â
in partnership with AccuRoof (formerly SIG Design and Technology)
Dispatches from BCO Conference, Milan: Andy McBain, NatWest
Andy McBain on tests, experiments, puzzles and conundrums – and being woken up by the dog.
Dispatches from BCO Conference, Milan: Peter Crowther
Peter Crowther on looking for nuggets from fellow BCO Conference attendees, his new role at Tatton Estate and fortune favouring the bold.Â
Dispatches from BCO Conference, Milan: Claire Gott
Claire Gott from WSP on pushing the boundaries of innovation, nurturing the talent pipeline and looking for learning opportunities in Milan.
Spotlight on products in use
in partnership with manufacturers
V&A East Storehouse
From a section of Robin Hood Gardens, to the only Frank Lloyd Wright interior found outside of the US and a pair of Zaha Hadid-designed shoes: the new V&A East Storehouse by Diller Scofidio + Renfro offers gallery-goers a new museum experience.
Quadrilatère Arts Centre
Chatillon Architectes’ reinvention of Beauvais’ 1970s tapestry gallery reimagines the cultural site as a layered, flexible destination that connects the Gallo-Roman past with a new civic future.
My Kind of Town: Helen Hare
Helen Hare explains why the lessons to be learnt from Milan's design and fashion industries make it the ideal location for this year's British Council for Offices Annual Conference.
113 & 115 Redchurch Street
No.113 and No.115 Redchurch Street, Shoreditch, have been restored by Chris Dyson Architects after an in-depth analysis of the original weavers cottages influenced a restoration plan that paired a historic appreciation with contemporary living.Â
Dispatches from UKREiiF: Seth Rutt of Studio Multi
AT chats to Seth Rutt from Studio Multi about dreaming up a new practice during Lockdown and the difference between a pirate shop and a Navy.
Dispatches from UKREiiF: Holly Lewis of We Made That
AT chats to Holly Lewis of We Made That about the joys of sitting upstream in the decision-making process, reimagining the grey belt and serendipitous encounters at UKREiiF.
