Royal Albert Dock
Royal Albert Dock

Studio MUTT’s bold but thoughtful transformation of Royal Albert Dock builds on Liverpool’s proud history of commissioning young, imaginative practices to reinvigorate the city.

New Practice (part of Civic)

By engaging early with clients, being honest about what's possible and embedding co-design throughout the project lifecycle, Glasgow's New Practice (part of Civic) are challenging extractive traditions in a movement towards restorative and regenerative architecture.

My Kind of Town: Sharon Giffen

Sharon Giffen explains how Earls Court’s cosmopolitan heritage and an ambitious 44-acre masterplan are set to reignite West London as a hub of innovation, culture and community.

Calling all students!

Are you a student or architecture educator? The AT Awards Student Prize is free to enter – submissions must be complete by 2 July.

Arklow Wastewater Treatment Plant

Clancy Moore Architects’ wastewater treatment plant at Arklow, County Wicklow, transforms a vital piece of infrastructure into a civic landmark – balancing pragmatism with poetic expression on a prominent coastal site.

The Briggait

A landmark of Glasgow's industrial past, The Briggait has long stood as a gateway between the city's medieval Merchant City and the River Clyde. Now, thanks to an ambitious refurbishment by Collective Architecture, two of its historic market halls have been restored, rekindling a vital connection to the river and the distinctive cultural landscape beyond.

Timber inspiration and knowledge in partnership with James Latham

Dispatches from Newcastle: Alt Studios

AT chats to Paul Milner and Scott Savin, co-founders of Newcastle-based ALT STUDIOS, about founding a practice during the pandemic, designing a major mixed-use scheme in Northern Ireland, and mentoring the next generation through their CANDID initiative.

My Kind of Town: Anna Parker

As decision-makers search for a defining brand, Anna Parker contends that Birmingham’s identity is already evident in its bold architecture, creative energy, and proud local spirit.

Muzej Lah

David Chipperfield Architects unveils Muzej Lah, a contemporary art museum for the Fundacija Lah collection in Bled, Slovenia, that is set to open in Summer 2026.

Architecture Today May-June 2025

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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.

Reinventing practice

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.

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.

Introducing the May-June 2025 issue of Architecture Today

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.

Roofing inspiration and knowledge
in partnership with AccuRoof (formerly SIG Design and Technology)

VMZINC Gallery 2024

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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.

Spotlight on products in use
in partnership with manufacturers

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.

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