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AT Webinar: Designing for safety, security and sustainability
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Can you grow an underwater auditorium? Michael Pawlyn is giving it a go
Director of Exploration Architecture Michael Pawlyn talks to AT about the vision behind 'Biorock Pavilion' — developed with Adam Holloway Architects, Arup and Charcoal Blue and exhibited at this year's Venice Biennale.
Dispatches from FOOTPRINT+: Michelle Sanchez
Michelle Sanchez, Sustainability Lead at RSHP, shares insights from this year’s FOOTPRINT+ conference, reflecting on circularity, climate resilience, and RSHP’s efforts to integrate reuse and regenerative practice into mainstream design.
Designing a city? Start with children
Architects, urbanists and advocates Tim Gill, Dinah Bornat, Petra Marko and Jonny Anstead reflect on the growing international movement for child-centred urban planning, speaking at the 'Start with Children' summit in Bratislava.
Dispatches from FOOTPRINT+: David Partridge
David Partridge, Chair of the Governance Board for the UK Net Zero Carbon Buildings Standard, shares insights from Footprint+ on embedding the standard into everyday practice and the growing seriousness with which the industry is tackling carbon and circularity.
Dispatches from FOOTPRINT+: Tim Pyne
Tim Pyne, co-founder of FOOTPRINT+, reflects on how circular construction has moved from theory to practice — and why the event’s move to London is paying off.
Principles for Responsible Timber Construction – and a call for entries for Built by Nature’s 2025 Prize
Anna Lisa McSweeney, UK Network Lead at Built by Nature, introduces the Principles for Responsible Timber Construction and calls on architects to submit their projects for BbN's new global prize.
Karta to exhibit recycled leather flooring at Clerkenwell Design Week
Karta continues to push boundaries in sustainable flooring with its latest innovation, the Recycled Leather Series.
Filmmaker’s Hut
A shingle-clad retreat on the edge of a Finnish lake, Filmmaker’s Hut by Pirinen & Salo blends tactile detailing with the spirit of 1980s action cinema.
Dispatches from Venice: Latvian pavilion
AT talks to... Liene Jākobsone and Ilka Ruby, co-curators of the Latvian pavilion in Venice titled 'Landscape of Defence', which sheds light on what life is like living on the edge of a NATO military border.
Dispatches from Venice: Irish pavilion
AT talks to... curator and art historian Luke Naessens and architect Louise Cotter, co-curators of the Irish pavilion, 'Assembly', in Venice, a timber structure that serves as a space for conversation, rest and "non-hierarchical gathering."
Dispatches from Venice: Dutch pavilion
AT talks to... curator Amanda Pinatih and exhibitor Gabriel Fontana of the Dutch Pavilion at the Venice Biennale about how their pavilion 'SIDELINED' uses sport to rethink how we can coexist.
AT Business Breakfast: Shaping low-carbon practice from the inside out
Architecture Today’s latest Business Breakfast brought together practice leaders to discuss the urgent need to decarbonise architecture’s operational models — and how internal infrastructure, shared values and new technologies are transforming the way we work.
Dispatches from Venice: German Pavilion
AT talks to... Elisabeth Endres, director of the Institute for Building Climatology and Energy of Architecture (IBEA) at the Technical University of Braunschweig and co-curator of the German pavilion 'STRESSTEST' at this year's Venice Biennale.
Dispatches from Venice: Nordic Pavilion
AT talks to... Kaisa Karvinen and Teo Ala-Ruona; the curator and exhibitor behind “Industry Muscle: Five Scores for Architecture”, the Nordic Pavilion at the Venice Architecture Biennale 2025.
Alexander Buck
Buckley Gray Yeoman’s Sustainability Specialist, Alexander Buck, embeds regenerative design into every stage of an architectural project. From rethinking materials, to environmentally responsible AI use, Alexander tells us what it takes to champion systemic change whilst drawing deep inspiration from nature and community.
Dispatches from Venice: Finnish Pavilion
AT talks to... the curators of the Finnish Pavilion, Ella Kaira and Matti Jänkälä, at the Venice Architecture Biennale 2025.
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Dispatches from Venice: Belgian Pavilion
AT talks to... landscape architect Bas Smets, co-curator of the Belgian Pavilion "Building Biospheres" at the Venice Architecture Biennale 2025.
Oxford Brookes Teaching and Workshop Buildings at Headington Hill Campus
ADP Architecture's new teaching centre and specialised workshop on Oxford Brookes' Headington Hill Campus are welcome developments in the university's pledge to reach Net Zero by 2040.
Dispatches from Venice: UAE Pavilion
AT talks to... Azza Aboualam, architect and curator of the UAE National Pavilion at this year's Venice Architecture Biennale, about her Biennale highlights so far and the UAE pavilion Pressure Cooker which addresses how local food production has adapted to evolving climate challenges.
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Dispatches from Venice: The British Pavilion
AT talks to... Owen Hopkins, director of the Farrell Centre and co-curator the British Pavilion at this year’s Venice Architecture Biennale, about how the pavilion reimagines architecture as an earth-bound, reparative practice confronting the intertwined legacies of colonialism and climate crisis.
National Gallery Sainsbury Wing
Selldorf Architects' controversial reworking of the Grade I-listed Sainsbury Wing by Venturi Scott-Brown was always going to be controversial. But did it have to be so polite?
Jude Barber
Jude Barber and Collective Architecture have been leading the way with Social Sustainability long before it hit the mainstream. Now, as sustainability and inclusivity have become central to regenerative practice, they feel at home in this space, and are continuing to re-shape Glasgow's green future.
Pine Heath
Studio Hagen Hall’s transformation of a Hampstead townhouse carefully restores its modernist character while sensitively upgrading its energy performance for contemporary family life.
Dispatches from Venice: San Marco Art Centre
The historic Procuratie, Venice, is set to open its doors to the public for the first time amidst the 2025 Venice Architecture Biennale. Housing the new arts institute San Marco Art Centre AT speaks to its co-founders Anna Bursaux, David Gramazio and David Hrankovic ahead of the launch.
Verdant
Fletcher Priest Architects has completed a major retrofit of 150 Aldersgate, London, retaining 81 per cent of the existing structure and providing 140,000 square feet of workspace for TikTok's UK offices.