Owen Hopkins and Catrina Stewart in conversation with Isabel Allen
Postmodernism versus multiform, making clients smile and the role of pattern, playfulness and ornament in contemporary architecture.
Special Exhibitions Gallery
Louis Mayes speaks to Carmody Groarke about the new gallery at the Manchester Museum of Science and Industry, created by cloaking the interior of a Grade II listed warehouse.
My kind of town: Nigel Coates
The British architect, designer and writer on making a second home in Florence, where he has set up a workshop in the "bowels" of the Porta Romana district.
Anticipatory Architecture
An AT Schüco webinar exploring how buildings can be designed to respond more positively to environmental, economic and social change is taking place on Wednesday 26 May.
One Chamberlain Square
Eric Parry Architects’ One Chamberlain Square is the latest in a series of office buildings designed by the practice over 30 years. Parry and Tom Emerson discuss the project’s urban ambitions, material character and design development.
Top performer
Simon Blackham, Technical Manager at Recticel Insulation, discusses how innovative PIR insulation can contribute to healthy sustainable homes.
Sarah Gaventa and Alex Lifschutz in conversation with Isabel Allen
The Illuminated River project, painting with light and the challenges involved in realising the longest public art project in the world.
Montague House
An upside-down house on Hayling Island is the latest in a series of one-off houses by John Pardey Architects.
Service Culture
Pendock brings high-quality architectural linings to an award-winning motorway service station near Leeds.
John Pardey and Chris Loyn in conversation with Isabel Allen
Montague House, reading the site, marriage guidance counselling and the delicate chemistry between architect and client.
Lifting the lid on hygiene
A panel discussion hosted by Geberit explores the future of the office post Covid.
Still standing
In the first of a series of revisits, Architecture Today’s new contributing editor Ian Volner assesses the significance of an instant icon that has stood the test of time, beginning with Mies van der Rohe's Seagram Building.
Hertford Theatre
Bennetts Associates reveals plans to update Hertford Theatre with new cinema screens, performance space and a riverside cafe.
The Post Building
Simon Allford talks to Glenn Howells about AHMM's transformation of the derelict Royal Mail sorting office into a mixed-use city block in London's "knowledge quarter".
House of cards
Elastico Farm has designed a pair of houses at Torrazza Piemonte outside Turin, that experiment with the structural possibilities of granite and disrupt the monotony of the suburban setting.
In Detail: Roofing
Product Update
Working with period properties
Architects have a lot to consider when modernising period properties. Peter Daniel, Product Innovation Director at The Rooflight Company, explains how rooflights can be part of the solution.
Making an entrance
Tim Checketts, Head of Specification and Development at dormakaba, discusses the key trends driving specification and product innovation in the commercial door sector.
Getting it right
VMZINC explores best practice for specifying zinc roofing and cladding.
Together World Tour
Ideal Standard has announced a unique series of international showcases that blend an innovative digital format with the attraction of a physical event.
Specification
Redefining Luxury
Schlüter-Systems take hotel bathrooms to the next level
Capital Ideas
High-performance roofing and insulation products from Radmat have contributed to outstanding levels of sustainability at Bloomberg’s European HQ in London
Envelope
Metalline: the first and only fabricator of A1 rainscreen and insulated spandrel panels
Cavity Trays provides gas control solutions for contaminated sites
Planibel Easy glass from AGC helps to reduce Covid-19 contamination when exposed to daylight
