The Ismaili Center, Houston
The Ismaili Center, Houston

Farshid Moussavi Architecture’s design for the first Ismaili Center in the US creates a serene, civic sanctuary that overlooks Houston’s Buffalo Bayou.

University of Gloucestershire City Campus

ADP Architects have transformed Gloucester’s landmark Art Deco Debenhams into a new home for the University of Gloucestershire and the city’s central library.

East River Park and Solar One Environmental Education Centre

One of New York City's largest and most ambitious infrastructure projects is one step closer to completion with the opening of key areas in East River Park and the new Solar One Environmental Education Centre. Led by BIG, the scheme’s latest phase demonstrates robust coastal defence under the guise of an impressive and truly public space.

Dispatches from Sir John Soane’s Museum: Madelon Vrisendorp

AT speaks to artist Madelon Vriesendorp, the first UK-based female recipient of the Soane Medal, about her enduring connection with Sir John Soane, the playful legacy of Flagrant Délit, and why imagination, instinct and curiosity remain at the heart of her work.

Call for expressions of interest: The Hummingbird Learning Lab

The Hummingbird Learning Lab invites expressions of interest for the design, development and delivery of a demountable project for an inspirational space for learning, research and exploration that reflects its neuroscience-grounded approach to education and community engagement.

Dispatches from Shanghai: Studio Vapore

We spoke to Italian architect, Erica Borsa of Studio Vapore, about why she set up shop in China and about A Gentle Reclaim, the practice’s poetic installation for the 'Shanghai Picnic' architecture biennial.

Timber inspiration and knowledge in partnership with James Latham

2025 Brick Awards

dRMM's Silvertown Tunnel project wins the Supreme Award at this year’s Brick Awards run by the Brick Development Association.

Preserving heritage with purpose

The Rooflight Co explains how its CPD, Conservation Rooflights in Context, goes beyond the classroom and into the heart of high-quality British manufacturing.

Architecture Today September-October 2025

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Reflections: Maison de Verre

John Pardey on how Pierre Chareau and Bernard Bijvoët's  Maison de Verre (House of Glass) redefined domestic architecture in 1930s Paris — fusing craft and industry, transparency and privacy, transforming a bourgeois townhouse into a luminous, steel-framed gesamtkunstwerk.

Building faster, building better

James Hardie explains how fermacell® fibre gypsum boards can help accelerate project timelines without compromising on quality.

Reinventing practice

Stone Demonstration

Webb Yates, Arup, Groupwork’s three-storey prototype at Earls Court explores how pre-tensioned stone can replace carbon-intensive materials, reimagining the structural frame as a durable, low-energy and reusable system for the future of construction.

One Great Cumberland Place

Gort Scott has completed an environmentally-focused interior fit-out for The Portman Estate’s new head office in London, combining spatial flexibility with low-carbon materials and extensive planting.

LennaMare School

BDP’s new school in Lemmer, The Netherlands, draws on the region’s vernacular barns to create a calm, light-filled learning environment.

Marks Barfield Architects

Marks Barfield Architects discuss viewing buildings as material banks; drawing inspiration from biomimicry to shape the culture and structure of the practice and taking a principled position on projects at home and overseas. 

Doshi Retreat

A contemplative structure designed by Pritzker Prize-winning architect Balkrishna Doshi, in collaboration with his granddaughter Khushnu Panthaki Hoof and Sönke Hoof, is the latest addition to the Vitra Campus in Weil am Rhein.

Delivering social value

The Keystone Group’s 2025 Social Value Report highlights the positive contribution it is making across the construction industry and beyond.

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

VMZINC Gallery 2025

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Cairo Pergola

CLUSTER and THISS Studio with Orient Productions’ vivid red pavilion reclaims public space along the Nile River in Cairo as a stage for community, performance and environmental action.

Reimagining iconic buildings

Architects and façade specialists from Foster + Partners, Propak Architectural, Farrells and Schüco discuss how they collaborated to repurpose two of London’s landmark buildings – The Whiteley and Powerhouse – at an event exploring the value of reuse and restoration.

Plastic Box

Minimal Studio’s radical reworking of a Majorca supermarket explores consumer culture through minimalist design.

Spotlight on products in use
in partnership with manufacturers

AT Webinar: Navigating Gateway 2

Join us on Wednesday 12 November for a focused session on the key responsibilities and practical steps design teams need to take when working on higher-risk buildings and preparing for Gateway 2 submissions.

The hidden cost of noise

Ben Hancock, Managing Director of Oscar Acoustics, explains why poor acoustics are quietly undermining offices, and how businesses are paying the price.

The Gallery

Cagni Williams Associates has reworked an Edwardian terraced house in south London, replacing the rear conservatory with a Corten steel-and-glass extension, and delivering a low-energy retrofit with carefully crafted spaces.

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