Photographer Timothy Soar shares his photographs – and his impressions – of Third Space in Udaipur by Studio SAAR, a vibrant cultural and educational hub born from a belief that communities deserve places of aspiration, not as a luxury, but as a birthright.
The Tractor Shed House
Bindloss Dawes Architects has transformed a modest agricultural structure on the edge of Nether Compton, Dorset, into a zero-carbon home, drawing on the pragmatism of rural construction to deliver a warm, precise and light interior.
Ask the expert: Navigating Whole Life Carbon Assessment for flat roofs
Louis Weir, Sustainability Manager at IKO, answers readers’ questions on how whole life carbon assessment is shaping the design and specification of flat roofing systems.
Materials library: tp bennett
Carmen Wochner explains how the practice’s carefully curated materials library blends product inspiration and tactility with a desire to educate and inform.
RIBA President’s Medals 2025
History, ecology and cultural memory converge in the RIBA President’s Medals 2025, which recognise outstanding student work from around the world.
Intelligent specification
How can the construction industry accelerate the transition to net zero? And where do the main challenges and opportunities lie in relation to intelligent design and specification? These questions were addressed by a panel of experts at a round table discussion in London hosted by AT in partnership with IKO.
Futurebuild 2026
Connecting ambition with action is the focus of Futurebuild 2026, which takes place at Excel London from 3rd-5th March.
Blaise Diagne International Airport
At Senegal’s Blaise Diagne International Airport, a combination of Şişecam’s high-performance Solar Low-E glazing and advanced laminated safety glass mitigate intense climatic conditions, while also ensuring high levels of transparency, comfort and security.
School of Specification – Materials Passports
Rachel Hoolahan, Associate Director at Orms, has produced a School of Specification module on Materials Passports. She considers the advantages and challenges of implementing materials passports as well as how project teams can start using them.
Zayed National Museum
Designed by Foster + Partners, the UAE’s national museum in Abu Dhabi explores the history, identity and legacy of the nation through striking architecture, immersive displays, and a high-performance environmental strategy.
Istanbul Airport
High-performance glass from Şişecam delivers energy efficiency, acoustic comfort and safety, across one of the world’s largest transport hubs.
A new future for Udaipur
Ananya Singhal of Studio Saar explains his game plan to rescue his hometown of Udaipur, India, from the ravages of uncontrolled development and empower its residents to envisage – and insist on – a regenerative future.
Tiny House
Luxembourg’s first 3D-printed home tackles the country’s prominent housing crisis, producing an economical and environmentally responsible solution.
Reflections: Ronchamp Chapel
John Pardey on how Le Corbusier’s Ronchamp Chapel marked a revolutionary departure from his machine-age classicism — a sculptural, light-filled sanctuary where curved walls, hooded towers and a hovering roof reimagined the possibilities of modern sacred architecture.
Raymond Chandler Library
A new library is the first move in alma-nac’s reworking of the Junior and Lower School campus at London’s Dulwich College. Former pupil Ken Okonkwo explains how the project embeds net zero principles, reflects the school’s culture of curiosity and collaboration, and has doubled the number of borrowed library books.
Dispatches from Udaipur, India
Mike Tonkin and Anna Liu of Tonkin Liu chat to AT about the lessons to be learnt from rickshaws at rush hour, intergenerational households, and Krishnamurti's wise words.
Dispatches from Izmir, Turkey
Office of Displaced Designers (ODD) is calling on UK construction professionals to support She Repairs, an initiative to help women in Izmir's displaced communities to provide their households with a safe and comfortable home.
Wood fibre insulation explained
STEICO answers questions on wood fibre insulation, exploring its suitability for housebuilding and its role in addressing embodied carbon, overheating risk, moisture control, acoustic performance and indoor air quality.
The Sutton Estate
CIVIC and HTA Design’s conservation-led renewal of Chelsea’s historic Sutton Estate transforms four Edwardian mansion blocks into sustainable homes while restoring the estate’s architectural character and reshaping its landscape into a sociable, biodiverse network of gardens.
in partnership with AccuRoof (formerly SIG Design and Technology)
School of Specification – Introduction to Specifications
Nick Schumann shares some of the lessons learnt from a career as a leading expert on design management and specifications, particularly how they relate to costs, purchasing, risk management, and various construction contract types.
My Kind of Town: Ole Scheeren
From childhood days spent wandering around his fathers architecture school, to his formative arrival in the city on Schenzhen, Ole Scheeren takes us through his three-decade-long relationship with China's tech capital, tracing it's evolution from fishing village to global megacity.
Hinsley Lane
Allies and Morrison’s Passivhaus student village for St John’s College, Cambridge, offers a quietly persuasive model for academic institutions grappling with the demands of net zero, student wellbeing, and urban integration.
Spotlight on products in use
in partnership with manufacturers
Making the grade
Kingfisher Louvres discusses the performance and aesthetic benefits of its high-quality louvre systems for education projects.
Harcourt Terrace Primary School
tún Architects have designed a new primary school in the southside of Dublin that introduces a new kind of flexible learning to inner city schools. AT hears from David Jameson and Rose Bonner, co-founders of tún alongside Paul Fox, about what they've been up to since.
Dispatches from Dublin: John Tuomey, O’Donnell & Tuomey
From the AT Schüco Dublin City Dialogue event, John Tuomey, who was recently awarded the RIAI Gandon Medal lifetime achievement award alongside Sheila O’Donnell, reflects on the barriers facing emerging Irish architectural talent, the need to build true neighbourhoods rather than unit numbers, and why he remains optimistic about the future of Irish architecture.
Still Standing: Convention Centre Dublin, Ireland, 2010
Kevin Roche’s only completed commission in his home town survived bureaucratic infighting, spiralling budgets and public disdain to become a catalyst for the revival of Dublin’s Docklands as a thriving business district.
Introducing the November-December 2025 issue of Architecture Today
In this issue: Learning from the local with Piers Taylor; Revisiting Kevin Roche’s Dublin catalyst; expert insight into specifications from Nick Schumann; Atelier Ten on the adaptive reuse of Space House; Josh McCosh on low-impact practice; Bovenbouw Architectuur and David Kohn Architects’ Hasselt Beguinage; alma-nac’s new library at Dulwich College; Allies and Morrison’s Passivhaus student village for Cambridge; Materials Library with tp bennett and more.
2025 AT Awards Winners announced
The winners of the 2025 Architecture Today Awards for buildings that stand the test of time were announced on Thursday 13 November at Space House London. See who were the winners in each of the 11 categories for this year.
