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.
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.
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.
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.
Dispatches from Shanghai: Kraipol Jayanetra, Alkhemist Architects
We spoke to Kraipol Jayanetra of Alkhemist Architects about the studio’s playful contribution to the 'Shanghai Picnic' architecture biennial. Using on four colourful mobile carts, the project explores informality, improvisation and spirit in the city.
Building faster, building better
James Hardie explains how fermacell® fibre gypsum boards can help accelerate project timelines without compromising on quality.
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.Â
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.
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.
See the 2025 AT Awards winners revealed at Space House London
Celebrate with the winners of the 2025 Architecture Today Awards for buildings that stand the test of time at Space House in London on Thursday 13th November.
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 Pool, Waltham Forest College
Studio DERA transforms a disused swimming pool into a light-filled, sustainable hub for learning and wellbeing.
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.
Introducing Architecture Today in Ireland
Nelly Greig introduces Issue 1 of Architecture Today in Ireland: a monthly newsletter produced in partnership with Schüco.
in partnership with AccuRoof (formerly SIG Design and Technology)
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.
Dispatches from Dublin: Denise Murray, Metropolitan Workshop
Denise Murray from Metropolitan Workshop talks to AT about balancing delivery and design quality amid Ireland’s housing crisis — and why public understanding of architecture is key to lasting neighbourhoods.
Five minutes with… Colin Mackay from Hawkins\Brown
As Hawkins\Brown embarks on Phase 1 of Parnell Cultural Quarter, Colin Mackay gives AT a first look inside the new centre for cultural exchange, and catches up with Colin Mackay, Partner at the Dublin office.
Spotlight on products in use
in partnership with manufacturers
Gap House
An innovative prototype by BDP for Bristol City Council turns a disused garage site in Horfield into nine sustainable, factory-built homes for social rent.
Meet the client: Conor Sreenan, Office of Public Works, Ireland
Conor Sreenan, State Architect and Principal Architect at the Office of Public Works in Ireland talks to AT about the opportunities and challenges of leading public architecture in a time of national transformation.
Quiet confidence
As offices adapt to hybrid working, acoustic control has become essential for comfort and certification. Optima outlines why independently verified data is critical for specifying glass partitions and doors that perform as designed.
Walk With Your Dreams
Yinka Ilori transforms Milton Keynes Station Square with colour, pattern and planting.
Michael Pawlyn, Exploration Architecture
Exploration Architecture's founder Michael Pawlyn talks about biologically-inspired design approaches, moving beyond PassivHaus to an ideal of ActiveHaus and discussing company policy while making hedgerow jam.
Customised roof glazing for architects
Whitesales explains how its made-to-measure roof glazing systems enable architects to realise distinctive daylighting designs – from contemporary roofscapes to sensitive heritage settings – with assured performance and reliable delivery.
