Ask the expert: Passive fire protection and the BSA
AT Editor2026-08-03T14:52:06+01:00Darren Brennan, Specification Director at Siderise, answers readers’ questions on passive fire protection under the Building Safety Act.
Still standing: Sagrada Família, Barcelona, 1882-2026
AT Editor2026-08-03T14:43:27+01:00Under the ninth generation of architectural leadership Antoni Gaudí’s Gothic masterpiece was finally inaugurated by Pope Leo XIV in June. So why does the world’s best-known construction project still seem curiously incomplete?
Designing for ageing well: specifying colour and paint in elderly care environments
AT Editor2026-07-24T13:05:28+01:00Dulux Trade's Dawn Scott and Andrew Cleaver, in conversation with Architecture Today's Technical Editor John Ramshaw, discuss how informed colour specification and durable coating solutions can support independence, dignity and long-term performance across elderly care projects.
Fire safety without compromise: KEIM explains why mineral paints are becoming essential in modern UK construction
AT Editor2026-08-03T10:47:46+01:00Fire safety without compromise: KEIM explains why mineral paints are becoming essential in modern UK construction
School of Specification – Forensic fire safety
AT Editor2026-08-03T12:46:01+01:00Sam Morley, Senior Associate at Hawkins, has produced a School of Specification module exploring forensic fire safety. Here, he discusses how fire investigations reveal building defects and the lessons architects can learn from them.
Feltham Green Cabin
AT Editor2026-07-30T15:32:34+01:00A trio of conical timber roofs crowns Burgess Architects' compact community cabin in Feltham, creating a distinctive civic landmark from a modest footprint.
Benedictine Monastery Education & Retreat Centre, Kylemore Abbey
Nelly Greig2026-07-30T12:48:22+01:00Axo Architects has designed a Benedictine monastery on the edge of Pollacappul Lough in Connemara, County Galway – the first female monastery to be built in Ireland for over 400 years. Cormac Murray enjoys the understated confidence of a contemplative building informed by a nuanced response to context and a long-standing relationship between architect and client.
Regenerative Design 2026: Moving from ambition to action
Jason Sayer2026-08-03T09:40:25+01:00Regenerative Design 2026 brings the built environment together to turn ambition into action at The Building Centre in London from 1–30 October.
RAI members photograph St Leonards-on-Sea
Jason Sayer2026-07-30T15:15:59+01:00A free photography workshop at Marine Court combined practical guidance from Timothy Soar with an architectural tour of St Leonards-on-Sea led by Ian Macready.
Marcus Lee
Nelly Greig2026-07-28T15:43:19+01:00Sole practitioner Marcus Lee of LEEP Architects talks to AT about materials investigation, experimentation, designing for change and an 'agri-industrial' ethos that celebrates the raw aesthetic of agricultural infrastructure.
Introducing the July-August 2026 issue of Architecture Today
Jason Sayer2026-08-03T09:39:39+01:00In this issue: the Test of Time Awards finalists, Lahdelma & Mahlamäki’s Lost Shtetl Museum, Ian Volner on Antoni Gaudí’s Sagrada Família, Marcus Lee of LEEP Architects in Reinventing Practice, The Drift in Suffolk, Axo Architects’ Benedictine Monastery at Kylemore Abbey, Materials Library with BakerBrown, and Farid Esmaeil’s Dubai in My Kind of Town – and much more.
Safe doesn’t have to mean the same
AT Editor2026-07-28T11:56:35+01:00Janie Mullaney of Equitone argues that greater transparency, earlier collaboration and better procurement can deliver social housing that is both safe and architecturally distinctive.