As the new National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) pushes suburban densification as a means of unlocking land for 1.8 million new homes, Neil Deely from Metropolitan Workshop shares the practice’s proposals for reinventing the suburbs to facilitate changing lifestyles and demographic.
A near-verbatim recitation of the great New York apartments of yesteryear, Robert A.M. Stern’s ‘Limestone Jesus’ heralded a major architectural trend and delivered one of the most commercially successful condominium developments in the history of the city.
From their base in a refurbished victorian school in central Glasgow, Hamilton Hay Van Jonker speak to AT about their love of continuity and change, 'Speed Mentoring', and what it's like to work as 'one chapter in a building's long history'.
In this issue: Becca Thomas visits O'DonnellBrown's Millport Town Hall on the Isle of Cumbrae, Metropolitan Workshop's Neil Deely sets out a vision for the densification and reinvention of our suburbs, Still Standing: Robert A.M Stern's 15 Central Park West, We Made That's Tom Fox features in Reinventing Practice, Materials Library with dMFK, and Piers Taylor's Sydney in My Kind of Town. And much more!
Jihoon Baek’s inventive reimagining of the Gurnell Leisure Centre in Ealing, west London – winner of the Student Prize at the Test of Time Awards 2025 – explores urban disconnection and equitable leisure opportunities across Metropolitan Open Land.
Siderise discusses how its RH & RV Brick Slip Cavity Barrier System supports the safe, compliant use of mechanically-fixed brick slip façades, addressing fire performance, interface detailing and installation.
Photographer Timothy Soar explains why he is holding a series of free-to-attend workshops at different locations around the country for members of the Regenerative Architecture Index to hone their photography skills.
Spanning materials, energy and placemaking, Futurebuild 2026’s Knowledge Programme examines how the built environment is moving from ambition to delivery across net zero, retrofit and regenerative design.
AccuRoof Trading Director Robert Edwards discusses how a more rigorous, evidence-led approach to flat roof design can strengthen specification, reduce risk and support accountable practice.
New York’s New Museum has a new extension. Designed by Office for Metropolitan Architecture (OMA) with executive architect Cooper Robertson, the expansion addresses the institution’s desire for increased capacity to host its growing public programme.
Haworth Tompkins’ comprehensive renewal of a Grade II-listed theatre in North Wales reimagines a 1970s arts complex as an open, accessible and low-carbon cultural hub rooted in its rural setting.
'The Future of Student Living', a panel discussion hosted by Walsh on 19 March, looked at two recent PBSA projects whose viability has been positively impacted by engineering design.
