Materials library: Squire & Partners
Peter Songi2022-07-20T17:52:21+01:00Maria Cheung explains how two meticulously organised materials libraries reflect the importance of materiality, craft and making to the practice’s design approach.
Designing for workplace health and wellbeing
AT Editor2021-09-22T15:30:24+01:00An AT webinar, supported by Geberit and Oscar Acoustics, exploring best practice design for workplace health and wellbeing is taking place on Wednesday 22nd September.
Pushing the envelope
AT Editor2021-10-04T08:53:02+01:00Resibuild’s informative new book, ‘The External Envelope Vision’, reinforces the need for collaborative working practices on modern construction projects.
Metal Cladding and Roofing Selection Best Practice
AT Editor2021-12-02T10:33:07+00:00Simon Walker, Category Manager at SIG Zinc & Copper, discusses best practice for selecting metal cladding and roofing with Architecture Today’s Technical Editor John Ramshaw.
Modular Rooflights in Flat Roofs Best Practice
AT Editor2021-11-04T10:53:56+00:00Ian Dryden, National Specification Manager Bituminous Membranes at SIG Design and Technology, discusses best practice for incorporating modular rooflights into flat roofs with Architecture Today’s Technical Editor John Ramshaw.
Rooflights in Zinc Roofing Best Practice
AT Editor2021-09-07T11:21:30+01:00Simon Walker, Category Manager at SIG Zinc & Copper, explores best practice for incorporating rooflights into standing seam zinc roofs with Architecture Today’s Technical Editor John Ramshaw.
Still standing: Denver Central Library, 1996
Peter Songi2023-12-21T15:33:21+00:00Confident and serene, Michael Graves' Denver Library stands as a riposte to the notion of postmodernism as a mish-mash of populism and pizazz. Ian Volner assesses the enduring appeal of a building that has survived a quarter of a century with dignity and grace.
Sociable housing
Peter Songi2021-09-07T11:01:38+01:00Stolon Studio champions the virtues of “sociable housing”, where small communities are nurtured by shared outdoor space, but the lockdowns of the past 16 months have seen this building type truly come into its own.
Testing times
AT Editor2021-09-30T13:01:40+01:00Radmat explores the latest fire guidance for the design of roofs, terraces and balconies.
David Ogunmuyiwa
Isabel Allen2022-11-22T12:13:38+00:00David Ogunmuyiwa values the connection between practice, personal experience and community and works within a few minutes’ walk of buildings that have shaped his life.
Sustainable facades
AT Editor2022-05-05T12:15:39+01:00Watch our webinar in collaboration with Schüco, which explores the future of sustainable, multitasking facades.
Birkbeck campus
Jessica Mairs2021-08-31T09:03:42+01:00Penoyre & Prasad has added a copper-clad roof extension to 373 Euston Road and transformed the building into a new campus for Birkbeck, University of London.