Build Back Safer – best practice for building and fire safety
Jason Sayer2022-09-30T21:38:30+01:00The incoming Building Safety Act was the impetus for our Build Back Safer panel discussion chaired by Jane Duncan and hosted at Schüco’s London showroom. Find out what speakers from Foster + Partners, Enfield Council, PRP Architects contributed to the conversation on building and fire safety.
David Mikhail
Isabel Allen2022-11-22T12:13:30+00:00David Mikhail and his partner are combining their passion for woodland and architecture by using chestnut and ash from overgrown woodland for their own new-build Passive House in Whitstable.
Morag Myerscough creates ocean plastic installation on Oxford Street
Jessica Mairs2022-11-22T12:16:26+00:00Artist Morag Myerscough has unveiled an aerial art installation running the length of London’s Oxford Street to encourage action on the transition to a low carbon future.
art’otel Hoxton
Isolde Brampton-Greene2022-10-17T12:52:12+01:00Squire and Partners has designed a bespoke ‘cogwheel’ façade for art’otel, a 26-storey art-inspired hotel in London’s Hoxton. Partner Murray Levinson talks to Architecture Today about the challenges involved.
Meet the judges: Amin Taha
Jessica Mairs2022-09-01T10:04:57+01:00When it comes to assessing whether a building has best stood the test of time, Architecture Today Awards judge Amin Taha will be looking out for projects using materials with the lowest embodied carbon possible.
Architecture Today Awards 2022
Jason Sayer2022-10-03T15:42:16+01:00The finalists have been announced for the Architecture Today Awards, a new awards programme designed specifically to recognise buildings that have stood the test of time.
Retrofit Reimagined
Jessica Mairs2022-11-22T12:26:28+00:00Birmingham's Retrofit Reimagined festival was a welcome switch up of the traditional archi-event and a chance for meaningful conversation on the action needed to address climate crisis, finds Bobby Jewell.
Meet the judges: Heather Topel
Jessica Mairs2022-09-01T10:05:07+01:00I’m keen to hear about the journey buildings have been on – how the world has evolved since the brief was set, says Architecture Today Awards judge and Grosvenor development director Heather Topel.
Master’s Field
Isolde Brampton-Greene2022-11-22T12:16:26+00:00Niall McLaughlin Architects has designed eight low-rise blocks of student rooms and a sports pavilion for Balliol College, Oxford. Amin Taha pays a visit.
Meet the judges: David Partridge
Jessica Mairs2022-09-01T10:05:15+01:00It is a really good idea to assess buildings after they have been in occupation, rather than a bright shiny new (unused) objects, says Architecture Today Awards judge, Related Argent chair David Partridge.
Safety first: Designing fire-resistant buildings
AT Editor2022-11-22T12:26:28+00:00An AT Schüco webinar exploring fire-resistant building design in response to the new Building Safety Act is taking place on Wednesday 31st August.