Making challenging sites work
AT Editor2021-12-06T14:22:51+00:00An online seminar hosted by Schüco and Architecture Today explored different approaches to creating high-quality housing developments on difficult urban and suburban sites.
An online seminar hosted by Schüco and Architecture Today explored different approaches to creating high-quality housing developments on difficult urban and suburban sites.
Roofing and Cladding Project architect Martin Gray of ECE Architecture discusses best practice design for zinc roofing and cladding at the Lady Bee Enterprise Centre in Shoreham with Architecture Today’s Technical Editor John Ramshaw
Roofing and Cladding Architect Luke Dewey of Metropolitan Workshop, and Contracts Director Tim Coakley of All Metal Roofing discuss best practice design for zinc roofing and cladding at 83 Barchester Street in east London, with Architecture Today’s Technical Editor John Ramshaw
Awards
Entry to the 2020 Schueco Excellence Awards has been extended to Friday 31 July
Envelope A former hotel on Morecambe seafront has been restored and repurposed using Icynene’s high-performance insulation
Roofing Architect Robert Griffiths of AWW, and Terry Fearfield, Specification Manager at SIGA Natural Slate discuss best practice design for slate roofing at Brandon Yard in Bristol, with Architecture Today’s Technical Editor John Ramshaw
Building
BPTW's Rochester Riverside is named 'Winner of Winners' at the 2020 Housing Design Awards
Viewpoint
The authors and subjects that dominate our bookshelves reinforce inequalities in architecture, says Zoë Berman
Our CPD in partnership with VMZINC explores the benefits of building with zinc.
Building Review
Surman Weston has synthesised suburban references at a house in Surbiton, finds Lauren Teague
Interiors
A wayfinding scheme at Resorts World Birmingham exploits the placemaking potential of colour, says architect James Webster
Drawing Out
In the first of a series of pieces on drawing and the design process, Roz Barr talks to Louis Mayes about developing her ideas through sketches