Meanwhile Space
Jason Sayer2025-05-23T09:08:58+01:00Curated by Clare Dowdy and Helen Parton, Roca London Gallery’s latest exhibition explores the transformative potential of ‘meanwhile use’, a growing field in which architects and designers activate underused buildings during moments of urban flux.
Dispatches from UKREiiF: Ed Murray, Studio Moren
Isabel Allen2025-05-22T13:03:08+01:00AT chats to Ed Murray from Studio Moren about the haunting echo of value engineering and the joys of designing high end hotels.
Dispatches from UKREiiF: Kirsty Angerer, HLW
Isabel Allen2025-05-22T12:24:00+01:00AT chats to Kirsty Angerer from HLW about the role of the professional ergonomist, the Oxford-Cambridge Growth Corridor, the pressing need for strong leadership and the tension between innovation and human needs.
A Week at the Knees
Jason Sayer2025-05-21T16:53:35+01:00British artist Alex Chinneck’s latest surreal intervention, unveiled this week at Clerkenwell Design Week, reimagines a typical brick façade as a playful, freestanding arched structure.
Dispatches from UKREiiF: Al Scott
Isabel Allen2025-05-21T15:43:03+01:00AT chats to Al Scott from IF_Do about socially purposeful architecture and the role of collaborative design as a means of combatting inequality across the UK.
Dispatches from UKREiiF: Mairi Laverty and Nicola McLachlan of Collective Architecture
Isabel Allen2025-05-21T13:36:59+01:00AT chats to Mairi Laverty and Nicola McLachlan from Collective Architecture about the upsides and downsides of operating as a collective.
Dispatches from UKREiiF: Rob Wheaton
Isabel Allen2025-05-27T11:12:50+01:00AT chats to Rob Wheaton from Stride Treglown about Tai ar y Crd – a pattern book for the efficient delivery of housing using local materials and skills.
The Křižík Pavilions
Jason Sayer2025-06-16T12:39:59+01:00Výstaviště Praha’s revitalisation of the Křižík Pavilions at Prague’s Industrial Palace transforms a once-temporary 1990s structure into a flexible, low-carbon venue, complete with accessible green roofs and an industrial interior.
Sheepcote Road
Jason Sayer2025-05-23T12:21:05+01:00Threefold Architects’ affordable housing scheme in Harrow for Pocket Living delivers 149 compact homes enriched by generous communal landscapes, bridging the architectural heritage of the high street with the needs of a new generation of renters and first-time buyers.
Kilbracken House, Rubgy School
Nelly Greig2025-05-20T16:54:15+01:00Chetwoods Architects has refurbished the Grade-II listed Kilbracken House at Rugby School to provide sustainable new dorms and a modern boarding experience for its students.
Dispatches from UKREiiF: Jerry Tate
Isabel Allen2025-05-20T17:18:52+01:00AT chats to Jerry Tate about tracking down brilliant clients, taking advice from Joe Morris and why UKREiiF is more fun than MIPIM.