The colour of clay
AT Editor2026-03-02T10:04:24+00:00Michelmersh explores how pastel, traditional and monochrome clay bricks shape architectural identity, helping designers balance context, character and contemporary expression.
Haberdashers’ Monmouth School Masterplan
Jason Sayer2026-03-02T11:56:22+00:00Levitt Bernstein’s comprehensive retrofit and decarbonisation strategy for Haberdashers’ Monmouth School in Wales transforms six buildings across three town sites, unlocking the potential of existing assets to support a newly co-educational model and a clear path to Net Zero Carbon.
The Hummingbird Learning Lab: the longlist
Isabel Allen2026-10-09T15:34:38+01:00The Hummingbird Learning Lab has selected a longlist of eight practices from the Regenerative Architecture Index for its competition to design a demountable learning space that reflects its neuroscience-grounded approach to education and community engagement.
Expanding the palette
AT Editor2026-03-02T12:40:03+00:00HIMACS introduces 15 new colours to its solid surfaces portfolio for 2026, offering architects greater aesthetic freedom alongside proven performance and sustainability credentials.
Dispatches from Architects Declare: Anna Woodeson
Isabel Allen2026-02-27T09:31:23+00:00Anna Woodeson, Sustainability Director at Buro Happold and a Trustee at Architects Declare, spells out what's wrong with the latest proposals for the National Planning Policy Framework NPPF, and explains how architects can engage with the process and make their voices heard.
Barr Gazetas
Nelly Greig2026-03-06T17:35:22+00:00Having scored the highest of any UK-based architecture practice when receiving B-corp certification in 2024, Barr Gazetas is reinventing practice by proving commercial retrofit can be radically ethical, delivering lasting value for clients, communities and the public realm.
Sound, light and air
AT Editor2026-03-03T16:06:34+00:00Watch the AT webinar, in partnership with Oscar Acoustics and The Rooflight Co, exploring how architects and construction specialists are balancing environmental comfort with performance and inclusivity.
Standing the test of time: Great Bow Yard
Jason Sayer2026-02-27T11:01:36+00:00Rob Delius from Stride Treglown and long-standing resident Kristian Coleman explain how Great Bow Yard in Langport, Somerset – Residential Award winner at the Test of Time Awards 2025 – has settled into its landscape, and why its residents never want to leave.
Standing the test of time: Mills Bakery
Jason Sayer2026-03-04T09:38:36+00:00Jonathan Falkingham, co-founder and creative director of Urban Splash and Jackie Gillespie of Gillespie Yunnie Architects discuss the challenges and joys of working with, rather than against, the 200-year-old Mills Bakery in Plymouth – winner of the Mixed Use Award at the Test of Time Awards 2025.
Orchard House
Jason Sayer2026-02-24T16:30:52+00:00Studio Bark’s modest Paragraph 84 home in the Cheshire Green Belt re-establishes a historic orchard while delivering a low-impact family house rooted in landscape, memory and environmental rigour.
Creative Brick Solutions is the UK distributor for artisan bricks and brick slips from Rairies Montrieux
AT Editor2026-02-23T15:08:57+00:00Creative Brick Solutions is the UK distributor for artisan bricks and brick slips from Rairies Montrieux