Pilgrim’s journey
AT Editor2024-09-02T13:52:21+01:00A geometric white-concrete pavilion by Álvaro Siza forms a striking addition to the Monastery of Leça do Balio near Porto.
Celebrating best practice: How to deliver award-winning façades
Jason Sayer2024-10-21T16:00:16+01:00Join us on Thursday 10th October for an AT Schüco Showroom Talk where industry experts discuss how architects and fabricators are working together to deliver award-winning façades.
Sydney Metro City Line
Jason Sayer2024-09-03T12:14:14+01:00A key section of the Sydney Metro, Australia’s biggest public transport project, has finally opened. Set to total 46 stations and 113km of new railway line, we take a look at four of the stations that have just completed, designed by Foster + Partners, Architectus, Cox Architecture, Woods Bagot and John McAslan + Partners.
Dispatches from the Office of Displaced Designers
Jason Sayer2024-08-29T12:01:13+01:00Office of Displaced Designers (ODD) is calling on UK construction professionals for urgent funding to equip architects and designers in Gaza with the skills to rebuild from the ruins of their homeland. Founder Shareen Elnaschie and one of the co-directors Elizabeth Cunningham explain how you can help.
Learning from Venturi Scott Brown: The National Gallery’s Sainsbury Wing
Jason Sayer2024-08-30T15:59:40+01:00Richard Pain argues that proposed amendments to the National Gallery’s Sainsbury Wing should take heed of the building’s intrinsic qualities, as well as Robert Venturi and Denise Scott Brown’s sophisticated, spirited design.
Rathbone Street Garage
Jason Sayer2024-08-27T15:44:52+01:00In Fitzrovia, Central London, White Red Architects has given an old warehouse a new lease of life as a garage and office space in a project that re-connected a client with their great grandfather.
Enhancing urban development
AT Editor2024-08-29T08:29:19+01:00Bauder explains how green roofs can help meet biodiversity net gain (BNG) requirements, ensuring habitats for wildlife are left in a measurably enhanced condition compared to their state before development.
Dispatches from The Bottle Factory: OHSH Projects
Jason Sayer2024-08-27T11:06:37+01:00Henry Hussey and Sophia Olver, co-founders of OHSH Projects – a travelling artistic project that links artists and spaces – speak to AT about their latest exhibition, VESSEL, currently on show at The Bottle Factory in southeast London.
The elephant in the roof
AT Editor2024-08-29T08:32:11+01:00Paul Trace from Stella Rooflight discusses the practicalities involved in specifying large rooflights.
Arding & Hobbs
Jason Sayer2024-08-29T15:54:48+01:00The historic Arding & Hobbs department store in Clapham Junction has undergone a mixed-use restoration by London studio Stiff + Trevillion, now offering a gym, food hall and office space.
One High Line
Jason Sayer2024-08-23T14:29:31+01:00New York City’s High Line is now home to ‘One High Line’, a pair of sculptural towers designed by Danish studio Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG).
LiGHT 24: Where lighting and design unite
AT Editor2024-08-29T08:33:51+01:00The UK’s only dedicated lighting specification exhibition runs at the Business Design Centre in London from 20 to 21 November 2024.