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Dispatches from UKREiiF: Rob Wheaton

2025-05-27T11:12:50+01:00

AT 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.

Dispatches from UKREiiF: Rob Wheaton2025-05-27T11:12:50+01:00

Dispatches from UKREiiF: Mellis Haward

2025-05-20T17:18:52+01:00

AT chats to Mellis Haward from Archio about finding the formula for healthy competition, housing nerdery and organised fun – and the secret of a good pub quiz.

Dispatches from UKREiiF: Mellis Haward2025-05-20T17:18:52+01:00

Dispatches from UKREiiF: JJ Lorraine

2025-05-20T17:18:52+01:00

AT chats to JJ Lorraine from Morrow + Lorraine about persuading the GLA and local authorities to divert S106 budgets towards trainees, the joys of 'plug-and-play' and 'desk-to-bed' and submitting ideas to paper in the middle of the night.

Dispatches from UKREiiF: JJ Lorraine2025-05-20T17:18:52+01:00

National Gallery Sainsbury Wing

2025-05-12T14:15:10+01:00

Selldorf Architects' controversial reworking of the Grade I-listed Sainsbury Wing by Venturi Scott-Brown was always going to be controversial. But did it have to be so polite?  

National Gallery Sainsbury Wing2025-05-12T14:15:10+01:00

Dock Side Story

2025-05-06T10:32:16+01:00

The success of British Land and AustralianSuper's Canada Water regeneration scheme rests on its ability to tempt corporate tenants to an untested part of town. As the project's first commercial building opens for business Isabel Allen asks whether the gamble has paid off.  

Dock Side Story2025-05-06T10:32:16+01:00

De Valera Library and Súil Gallery

2025-04-29T15:00:34+01:00

Keith Williams Architects' library and art gallery in Ennis, County Clare, Ireland, is a critical building block in the town's social infrastructure and a well-used civic space.  

De Valera Library and Súil Gallery2025-04-29T15:00:34+01:00

Marks Barfield Architects on Being a Good Ancestor

2025-04-23T13:08:46+01:00

Marks Barfield Architects was one of the front-runners in the Being a Good Ancestor section of the 2024 Regenerative Architecture Index. In this video Julia Barfield and Darcy Arnold-Jones chart the practice's journey towards regenerative architecture, and share some of the initiatives and projects that made the practice stand out.

Marks Barfield Architects on Being a Good Ancestor2025-04-23T13:08:46+01:00

One month to go until FOOTPRINT+ 2025

2025-04-15T09:32:45+01:00

Watch: Footprint founders Tim Pyne and Emily Day talk to AT Editor Isabel Allen about striking a balance between producing an influential conference and throwing the best party in town.

One month to go until FOOTPRINT+ 20252025-04-15T09:32:45+01:00

Project Orange

2025-04-02T12:08:15+01:00

From regenerative design to material rationing, Christopher Ash and James Soane from Project Orange explore the urgent need for a paradigm shift in how we build, renovate, and engage with communities.

Project Orange2025-04-02T12:08:15+01:00

Rachel Hoolahan

2025-03-17T17:56:19+00:00

For Rachel Hoolahan of Orms the transition to regenerative design involves systems thinking coupled with a willingness to try different things, learn from mistakes, remain optimistic and celebrate the wins.

Rachel Hoolahan2025-03-17T17:56:19+00:00
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