Master’s Field
Isolde Brampton-Greene2022-08-08T18:30:42+01:00Niall McLaughlin Architects has designed eight low-rise blocks of student rooms and a sports pavilion for Balliol College, Oxford. Amin Taha pays a visit.
Still standing: Fondazione Querini Stampalia
Isolde Brampton-Greene2022-07-25T11:48:50+01:00The astonishing renovation of the lower level of a centuries-old palazzo seduced a whole generation of architects and helped Carlo Scarpa to acquire a cult status that haunts Venetian architects today.
Learning from design codes
Isolde Brampton-Greene2022-08-01T13:06:39+01:00The new National Model Design Code is being trialled across the UK. Gail Mayhew, managing director of Bournemouth, Christchurch & Poole’s new placemaking company FuturePlaces, looks at the lessons that can be learnt from previous attempts to codify urban design.
Research-led practice: White Arkitekter
Isolde Brampton-Greene2022-07-19T14:32:22+01:00
How far can architects push clients towards circular design? Kat Martindale explains how White Arkitekter's research into the environmental and financial benefits of reuse encourages clients to adopt a radical approach.
Materials library: Waugh Thistleton
Isolde Brampton-Greene2022-07-19T16:16:22+01:00Director Andrew Waugh and associate Rachel Crozier discuss working with timber and other low-carbon materials and the challenges involved in changing the way we build.