AT Editor Isabel Allen questions whether the Government’s new towns programme, defined by targets and delivery mechanisms, risks overlooking the vision, leadership and collective purpose needed to create places where communities can genuinely thrive.
A site visit in Bruton, Somerset, brought together the longlisted architects for the Hummingbird Learning Lab with Architecture Today and Hummingbird founders Beau Lotto and Dave Strudwick – offering a first-hand encounter with an ambitious, neuroscience-led vision for regenerative education and the landscape that will shape it.
Impepinable Studio’s workplace for a seed production company in rural Cuenca, Spain, uses repurposed shipping containers and locally sourced construction methods to create a flexible, light-filled environment that bridges agricultural production and technological innovation.
Join us on 7th May to explore how blue roof systems are transforming the fifth façade into active infrastructure – from managing stormwater and supporting SuDS compliance, to unlocking development potential and delivering more resilient, multifunctional buildings.
Ian Chalk Architects has refurbished Cambridge’s historic Arts Theatre, renewing the venue’s auditorium and backstage areas, balancing technical upgrade with the preservation of intimacy, craftsmanship and acoustic performance.
HTA Design’s new play landscape for Crystal Palace Park draws on the site’s 19th-century ‘journey through time’ concept to create an immersive environment that combines education, accessibility and imaginative play within a wider programme of park regeneration.
Ark-Shelter and Archekta’s 20 m² off-grid retreat at the edge of the Zlatý Roh vineyards above Devín Castle compresses full domestic function into a single modular volume, operating year-round without connection to mains services while opening almost entirely to the surrounding landscape.
Nissen Richards Studio and SP(R)INT Studio's permanent exhibition and interior design for a visitor centre at Lake Mývatn uses Iceland's volcanic landscape as both subject and setting, creating an immersive environment that draws geology, ecology and culture into a single, coherent experience.
Jihoon Baek’s inventive reimagining of the Gurnell Leisure Centre in Ealing, west London – winner of the Student Prize at the Test of Time Awards 2025 – explores urban disconnection and equitable leisure opportunities across Metropolitan Open Land.
New York’s New Museum has a new extension. Designed by Office for Metropolitan Architecture (OMA) with executive architect Cooper Robertson, the expansion addresses the institution’s desire for increased capacity to host its growing public programme.
Haworth Tompkins’ comprehensive renewal of a Grade II-listed theatre in North Wales reimagines a 1970s arts complex as an open, accessible and low-carbon cultural hub rooted in its rural setting.
'The Future of Student Living', a panel discussion hosted by Walsh on 19 March, looked at two recent PBSA projects whose viability has been positively impacted by engineering design.
