In this issue: The Regenerative Architecture Index 2025 unveiled; Material Cultures, Purcell, and Marks Barfield on regenerative practice; Collective Works and Jan Kattein Architects on creating a just space for people; and Beau Lotto on why Bruton is his kind of town.
Join us on Wednesday 22nd October to see presentations from Foster + Partners, Propak Architectural, Farrells and McMullen Façades as they present how they worked together to repurpose iconic buildings and drive reuse.
The Wildheart Trust has selected a shortlist of three practices from the 2025 Regenerative Architecture Index to design the International School of Rewilding and Regenerative Agriculture at Sandown on the Isle of Wight: Marks Barfield Architects, BakerBrown Studio and Unknown Works. CEO Lawrence Bates explains what made the practices stand out.
Haworth Tompkins and Athfield Architects’ theatre in central Christchurch brings New Zealand’s largest producing company back to the city centre, combining craft, performance, and community under one roof.
The Architecture Today Awards Live Finals saw 30 projects presented in front of a live audience including the jury. Here's how the day panned out and what those involved had to say.
Grimshaw Partners Andrew Whalley and Neven Sidor reflect on Nick Grimshaw’s pragmatism and quirks, and recall conversations after “several hours and several rounds of scotch and dry ginger.”
A compact two-classroom building by ČTYŘSTĚN brings sheltered gardens, rooftop play space and vibrant interiors to a tight residential site in Šlapanice.
Hugh Broughton Architects is refurbishing eight public toilet blocks across central London. Hugh Broughton discusses procurement complexities, design lessons, integrating public art, and the wider debates around safety, inclusivity, and gender-neutral provision – as well as his top five toilets.
Six projects by Witherford Watson Mann Architects, Purcell, Hugh Strange Architects, Allies and Morrison, Takero Shimazaki Architects, and Herzog & de Meuron with BDP are in the running for this year’s Stirling Prize for the best new project in the UK.
IKO PLC is a new sponsor of the AT Awards. Find out more about the company and hear Marcus Lee, a director at the company below.
A little box of fun: Carmody Groarke reinterprets John Soane’s Dulwich Picture gallery through new a new pavilion that knits together the gallery's landscape while providing new spaces for learning and play.
Bennetts Associates has completed a major renewal of Glasgow’s Citizens Theatre, a project more than a decade in the making. Rory Olcayto, who spent his formative years in Glasgow, visits a building that once bottled the city’s wild energy.
