The Hanging Gardens of Basingstoke
Jason Sayer2025-01-30T13:14:32+00:00In Hampshire, the renewal of a celebrated modernist icon, formerly Mountbatten House, integrates more than 20,000 new plants alongside new commercial workspace.
Dispatches from the British Embassy in Paris
Jason Sayer2025-01-24T21:37:58+00:00AT reports back from the UK Architecture Showcase: a two-day event which was hosted this week at the British Embassy in Paris.
Plashet Road
Jason Sayer2025-01-23T17:06:07+00:00Levitt Bernstein’s Passivhaus-certified social housing for Newham Council adds new affordable and sustainable units in East London.
Jirčany Fire Station
Jason Sayer2025-01-16T12:13:52+00:00SOA architekti’s Jirčany Fire Station, located just south of Prague, draws on the typology of rural barns to deliver a functional and symbolic civic building that bridges its residential and educational surroundings.
AT Heritage & Conservation Webinar
Jason Sayer2025-02-20T13:09:51+00:00Join us on Thursday 20th February to learn about how architects, clients and suppliers are adapting existing buildings to improve inclusivity, reduce energy costs and meet carbon targets.
Field House
Jason Sayer2025-01-14T12:30:30+00:00Wilkinson King Architects and Webb Yates Engineers’ low-carbon family home on the South Downs in West Sussex integrates structural stone and cross-laminated timber (CLT) to make the most of its rural setting.
Reflections: Kimbell Art Museum
Jason Sayer2025-01-14T15:07:02+00:00John Pardey reflects on Louis Kahn's Kimbell Art Museum (1972) in Fort Worth, Texas – a building with classical qualities that offers a series of exquisite vaulted galleries and which embodies Kahn's approach to space and weight in architecture.
Archigram 10
Jason Sayer2025-01-10T17:27:08+00:00Fifty years after its last issue, Archigram returns with a new publication: Archigram 10. Edited by Peter Cook and featuring contributions from members of the original group alongside a global cohort of contemporary practitioners, the latest edition revisits the radical ethos that redefined architecture in the 1960s and 70s.
Walworth Town Hall
Jason Sayer2025-01-17T16:15:06+00:00Feix and Merlin’s restoration and transformation of Walworth Town Hall in South London establishes a dynamic new workspace and community hub, breathing new life into the Grade-II listed landmark over a decade after it was damaged by fire.
Aalto’s Finlandia Hall restored
Jason Sayer2025-01-08T14:13:10+00:00Arkkitehdit NRT’s restoration of Alvar Aalto’s Helsinki landmark, Finlandia Hall, combines architectural heritage with new public spaces, offering a revitalised venue for events, dining, and design.
The CuBo building, Campus Bio-Medico University
Jason Sayer2025-01-06T17:50:16+00:00A multifunctional education and events building for the Campus Bio-Medico University in Rome, by Italian studios Labics and Topotek 1, integrates public space and landscape in the first phase of a thirty-year development plan.
Vuosaari Bioenergy Heating Plant
Jason Sayer2025-01-03T10:02:55+00:00Kivinen Rusanen Architects completes an energy-efficient bioenergy facility in Helsinki, supporting the city’s push for carbon neutrality by 2030.