Best practice for designing natural slate roofs
AT Editor2024-04-16T10:05:41+01:00SIG Roofing Natural Slate Trading Director Robert Edwards discusses how architects can achieve best practice design for slate roofs.
Introducing the May-June 2023 issue
AT Editor2023-06-20T12:25:07+01:00In her editorial for AT325, Isabel Allen reflects on the lessons learnt from the winning projects in the Architecture Today Awards for buildings that have stood the test of time, and praises the role architecture schools are taking in offering courses on retrofit and adaptive reuse. She also introduces the new student prize that AT has added to its awards programme.
Ravelin Sports Centre
AT Editor2023-06-05T16:09:31+01:00A major new-build sports building in Portsmouth by FaulknerBrowns Architects and Max Fordham has set a new environmental benchmark with an operational energy consumption of less than 100 kWh/m²/yr.
AT Awards Editor’s Prize Winner: New Court, Trinity College, Cambridge by 5th Studio
AT Editor2023-06-22T15:36:06+01:00Oliver Smith from 5th Studio, together with AT Awards judges Isabel Allen, Simon Allford, Hanif Kara and Nana Biamah-Ofosu discuss the exemplary retrofit of one of Cambridge University's Grade I listed buildings and its role in challenging attitudes towards heritage and conservation. Timothy Soar’s photographs capture the project as it looks today.
AT Awards International Winner: University of Amsterdam by Allford Hall Monaghan Morris
AT Editor2023-06-02T12:44:25+01:00Louise Regan and Yuk Ming Lam from AHMM, together with AT Awards judges Lee Mallett, Asif Din and Isabel Allen discuss the challenges involved in updating a 1960s masterplan and the way the project has evolved over time. Photographer Timothy Soar captures the project in use.
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AT Awards Workplace Winner: Wessex Water Operations Centre by Bennetts Associates
AT Editor2023-06-02T12:41:13+01:00Rab Bennetts from Bennetts Associates, together with AT Awards judges Lee Mallett, Farshid Moussavi and Asif Din, discuss the drivers behind the design of Wessex Water Operations Centre and the lessons learned from over 20 years of post-occupancy evaluation. Timothy Soar’s photographs capture the project as it is today.
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AT Awards Residential Special Commendation: Cressingham Gardens Estate by Lambeth Borough Architects Department
AT Editor2023-08-22T18:23:52+01:00Resident Gerlinde Gniewosz, Coco Whittaker from the Twentieth Century Society, along with AT Awards judges Catherine Burd, Deyan Sudjic, Sarah Allan and Marion Baeli share their thoughts on the lessons to be learnt from Cressingham Gardens Estate and why the project deserves to be protected from demolition. Photographer Timothy Soar captures the estate as it is today.
AT Awards Religion and culture Winner: Snape Maltings by Penoyre and Prasad
AT Editor2023-06-02T12:31:12+01:00Sunand Prasad from Penoyre & Prasad, together with AT Awards judges Ben Derbyshire, Marion Baeli, Sarah Allan and Deyan Sudjic discuss the genesis and evolution of Snape Maltings and its legacy in terms of our attitude towards redundant industrial/agricultural buildings. Timothy Soar's photographs capture the project as it is today.
AT Awards Mixed use and retail Winner: Alex Monroe Studio by DSDHA
AT Editor2023-08-18T11:34:32+01:00Jeweller Alex Monroe talks to David Hills from DSDHA and AT awards judges Catherine Burd, Sarah Allan, Marion Baeli and Deyan Sudjic about the way this modest building in London's Southwark has had a transformative impact on the way his company has evolved. Photographer Timothy Soar captures the studio as it is today.
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AT Awards Infrastructure and landscape Winner: Thames Barrier Park by Patel Taylor and Allain Provost
AT Editor2023-08-18T11:36:51+01:00Andrew Taylor from Patel Taylor and awards judges Peter Bishop, David Partridge, Nana Biamah-Ofosu, Hanif Kara and Simon Allford discuss the key drivers behind Thames Barrier Park and the potential for visionary public realm project to act as a catalyst for regeneration. Photographer Timothy Soar captures the project as it is today.
AT Awards Hospitality and leisure Winner: The Standard by Orms Architects
AT Editor2023-08-18T11:37:57+01:00John McRae from Orms, client Matt Mason and AT Awards judges Lee Mallett, Farshid Moussavi, Isabel Allen and Catherine Croft discuss the bold conversion of the former Camden Town Hall Annexe and the challenges involved in transforming a brutalist white elephant into a much-loved London Landmark. Timothy Soar's photographs capture the project as it is today.
