Reflections: Säynätsalo Town Hall
Jason Sayer2026-07-06T16:23:46+01:00John Pardey revisits Alvar Aalto’s Säynätsalo Town Hall in Finland, a building founded in history, landscape and civic life, and one of the architect’s most consummate works.
Camille Chevrier
Nelly Greig2026-07-07T09:42:36+01:00Engineer Camille Chevrier discusses the central role that applied research – from revisiting craft, to using robotic or digital-assisted construction methods – plays in the practice's work
Meet the client: Attzaz Rashid, Barratt London
AT Editor2026-06-30T16:50:56+01:00Barratt London’s Head of Design, Attzaz Rashid, discusses the challenges of delivering high-quality, low-energy housing at scale, the realities of large-scale urban regeneration, and why collaboration is essential to creating better places.
Studio SAAR
Isabel Allen2026-06-30T15:20:36+01:00Studio SAAR reflect on designing across cultures and climates – combining vernacular wisdom, circular material strategies and ecological thinking to create places that strengthen communities and landscapes alike.
Bridging the housing gap for the sustainable cities of the future
Jason Sayer2026-06-25T12:27:21+01:00Holcim hosted a panel discussion to explore the challenges involved in delivering intelligent solutions to the housing shortage in the UK and worldwide at the Zaha Hadid Foundation on June 23rd as part of London Festival of Architecture.
2026 Regenerative Architecture Index
Jason Sayer2026-06-23T10:06:36+01:00The 2026 Regenerative Architecture Index brings together 119 organisations demonstrating a commitment to regenerative design, delivery and practice.
RAI Dublin Round Table: From Infrastructure to Place – Building a Better Ireland
Nelly Greig2026-06-19T09:47:59+01:00Those leading housing, planning, architecture, placemaking, and local government across Ireland, sit down to discuss the disconnect between major infrastructure projects, housing delivery, and holistic placemaking in Ireland.
Dispatches: Cotter & Naessens’ ‘Assembly’ Pavilion Tours Ireland
Nelly Greig2026-07-07T09:39:00+01:00Following its presentation at the 2025 Venice Architecture Biennale, Ireland’s national pavilion embarks on a nationwide tour, bringing its exploration of architecture, participation and collective listening to audiences across the country.
Video: Stephen O’Malley, Civic
Nelly Greig2026-06-16T15:34:11+01:00Stephen O’Malley, Chief Executive of CIVIC, tells AT what surprised him most about our round table discussion, ‘From Infrastructure to Place’.
Dispatches: UKREiiF recap with Holly Lewis
Jason Sayer2026-06-10T17:35:42+01:00Holly Lewis, co-founding partner of We Made That, reflects on UKREiiF, the value of targeted conversations, and why small practices should go in prepared but leave room for serendipity.
Studio Bark unveils ‘Planning Appeal Intelligence’ AI tool for beta testing
Jason Sayer2026-06-16T15:48:38+01:00Studio Bark and tech consultant David Sinclair have developed ‘PAI’ (Planning Appeal Intelligence), an AI-powered planning research tool designed to help architects and planning professionals navigate the planning system more efficiently. Rather than searching planning precedents using keywords, it uses semantic search to identify relevant planning appeal decisions based on the specific constraints and characteristics of a project.
The next president of the RIBA needs to Make the Environment Great Again
Isabel Allen2026-06-10T09:22:38+01:00Will Arnold explains why now, more than ever, the built environment needs a figurehead who can cut through the noise of short-term politics to convince both government and the public that environmental action is both positive and practical.