The recent Planning Update conference offered a stinging critique of the 'armchair generals' shaping planning policy and Sadiq Khan's misguided assumption that house-builders will deliver London's social housing programme.
Timothy Soar reflects on the experience of photographing Welsh architect David Lea at Ogoronry in Gwynedd, Wales, shortly before his death in 2022.
Head of design Chloe Oades outlines Mount Anvil’s resident-first approach to the regeneration of Friary Park in Acton, where a tenure-blind housing strategy, extensive community engagement and a partnership with Peabody are delivering over 1,300 homes alongside new green spaces, amenities and long-term biodiversity gains.
Darryl Chen, Partner, Urban Design Sector Lead at Hawkins\Brown and Julian Lewis, Director at East on pedestrianisation, public life and the long-term transformation of Oxford Street.
Dawn Scott, Senior Colour Designer & Inclusive Design Lead at Dulux, has produced a School of Specification module on specifying colour. Here she discusses colour theory and perception, as well as the benefits of using the Dulux colour notation system.
Shigeru Ban on his new concert hall in Switzerland which takes the form of a piggy bank, paper tube architecture, and why architects should stop talking about sustainability and start reducing waste.
John Pardey on Walter Gropius’ Bauhaus in Dessau – a crystalline composition of glass, concrete and functionally ordered forms that transformed a new school of design into the built manifesto of a revolution in modern architecture, industry and education.
Collective Architecture's Jude Barber and Gerry Hogan on championing Scotland as a great place to invest and living by the mantra that a rising tide lifts all boats.
Duncan Cox from Cundall discusses the role of the consultant in initiating important conversations and not walking away from clients because they don't act on good advice.
Chilean architect Smiljan Radić Clarke has been awarded the 2026 Pritzker Architecture Prize for work that explores fragility, cultural memory and material experimentation, creating buildings that are at once elemental, enigmatic and deeply human.
Marion Baeli and Chris Jones of 10 Design on what the UK government could learn from Oman – and from Sheffield – and the challenge of embedding a rigorous approach to sustainability across a global practice.
Piia Elo, Mayor of Turku, Finland discusses the city's plans to become neutral by 2029 and its competition for feasible ideas to strengthen the appeal of the Aura River waterfront.
