2026 Test of Time Awards finalists announced
Jason Sayer2026-07-20T16:37:02+01:00Find out which projects have made it to the finals of 2026 Architecture Today Test of Time Awards.
2026 RIBA Stirling Prize shortlist
Jason Sayer2026-07-20T16:37:06+01:00Six projects by Sergison Bates, Bennetts Associates, Mary Duggan Architects with RUFF Architects, Renzo Piano Building Workshop with Adamson Associates, Haworth Tompkins, and Witherford Watson Mann Architects are in the running for this year’s Stirling Prize for the UK’s best new building.
Tall buildings: balancing performance, safety and wellbeing
Jason Sayer2026-07-20T10:16:49+01:00Watch the AT webinar, in partnership with Knauf UK, exploring how tall buildings can balance fire safety, acoustic and thermal comfort, environmental performance, regulatory compliance and resident wellbeing.
Per Kirkeby: making mystery and magic out of ordinary brick
Isabel Allen2026-07-13T10:43:10+01:00Publisher Torsten Bløndal and architecture professor Thomas Bo Jensen have joined forces to produce a compendium of the paintings, sculptures and buildings of Danish artist, poet, sculptor and film maker Per Kirkeby. John Pardey enjoys a lyrical tour through an eclectic portfolio rooted in love for the humble brick.
Stefano Boeri’s Parliament of Living Species
Jason Sayer2026-07-09T08:40:06+01:00Stefano Boeri’s Parliament of Living Species transforms Milan’s council chamber into a forum where non-human life is given a political voice, challenging conventional approaches to urban planning by asking how cities might be designed if animals, insects and ecosystems were represented alongside people.
Pangolin Shield
Jason Sayer2026-07-07T16:53:28+01:00Studio Saar and Atelier One's landmark pavilion for the London Design Festival reinterprets traditional Indian shields to create a bamboo canopy that explores protection, power, displacement and cultural exchange in the heart of the capital.
Reflections: Säynätsalo Town Hall
Jason Sayer2026-07-13T10:49:43+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 Greig2026-07-16T06:26:09+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.