Dispatches: Norman Foster on the Queen Elizabeth II Memorial
Jason Sayer2025-10-01T10:58:59+01:00Foster + Partners has been selected to design the national memorial to Queen Elizabeth II in St James’s Park, London. Norman Foster spoke to AT about his practice’s approach to the project.
AT Awards deadline extended!
Jason Sayer2025-06-17T13:17:55+01:00The deadline to enter the Architecture Today Awards 2025 has been extended to Wednesday 2 July.
My Kind of Town: Sharon Giffen
AT Editor2025-06-11T16:04:02+01:00Sharon Giffen explains how Earls Court’s cosmopolitan heritage and an ambitious 44-acre masterplan are set to reignite West London as a hub of innovation, culture and community.
Calling all students!
AT Editor2025-12-23T11:56:39+00:00Are you a student or architecture educator? The AT Awards Student Prize is free to enter – submissions must be complete by 2 July.
My Kind of Town: Anna Parker
AT Editor2025-06-16T16:50:41+01:00As decision-makers search for a defining brand, Anna Parker contends that Birmingham’s identity is already evident in its bold architecture, creative energy, and proud local spirit.
Dispatches from the Serpentine Pavilion: Marina Tabassum
Jason Sayer2025-10-23T16:29:22+01:00AT chats to Marina Tabassum, the Bangladeshi architect behind the 25th Serpentine Pavilion which has opened in West London. We learn about what informed her design for A Capsule in Time, and the challenges of building a temporary structure on the Hyde Park site.
Learning from Cedric Price
Jason Sayer2025-06-04T09:55:35+01:00In the 1990s, Cedric Price’s radical approach to architectural practice – prioritising processes over buildings – was seen as visionary and eccentric. Today, as the Regenerative Architecture Index reveals, his ideas about systems, adaptability, and the intelligence of practice itself are central to an evolving, more sustainable profession.
From earth to action
AT Editor2025-06-03T09:14:23+01:00Jim Matthews, managing director of HG Matthews, talks to AT about the challenges and opportunities facing the construction industry as it shifts towards more sustainable and regenerative practices, and the role of leadership, innovation and collaboration in driving meaningful change.
Introducing the May-June 2025 issue of Architecture Today
Isolde Brampton-Greene2025-06-10T10:25:50+01:00In this issue: Clancy Moore Architects’ Arklow Wastewater Treatment Plant, Marks Barfield Architects’ proposal for West Somerset Tidal Lagoon, Studio MUTT’s transformation of Royal Albert Dock, Office S&M’s Red Cow Terrace in Hertfordshire, Materials Library with Bennetts Associates, Still Standing: Milan's Torre Velasca, National Gallery’s Sainsbury Wing reworked and much more.
Anthony Grimshaw Associates
Nelly Greig2025-06-04T09:58:39+01:00Three years after the practice's 60th anniversary, AT hears from Anthony Grimshaw Associates: the sister-run practice at the forefront of the North-West's conservation battle with crumbling churches and lack of public funding.
Still Standing: Torre Velasca, Milan, 1958
Nelly Greig2025-05-30T16:42:02+01:00
An emblem of Milan’s rough lovability, BBPR’s Torre Velasca was inspired by traditional Lombard architecture and contempt for the reductive, repetitive Modernism that was on the march worldwide.