My Kind of Town: Hien Nguyen
AT Editor2024-08-22T14:30:48+01:00
Hien Nguyen, associate director at MCW Architects, on Ho Chi Minh City, where her family has lived for the last ten years.
Enjoying architecture – and making sense of Lutyens
AT Editor2024-04-30T15:57:11+01:00In this extract from his new book How to Enjoy Architecture: A Guide for Everyone Charles Holland reframes Homewood, built by Lutyens for his mother-in-law in 1903, as a barbed commentary on the aspirations of its owner.
Dispatches: Lucy Montague
AT Editor2024-04-30T14:25:29+01:00AT chats to Dr Lucy Montague, Senior Lecturer at Manchester Metropolitan University’s Manchester School of Architecture, and recently appointed Special Advisor to the Built Environment Select Committee, about the decline of the high street and what should be done to reverse it.
Introducing the Regenerative Architecture Index Ambassadors
Isabel Allen2024-04-23T11:52:09+01:00Roman Krznaric, Phoebe Tickell and Immy Kaur announced as Ambassadors for the inaugural Regenerative Architecture Index (RAI).
Dispatches: Clare Cameron
AT Editor2024-04-29T11:22:03+01:00AT talks to Clare Cameron, Director at PRP, about recent developments within the later living housing sector, including the changing priorities of residents, the positive effect of purposeful living, and the need for improved design standards.
Housing Atlas
AT Editor2024-04-30T08:45:55+01:00A compendium of the best housing schemes built across Europe in the 20th Century is an invaluable resource for architects seeking solutions to the current housing crisis.
Still standing: Boston Government Service Center, 1971
Isolde Brampton-Greene2024-04-19T13:24:41+01:00
While many of Paul Rudolph’s high-maintenance public buildings have faced demolition, one of his most confounding architectural statements stands as an enduring testament to his confrontational style.
Introducing the March-April 2024 issue of Architecture Today
Isolde Brampton-Greene2024-04-19T10:50:49+01:00AT330 features Kenneth Frampton's take on Europe's seminal 20th Century housing, a reflection on Paul Rudolph in Boston, new learning content covering fire safety, healthy materials, earth building and EnerPHit on School of Specification, Simon Allford on BDP's Oak Cancer Centre, Knox Bhavan's materials library, urban life in Ho Chi Minh City and much more.
Dispatches: Alex Ely
AT Editor2024-04-17T14:30:37+01:00AT talks to Alex Ely, founding director of Mæ, about the challenges and benefits of B Corp certification, and what the practice is doing to further expand its environmental knowledge base.
Your planet needs you: a new kind of national service for a carbon-conscious age
Isabel Allen2024-04-12T16:48:32+01:00Architects Declare's manifesto to transform the built environment highlights the urgent need for climate literacy across the board. Isabel Allen asks if it's time to introduce compulsory training in the knowledge and skills required.
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Fit out for the future: White Arkitekter’s new home
Isabel Allen2024-04-12T15:07:20+01:00Laura Davies talks to Madeleine Jacob about repurposing old furniture and making a studio that's visually coherent and designed to last.
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Fire safety
Isabel Allen2024-12-17T09:34:31+00:00Simón Santamaria has produced a learning module on fire safety for School of Specification. He explains why the early and continuous involvement of a fire safety engineer is crucial to achieving sustainability targets without compromising safety.
