Dispatches from Somerset and Rajasthan: Studio SAAR
AT Editor2024-06-14T15:06:17+01:00AT talks to Ananya Singhal and Jonny Buckland, co-founders of Studio SAAR, a young and growing practice with offices in Frome, Somerset and Udaipur in Rajasthan, that is taking on projects of all sizes across two continents.
Still standing: Yoyogi National Gymnasium, Tokyo, 1964
Isolde Brampton-Greene2024-06-14T10:20:48+01:00
One of the greatest Modernist buildings to emerge from the Olympics, Kenzo Tange’s Yoyogi National Gymnasium’s blend of Zen tranquillity and techno-monumentality connects Japan’s ancient past to its forward-thinking future.
Dispatches from Malmö: Finn Williams
AT Editor2024-06-14T13:53:53+01:00AT talks to Finn Williams, co-founder of Public Practice in the UK and now the city architect for Malmö in Sweden, as he discusses the political and architectural challenges of the role, his ambitions for the city and dealing with an 'architectural uprising'.
My Kind of Town: Ondřej Chybík
AT Editor2024-06-11T12:00:14+01:00Ondřej Chybík, co-founder of CHYBIK+KRISTOF, on Brno, and why the Czech Republic’s second largest city has its advantages over the capital.
Trust, transparency, and the need for consistency
AT Editor2024-06-18T12:29:11+01:00Joan Ferrer, Commercial Director UK & Ireland of Ravago Building Solutions, discusses what can be done to make it easier for specifiers to compare and evaluate competing construction products.
Introducing the May-June 2024 issue of Architecture Today
Isolde Brampton-Greene2024-06-11T10:08:37+01:00AT331 features the manifestos of all three RIBA Presidential candidates, a revisit of Kenzo Tange’s 1964 Yoyogi National Gymnasium in Tokyo and Peter Aldington's Turn End in Buckinghamshire, Ellis Woodman's review of n2 by Lynch Architects, DRDH Architects' combined library, cinema and housing in Sidcup, Battersea Power Station’s chequered history and more.
School of Specification – EnerPHit
Isabel Allen2024-06-03T15:15:43+01:00RDA Architects has produced a learning module on EnerPHit for School of Specification. Founder and director Richard Dudzicki challenges misconceptions about EnerPHit and outlines the issues that are holding its back.
Dispatches from the sky: Donn Delson
AT Editor2024-06-14T13:54:10+01:00AT caught up with American fine art aerial photographer Donn Delson in a helicopter while flying over London as he surveyed the city’s rooftops. We found out what he’s looking for, what he’s discovered and why he does it.
Meet the client: Angela Joseph, Brookfield Properties
Peter Songi2024-05-29T08:48:18+01:00Angela Joseph from Brookfield Properties reflects on making the move from quantity surveyor to developer and looking forward to a trip to Milan for BCO Conference 2025.
Rescue mission
Peter Songi2024-05-24T12:04:02+01:00Gensler's Richard Harrison explains why BCO Conference is better than Mipim and why it's a privilege to take a building into the next chapter of its life.
LA Story
Peter Songi2024-05-24T12:08:49+01:00Sebastian Salvadó explains why Los Angeles-based RIOS has opened a London office and describes the practice’s research-based multi-disciplinary approach to projects.