Stirling Prize 2023 shortlist revealed
Jessica Mairs2023-09-12T15:50:15+01:00Six projects have been shortlisted for the 2023 RIBA Stirling Prize for the best new building in the UK.
Article 25 launches membership club to support not-for-profit architectural projects in the Global South
AT Editor2023-12-08T11:20:10+00:00Architecture's most successful NGO, has launched More Than a Building, a networking club for construction industry leaders.
Introducing School of Specification
Isolde Brampton-Greene2023-09-12T12:17:05+01:00Isabel Allen highlights the exorbitant cost of education for architects and how AT has developed the ‘School of Specification’ (SOS), an e-learning platform to provide students and practitioners with technical, regulatory and contractual information at every stage of their career.
My kind of town: Peter Buchanan
Isolde Brampton-Greene2023-09-07T09:42:04+01:00The academic, architect and urban designer Peter Buchanan died on August 23rd. Shortly before his death he dictated his thoughts on Cape Town for Architecture Today's series My kind of town.
Meet the client: Theo Michell, Bywater Properties
AT Editor2023-08-18T12:17:37+01:00Bywater Properties’ Theo Michell discusses the importance and viability of large-scale, timber-led developments, and why the current focus on retrofit may hamper innovation in the office sector.
Still standing: Sir John Soane’s Museum, London, 1813
Isolde Brampton-Greene2024-12-18T13:19:26+00:00Technical virtuosity, madcap curatorship, and a remarkable eye for detail combine to secure the Soane Museum’s status as architecture’s intellectual funhouse
Meet the client: Alex Michelin, Valouran
AT Editor2023-08-16T11:19:47+01:00The founder and CEO of Valouran discusses the importance of resilience and strength when it comes to developing successful projects, and why retrofit offers the best of both worlds from a design and environmental perspective.
Introducing the July-August 2023 issue of AT
Isolde Brampton-Greene2023-08-16T11:20:34+01:00AT editor Isabel Allen unearths bamboo, a material that according engineer Neil Thomas, is "the material engineers would invent if they could design a material from scratch."
Waging war on greenwashing
Isolde Brampton-Greene2023-10-16T09:52:38+01:00With the climate emergency more pressing than ever, it is increasingly important that claims about sustainability are both accurate and substantiated. Bennetts Associates director Peter Fisher explains why the practice is on a mission to stamp out exaggerated claims about building performance and has produced a charter to promote data sharing, transparency and truth.
Shortlist for the 2023 BDA Brick Awards announced
Isolde Brampton-Greene2023-08-16T11:55:28+01:00David Kohn, Squire & Partners, Hawkins\Brown, Mecanoo, Morris + Company, AHMM, FCBS and Niall McLaughlin Architects, among others, comprise the shortlist for the 2023 BDA Brick Awards.
My kind of town: Katy Marks
AT Editor2023-10-16T09:52:55+01:00Katy Marks, founder of Citizens Design Bureau, on Sarajevo, the 'Jerusalem of Europe' where culture is both a survival tool and the city's life force.
My kind of town: Zoë Barrett
AT Editor2023-08-16T12:35:26+01:00Zoë Barrett, Wayfinding Director at DNCO, on her emotional connection to Gatwick Airport and how it sparked her love of wayfinding.