RIBA Reinvention Award 2023
Isabel Allen2023-10-19T17:09:57+01:00Van Heyningen & Haward Architects (vHH) win inaugural RIBA Reinvention Award for Rugby Radio station turned secondary school.
School of Specification – Legal responsibilities and liabilities
AT Editor2023-10-19T15:50:20+01:00Construction lawyers from Beale & Co, Forsters, Mayer Brown, and the Centre of Construction Law & Dispute Resolution at King’s College London have produced a course on legal responsibilities and liabilities for School of Specification. Tamsin Travers from Mayer Brown explains how architects can limit liability and obtain sound advice.
Refinding Utopia
Isolde Brampton-Greene2023-10-18T17:59:28+01:00Jonathan Tuckey of Jonathan Tuckey Design and Jasmine Low, Senior Project Officer at the Greater London Authority, outline a strategy to transform the terraced house.
School of Specification – Specification for low embodied carbon
AT Editor2023-10-19T16:04:21+01:00Engineer Dave Rayment from Morph Structures presents a learning module on specification for low embodied carbon for School of Specification. He explains why it’s important that the battle to reduce embodied carbon cuts across the full palette of materials.
School of Specification – Introduction to collaborative construction procurement and contracting (CCPC)
AT Editor2024-03-01T11:41:54+00:00The Centre of Construction Law & Dispute Resolution at King’s College London has produced a learning module on CCPC for School of Specification. Professor David Mosey explains why this is essential knowledge for architects.
Unearthing the memory of place
Jason Sayer2023-10-10T16:32:48+01:00Japanese architect, Tsuyoshi Tane sits down with AT to discuss how his new practice, ATTA, sees itself as an ‘archaeologist of the future’ and the studio’s exhibition at TOTO in London.
See the finalists for the 2023 Architecture Today Awards
Jessica Mairs2024-01-31T15:53:13+00:00Read about each of the 35 projects named as finalists in the 2023 Architecture Today Awards for buildings that have stood the test of time.
School of Specification – Introduction to bamboo
AT Editor2024-04-16T13:44:15+01:00Neil Thomas of Atelier One has produced a learning module for School of Specification to share the lessons learnt from more than a decade spent researching and building with bamboo. Here, he explains why it’s a material the construction industry can’t afford to ignore.
BCO Awards honour the UK’s best workplaces
Isabel Allen2023-10-04T13:54:56+01:00The British Council for Offices has announced the winners of the 2023 BCO Awards, designed to celebrate best-in-class office buildings across the UK.
School of Specification – The Building Safety Act
Isolde Brampton-Greene2023-10-02T17:13:27+01:00Leading construction lawyers Fenwick Elliott have produced a learning module for School of Specification on the Building Safety Act and its 2023 updates. Lucinda Robinson explains how architects can prepare for the new regime.
Still standing: The Schomburg Center, Harlem, New York, 1980
Isolde Brampton-Greene2024-12-18T13:18:44+00:00The Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture by J Max Bond Jr is a crucial component of Harlem's thriving cultural scene and the embodiment of its architect's aptitude for projects that combined civic idealism with understated aesthetics.
Getting schools back on track
Isolde Brampton-Greene2023-09-28T13:18:56+01:00Claire Mantle, Schools Sector Director at ADP Architecture, discusses the key role architects can play in improving the state of England’s schools.