Finalists unveiled for Architecture Today Awards 2022
Jessica Mairs2023-01-24T10:27:39+00:0032 projects have been named as finalists in the inaugural Architecture Today Awards, launched to celebrate buildings that have stood the test of time.
Introducing the September-October 2022 issue
Jessica Mairs2022-11-22T12:26:23+00:00A new era. Time for the-architecture enthusiast-formerly-known-as-Prince-Charles to stop voicing opinions; to adopt the enigmatic silence befitting a crowned head of state. So does architecture stand to lose its most divisive voice?
London Zoo’s Snowdon Aviary reinvented as Monkey Valley
Jessica Mairs2022-11-22T12:26:23+00:00When Lord Snowdon, Cedric Price and Frank Newby designed the aviary at London Zoo, they captured the spirit of the times. Samantha Hardingham charts its transformation from 1960s icon to modern-day monkey hangout.
Announcing the Architecture Today Awards Committee
Jason Sayer2022-09-29T11:49:16+01:00Introducing the Architecture Today Awards Committee, an advisory panel that will selected shortlisted finalists ahead of the live presentations on Monday 7 November.
Still standing: Schindler House, 1922
Isolde Brampton-Greene2023-12-21T15:39:40+00:00Once the epicentre of Hollywood’s nascent artistic and architectural scene, Rudolph Schindler’s extraordinary home was a stepping stone to Los Angeles’ great leap into modernity.
The Pevsner way of seeing
Isolde Brampton-Greene2022-11-22T12:26:24+00:00For Martine Hamilton Knight, contributing to a revision of Pevsner’s ‘Buildings of England’ prompted a re-evaluation of the notion of ‘timelessness’ in architectural photography.
Queer spaces
Isolde Brampton-Greene2022-11-22T12:26:24+00:00Market forces and conservatism are driving queer spaces from urban centres. Tom Wilkinson welcomes a new compendium of LGBTQIA+ places around the world as a timely celebration of the spaces that survive.
Why enter the Architecture Today Awards?
Jessica Mairs2022-09-30T21:39:23+01:00Editor Isabel Allen explains why we launched the Architecture Today Awards for buildings that have stood the test of time. Watch our video to find out why you should enter.
Materials library: Feilden Fowles
Isolde Brampton-Greene2022-11-22T12:26:26+00:00Ingrid Petit and Ben Higham of Feilden Fowles discuss how the practice’s approach to materiality is driven by context, craft, sustainability and technical innovation.
Heritage: High Street politics
Isolde Brampton-Greene2022-11-22T12:26:26+00:00Henrietta Billings, director of SAVE Britain’s Heritage, says the planning inquiry intro controversial plans to raze and rebuild Marks & Spencer’s flagship Oxford Street store could change the future of construction.
Architecture Today Awards 2022
Jason Sayer2022-10-03T15:42:16+01:00The finalists have been announced for the Architecture Today Awards, a new awards programme designed specifically to recognise buildings that have stood the test of time.
Retrofit Reimagined
Jessica Mairs2022-11-22T12:26:28+00:00Birmingham's Retrofit Reimagined festival was a welcome switch up of the traditional archi-event and a chance for meaningful conversation on the action needed to address climate crisis, finds Bobby Jewell.