Hybridisation Works: The role of the 21st-century library
Jason Sayer2022-11-22T12:26:19+00:00Eddie Blake of Studio Weave looks at Lea Bridge Library, recently extended by the practice, and what it means to genuinely serve a community today.
Third-age housing
Isolde Brampton-Greene2022-11-22T12:26:19+00:00Designers and investors are driving a step change in the provision of innovative high-quality projects in the third-age housing sector. Local authorities need to catch up, says Ballymore creative director Roger Black.
Succession planning
Isolde Brampton-Greene2023-09-12T14:59:33+01:00Every practice needs a clear succession plan in order to flourish once its founders are no longer at the helm. Jonathan Morrison talks to RSHP, Henning Larsen, Arup, and Grimshaw about making the process effective and pain free.
Raising the game
Isolde Brampton-Greene2022-11-22T12:26:20+00:00Julian Robinson, Director of Estates at the London School of Economics, reflects on the costs, benefits and shifting priorities of the university’s ambitious building programme.
Neave Brown Award for Housing and Stephen Lawrence Prize 2022 winners announced
Jessica Mairs2022-10-14T11:38:13+01:00The winners of the 2022 Neave Brown Award for Housing and Stephen Lawrence Prize are Hackney New Primary School and 333 Kingsland Road by Henley Halebrown and The Hackney School of Food by Surman Weston.
Níall McLaughlin’s New Library wins Stirling Prize 2022
Jessica Mairs2022-11-22T12:26:22+00:00The New Library at Magdalene College in Cambridge by Níall McLaughlin Architects has won the 2022 RIBA Stirling Prize.
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.