My Kind of Town: Sharon Giffen
AT Editor2025-06-11T16:04:02+01:00Sharon Giffen explains how Earls Court’s cosmopolitan heritage and an ambitious 44-acre masterplan are set to reignite West London as a hub of innovation, culture and community.
My Kind of Town: Anna Parker
AT Editor2025-06-16T16:50:41+01:00As decision-makers search for a defining brand, Anna Parker contends that Birmingham’s identity is already evident in its bold architecture, creative energy, and proud local spirit.
Dispatches from the Serpentine Pavilion: Marina Tabassum
Jason Sayer2025-10-23T16:29:22+01:00AT chats to Marina Tabassum, the Bangladeshi architect behind the 25th Serpentine Pavilion which has opened in West London. We learn about what informed her design for A Capsule in Time, and the challenges of building a temporary structure on the Hyde Park site.
Learning from Cedric Price
Jason Sayer2025-06-04T09:55:35+01:00In the 1990s, Cedric Price’s radical approach to architectural practice – prioritising processes over buildings – was seen as visionary and eccentric. Today, as the Regenerative Architecture Index reveals, his ideas about systems, adaptability, and the intelligence of practice itself are central to an evolving, more sustainable profession.
From earth to action
AT Editor2025-06-03T09:14:23+01:00Jim Matthews, managing director of HG Matthews, talks to AT about the challenges and opportunities facing the construction industry as it shifts towards more sustainable and regenerative practices, and the role of leadership, innovation and collaboration in driving meaningful change.
Introducing the May-June 2025 issue of Architecture Today
Isolde Brampton-Greene2025-06-10T10:25:50+01:00In this issue: Clancy Moore Architects’ Arklow Wastewater Treatment Plant, Marks Barfield Architects’ proposal for West Somerset Tidal Lagoon, Studio MUTT’s transformation of Royal Albert Dock, Office S&M’s Red Cow Terrace in Hertfordshire, Materials Library with Bennetts Associates, Still Standing: Milan's Torre Velasca, National Gallery’s Sainsbury Wing reworked and much more.
Anthony Grimshaw Associates
Nelly Greig2025-06-04T09:58:39+01:00Three years after the practice's 60th anniversary, AT hears from Anthony Grimshaw Associates: the sister-run practice at the forefront of the North-West's conservation battle with crumbling churches and lack of public funding.
Still Standing: Torre Velasca, Milan, 1958
Nelly Greig2025-05-30T16:42:02+01:00
An emblem of Milan’s rough lovability, BBPR’s Torre Velasca was inspired by traditional Lombard architecture and contempt for the reductive, repetitive Modernism that was on the march worldwide.
Alasdair Ben Dixon
Nelly Greig2025-05-30T12:07:03+01:00Alasdair Ben Dixon of Collective Works shares why regenerative design is about far more than environmental performance - it's about restoring communities, embracing collaboration over competition and aligning purpose with practice.
Dispatches from BCO Conference, Milan: Eric Parry
Isabel Allen2025-10-23T16:29:36+01:00Eric Parry on the uncertainties generated by political headwinds and looking forward to an exchange of views on critical urban issues in London and Milan.
Dispatches from BCO Conference, Milan: Samantha McClary
Isabel Allen2025-10-23T16:29:49+01:00At chats to Samantha McClary on her obsession with lego, her first conference as Chief Executive of the BCO and what her career as a journalist will bring to the job.
Dispatches from BCO Conference, Milan: Oliver Hall
Isabel Allen2025-10-23T16:30:04+01:00Oliver Hall on his role as National Chair of BCO NextGen Committees and using the conference as a platform for full immersion in Milan.