Theatrum Mundi launches study programme on transdisciplinary city-making
Isabel Allen2022-11-28T18:59:41+00:00Theatrum Mundi celebrates 10 years of transdisciplinary work in city-making and calls for applicants for its new study programme
Serpentine Pavilion 2023 design revealed
AT Editor2022-11-23T14:21:35+00:00Visuals have been revealed for the 22nd edition of the annual Serpentine Pavilion, a refined, circular timber structure designed by Paris-based architect Lina Ghotmeh.
Behind the scenes
Jessica Mairs2022-12-08T12:37:20+00:00A new theatre has risen from the ashes of Charing Cross Road's once-infamous Astoria venue. Theatre owner Nica Burns and Derwent CEO Paul Williams explains how theatricality and glamour has melded with AHMM's modern architecture to create a contemporary hub for the West End.
Introducing the November-December 2022 issue
AT Editor2023-08-08T10:34:31+01:00Isabel Allen's Editorial for AT322 discusses how the Architecture Today Awards subverted the traditional role of the crit, transforming it into powerful tool for judging the merits and performance of buildings that already exist.
Still standing: Vitra Fire Station, 1993
Isolde Brampton-Greene2023-12-21T15:40:11+00:00Perhaps best described as a concrete wall with a split personality disorder, an on-site fire house for Swiss mega-brand Vitra exploded the myth that Zaha Hadid’s experimental image-making was unsuited to translation into built work.
RIBA dedicates exhibition to circular economy
Jessica Mairs2022-11-15T14:28:11+00:00A new exhibition at the RIBA – Long Life, Low Energy: Designing for a Circular Economy – explores the shift away from a culture of demolish and rebuild, and towards retrofit and reuse in the quest for net zero.
2022 Brick Awards
AT Editor2022-11-08T13:27:57+00:00Purcell wins the Supreme Award with its striking yet sympathetic extension to Radley College Chapel in Oxfordshire.
Targeting Net Zero: Pathways to zero carbon practice
Jason Sayer2022-11-24T18:16:59+00:00Morris+Company, PLP Architecture, McGregor Coxall, Buckley Gray Yeoman and Bennetts Associates discussed what it means to practice for a Net-Zero future.
Learning from: Grange Pavilion in Cardiff
Isolde Brampton-Greene2023-08-08T10:30:33+01:00Sarah Featherstone explains how a modest community building in Grangetown, Cardiff, challenges the way we define and measure value and shows how universities can partner with local residents to facilitate community-led projects.
Retrofit: Keyhole surgery
Isolde Brampton-Greene2023-08-08T10:32:30+01:00Jonathan Spratt from Bennetts Associates argues that, for ‘young’ buildings from the 1990s and early 2000s architects should steer clients away from a comprehensive retrofit approach towards a strategy of ‘keyhole surgery’ – minimal interventions that have a transformative effect.
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.