Peter Bishop served as director of planning at the London Borough Camden from 2001 until 2006 when the Kings Cross development was being planned. He reflects on the project's ambitions and the factors that contributed to its success.
Five practices have been named the inaugural recipients of an award organised by the photographer Timothy Soar in association with Architecture Today to give architects a fresh take on photographing, communicating and promoting their work.
The deadline for entries to this year's Schüco Excellence Awards, for buildings that feature Schüco facades, window and door systems, has been extended to 2 July.
Architecture historian Caroline Maniaque and photographer Cemal Emden revisit Louis Kahn's architecture in a new compendium of his most significant works.
Morris+Company and Freehaus have won a competition to redevelop the Thames-side school with their design for a russet extension enclosing a courtyard and framing views to the river and St Paul’s Cathedral.
A concept based on the restorative qualities of "forest-bathing" has been named the winner of the first Davidson Prize, an ideas competition asking entrants to consider the impact of the pandemic on how we live and work.
Imagine what could be achieved with a state-funded programme of Architectural Aid, writes editor Isabel Allen, if architecture were treated not just a commodity for sale but as a fundamental human right.
Will Alsop’s 2005 proposals for a coast-to-coast northern SuperCity may have seemed a stretch of the imagination but many of its ideas are very relevant today, argues Chris Williamson of Weston Williamson + Partners.
Architecture Today's contributing editor Ian Volner is on the ground in Venice checking out pavilions and installations, and reporting on what is set to be one of the most unusual biennales to date.
Eight special prize winners have been announced in the competition to find London's best home extension, ahead of an overall winner later this month.
The British architect, designer and writer on making a second home in Florence, where he has set up a workshop in the "bowels" of the Porta Romana district.
Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG) has revealed plans for a tower shaped like an infinity loop for the smartphone company OPPO in Hangzhou.
