The life and career of Michael Hopkins
Isolde Brampton-Greene2023-08-18T11:03:43+01:00Author and historian Dr Alistair Fair charts the career of the late Sir Michael Hopkins.
Andrew Whalley OBE reflects on the career and influence of Michael Hopkins
Isolde Brampton-Greene2023-08-18T11:06:02+01:00Michael Hopkins, architect and co-founder of Hopkins Architects has died aged 88. Chair at Grimshaw Architects, Andrew Whalley, looks back on his life and career.
Still standing: Arab World Institute, Paris, 1987
Isolde Brampton-Greene2023-12-21T16:13:19+00:00The first of Mitterrand’s grands projets, the Arab World Institute was born of an unlikely marriage between a politically charged brief and an architect with a penchant for nightclubs and radical ideas.
My kind of town: Melissa Dowler
Isolde Brampton-Greene2023-12-19T13:24:29+00:00Melissa Dowler, a director of Bell Phillips Architects, on Los Angeles, a city that does not make much sense but has an unmistakeable joie de vivre.
My kind of town: Tomáš Jurdák
Isolde Brampton-Greene2023-12-19T13:11:29+00:00Tomáš Jurdák has a special relationship with Kreuzberg, Berlin. Its youthful population has created an eclectic mixture of communities that retain the old and embrace the new.
Still standing: The Theme Building, Los Angeles International Airport, 1961
Isolde Brampton-Greene2023-12-21T16:02:02+00:00The enigmatic concrete spaceship that stands at the centre of Los Angeles International Airport stands as a monument to misplaced optimism, missed opportunities and swinging sixties glamour.
An open letter to the UK design media
Peter Songi2023-06-13T17:15:35+01:00UK Architects Declare, Design Declares and UK Interior Design Declare issue an open letter challenging the design media to up their game.
Dispatches from BCO Conference, Dublin: Chris Webb, tp bennett
Peter Songi2025-10-23T16:45:20+01:00Chris Webb from tp bennett on embedding sustainability know-how across the practice, early engagement with suppliers and unleashing the power of technology.
Dispatches from BCO Conference, Dublin: Indy Johar, Architecture 00
Peter Songi2025-10-23T16:45:42+01:00Indy Johar from Architecture 00 on the need for a total structural transformation of society.
Introducing the May-June 2023 issue
AT Editor2023-06-20T12:25:07+01:00In her editorial for AT325, Isabel Allen reflects on the lessons learnt from the winning projects in the Architecture Today Awards for buildings that have stood the test of time, and praises the role architecture schools are taking in offering courses on retrofit and adaptive reuse. She also introduces the new student prize that AT has added to its awards programme.
Dispatches from BCO Conference, Dublin: Despina Katsikakis and Richard Kauntze
Peter Songi2025-10-23T16:46:24+01:00Despina Katsikakis and Richard Kauntze from the British Council for Offices on the way the UK is leading the field in workplace design – but keeping it under its hat.
Dispatches from BCO Conference, Dublin: Mark Kelly, PLP architecture
Peter Songi2025-10-23T16:48:57+01:00Mark Kelly from PLP architecture on the plus side of economic uncertainty, materials research and growing mycelium in the boardroom.