Josh Fenton reflects on the importance of casual self-reflective writing as a means of opening a door into the ‘other’ part of the architect’s brain and for developing architectural positions and ideas.
UNESCO has struck Liverpool from the World Heritage List, citing irreparable damage by the proposed Liverpool Waters development at the city's historic docks.
The Global Free Unit allows architects and students to use their skills to address pressing social issues including displacement and migration. Founder Robert Mull and volunteer Elizabeth Cunningham discuss bridging the gap between academia and activism.
Is the Lloyd’s building a monument to reason or just a wilful mess? Contributing editor Ian Volner hazards an irreverent guess as to the motives behind Richard Rogers’ inscrutable design.
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.
