Hindsight: Photographing David Lea
Isabel Allen2026-03-28T13:24:26+00:00Timothy Soar reflects on the experience of photographing Welsh architect David Lea at Ogoronry in Gwynedd, Wales, shortly before his death in 2022.
Meet the client: Chloe Oades, Mount Anvil
Jason Sayer2026-03-25T15:44:35+00:00Head of design Chloe Oades outlines Mount Anvil’s resident-first approach to the regeneration of Friary Park in Acton, where a tenure-blind housing strategy, extensive community engagement and a partnership with Peabody are delivering over 1,300 homes alongside new green spaces, amenities and long-term biodiversity gains.
Reimagining Oxford Street
Jason Sayer2026-03-30T14:25:53+01:00Darryl Chen, Partner, Urban Design Sector Lead at Hawkins\Brown and Julian Lewis, Director at East on pedestrianisation, public life and the long-term transformation of Oxford Street.
School of Specification – Specifying Colour
AT Editor2026-03-19T12:14:59+00:00Dawn Scott, Senior Colour Designer & Inclusive Design Lead at Dulux, has produced a School of Specification module on specifying colour. Here she discusses colour theory and perception, as well as the benefits of using the Dulux colour notation system.
In conversation with Shigeru Ban
Jason Sayer2026-03-20T11:36:53+00:00Shigeru Ban on his new concert hall in Switzerland which takes the form of a piggy bank, paper tube architecture, and why architects should stop talking about sustainability and start reducing waste.
Reflections: The Bauhaus
AT Editor2026-03-13T15:19:34+00:00John Pardey on Walter Gropius’ Bauhaus in Dessau – a crystalline composition of glass, concrete and functionally ordered forms that transformed a new school of design into the built manifesto of a revolution in modern architecture, industry and education.
Dispatches from MIPIM: Jude Barber and Gerry Hogan from Collective Architecture
Isabel Allen2026-03-14T05:07:16+00:00Collective Architecture's Jude Barber and Gerry Hogan on championing Scotland as a great place to invest and living by the mantra that a rising tide lifts all boats.
Dispatches from MIPIM: Duncan Cox from Cundall
Isabel Allen2026-03-12T17:33:39+00:00Duncan Cox from Cundall discusses the role of the consultant in initiating important conversations and not walking away from clients because they don't act on good advice.
Smiljan Radić Clarke wins the 2026 Pritzker Prize
Jason Sayer2026-03-12T17:42:37+00:00Chilean architect Smiljan Radić Clarke has been awarded the 2026 Pritzker Architecture Prize for work that explores fragility, cultural memory and material experimentation, creating buildings that are at once elemental, enigmatic and deeply human.
Dispatches from MIPIM: Marion Baeli and Chris Jones of 10 Design
Isabel Allen2026-03-12T12:48:29+00:00Marion Baeli and Chris Jones of 10 Design on what the UK government could learn from Oman – and from Sheffield – and the challenge of embedding a rigorous approach to sustainability across a global practice.
Dispatches from MIPIM: Piia Elo, Mayor of Turku
Isabel Allen2026-03-11T12:35:41+00:00Piia Elo, Mayor of Turku, Finland discusses the city's plans to become neutral by 2029 and its competition for feasible ideas to strengthen the appeal of the Aura River waterfront.
Dispatches from MIPIM: Tanisha Raffiuddin
Isabel Allen2026-03-10T12:27:51+00:00Podcaster and branding & communications guru Tanisha Raffiuddin of Concept Culture explains why she's on the hunt for anybody ready for the challenge of building neighbourhoods with a heartbeat.