Denise Murray from Metropolitan Workshop talks to AT about balancing delivery and design quality amid Ireland’s housing crisis — and why public understanding of architecture is key to lasting neighbourhoods.
As Hawkins\Brown embarks on Phase 1 of Parnell Cultural Quarter, Colin Mackay gives AT a first look inside the new centre for cultural exchange, and catches up with Colin Mackay, Partner at the Dublin office.
Conor Sreenan, State Architect and Principal Architect at the Office of Public Works in Ireland talks to AT about the opportunities and challenges of leading public architecture in a time of national transformation.
Exploration Architecture's founder Michael Pawlyn talks about biologically-inspired design approaches, moving beyond PassivHaus to an ideal of ActiveHaus and discussing company policy while making hedgerow jam.
John Pardey on how Joseph Paxton’s pioneering Crystal Palace for Great Exhibition of 1851 marked the end of millennia of masonry and timber construction, ushering in a new era of light, span and prefabrication that would redefine architecture in the age of industry.
Bangkok-based architect Rachaporn Choochuey, co-founder of all(zone), discusses her curatorial approach for the Rockbund Art Museum’s biennial festival of architectural thinking, RAM Assembles 2025. Titled Shanghai Picnic, the biennial explores how informal, spontaneous public life can be rekindled in one of Shanghai’s most meticulously restored and highly regulated urban environments.
Sir Terry Farrell's son, Max, along with current and former senior staff at the practice Peter Barbalov, Stefan Krummeck and Nigel Bidwell look back on life with the late Terry Farrell, a "titan of design" and a man of "intellect, instinct, humility and heart."
Beau Lotto on how Bruton's unique mix of culture and community fosters discovery and connection – and why this small Somerset town provides the perfect setting for a new kind of school rooted in interaction, meaning and curiosity.
An event celebrating the 2025 Regenerative Architecture Index (RAI), hosted by UK Architects Declare and Architecture Today in partnership with Schüco, took place on 2 October at Broadway Malyan’s London office.
AT chats to Duarte Lobo Antunes and Jack Taylor from A is for Architecture about their Folkestone Harbour plan which has recently been granted planning permission.
The Architecture Today Awards Live Finals saw 30 projects presented in front of a live audience including the jury. Here's how the day panned out and what those involved had to say.
Grimshaw Partners Andrew Whalley and Neven Sidor reflect on Nick Grimshaw’s pragmatism and quirks, and recall conversations after “several hours and several rounds of scotch and dry ginger.”
