Steve Melvin of Atelier Architecture & Design reflects on the elusive qualities that make certain works of architecture capture the imagination and make a lasting impression on our collective consciousness.
Ben Parker, Major Projects Manager at IKO, discusses how the company’s DfE Construction Framework Guide can help architects navigate CF25 roofing requirements, reduce specification risk and deliver compliant, high-performance education buildings.
Ian Chalk Architects has refurbished Cambridge’s historic Arts Theatre, renewing the venue’s auditorium and backstage areas, balancing technical upgrade with the preservation of intimacy, craftsmanship and acoustic performance.
HTA Design’s new play landscape for Crystal Palace Park draws on the site’s 19th-century ‘journey through time’ concept to create an immersive environment that combines education, accessibility and imaginative play within a wider programme of park regeneration.
JOTAJOTA+ reimagines a Madrid mattress store as a sequence of domestic interiors, using spatial choreography, material contrast and layered thresholds to reinvent the retail experience.
Sandy Rendel has designed an intergenerational family home in the leafy village of Cuckfield, West Sussex. John Pardey locates the project within a history of one-off houses that are meaningful, modest, and very much of their time.
O’Donnell Brown has worked with local campaigners to transform a neglected 19th-century town hall on the Scottish island of Cumbrae into a thriving centre for community life.
An extraordinary museum and community centre in Romania’s Danube Delta locks into the sustainable networks of one of Europe’s last great wildernesses to support the culture and the future of the Lipovan people
Ark-Shelter and Archekta’s 20 m² off-grid retreat at the edge of the Zlatý Roh vineyards above Devín Castle compresses full domestic function into a single modular volume, operating year-round without connection to mains services while opening almost entirely to the surrounding landscape.
Nissen Richards Studio and SP(R)INT Studio's permanent exhibition and interior design for a visitor centre at Lake Mývatn uses Iceland's volcanic landscape as both subject and setting, creating an immersive environment that draws geology, ecology and culture into a single, coherent experience.
Dave Johnstone, Technical Services Manager at Michelmersh, answers readers’ questions on brick bonds
Futurebuild 2026 renews its partnership with the Supply Chain Sustainability School, highlighting the role of collaboration and shared learning in advancing sustainable construction.
