With Oxford Street finally closed to traffic, Jason Sayer reflects on the transformation of London’s busiest shopping strip and what pedestrianisation could mean for the future of the capital’s public realm.
Architects Declare's Next Gen Ambassadors take over The Building Centre for the last event of Regenerative Design 2026, bringing together emerging architects, designers and researchers to explore alternative approaches to practice, material reuse, architectural education and collective action.
shedkm has transformed Wigan’s former brutalist civic centre into a contemporary workspace for developer Capital&Centric, retaining the building’s distinctive concrete structure and reactivating a prominent town centre site.
Kerry Parker-Wray, Business Development Director at IKO, discusses how early collaboration, appropriate system selection and a focus on whole-life performance can help architects deliver durable, adaptable and cost-effective roofing solutions for NHS healthcare buildings.
Studio KA has refurbished Zaha Hadid’s former Clerkenwell studio, transforming the Grade II-listed Victorian schoolhouse into a public centre for architecture and design, with galleries, exhibition spaces and facilities for education and research.
PLP Architecture’s 13-storey office building in the City of London combines flexible workspaces with new public connections, responding to the neighbouring Grade II-listed gatehouse and the site’s complex archaeological history.
Alison Brooks Architects' residential development in King's Cross draws inspiration from the Victorian exuberance of St Pancras Station, while embracing offsite manufacturing to deliver a wholly contemporary building. We spoke to Alison Brooks about arches, architectural expression and the building’s modern methods of construction.
Andy Matthews Studio has completed a cricket pavilion in south London, reinventing the traditional clubhouse as a compact, year-round community building rooted in its parkland setting.
VELUX explores how carefully considered roof window design can bring daylight deeper into open-plan residential extensions, creating brighter and more comfortable and adaptable living spaces.
Page\Park’s affordable housing development for Tollcross Housing Association transforms a vacant brownfield site in Glasgow’s East End into a new residential neighbourhood, with 42 homes arranged around a pedestrian-friendly street and shared green spaces.
HTA Design has completed Kidbrooke Park Road in south London, delivering 452 homes for social rent across a landscape-led neighbourhood of brick buildings, gardens and community spaces.
Pamela Howatt, Senior Technical Advisor at A Proctor Group, answers readers' questions on balancing insulation, airtightness and moisture management when upgrading existing buildings.
