RIBA dedicates exhibition to circular economy
Jessica Mairs2022-11-15T14:28:11+00:00A new exhibition at the RIBA – Long Life, Low Energy: Designing for a Circular Economy – explores the shift away from a culture of demolish and rebuild, and towards retrofit and reuse in the quest for net zero.
Workplace webinar: Designing healthy and desirable places to work
AT Editor2024-12-12T17:12:56+00:00An AT webinar, supported by Geberit and Oscar Acoustics, explored the post-covid workplace and what can be done to maximise health and wellbeing.
2022 Brick Awards
AT Editor2022-11-08T13:27:57+00:00Purcell wins the Supreme Award with its striking yet sympathetic extension to Radley College Chapel in Oxfordshire.
Judging the Architecture Today Awards
Jessica Mairs2022-11-21T18:17:46+00:00Finalists in the Architecture Today Awards made the case for their projects before our expert panel and live audience on Monday. Winners will be announced in February 2023.
Learning from: Grange Pavilion in Cardiff
Isolde Brampton-Greene2023-08-08T10:30:33+01:00Sarah Featherstone explains how a modest community building in Grangetown, Cardiff, challenges the way we define and measure value and shows how universities can partner with local residents to facilitate community-led projects.
In transit with bespoke column casings
AT Editor2022-11-10T16:47:58+00:00Encasement explores how bespoke column casings can improve the aesthetics and performance of transport hubs.
John Spicer and Graham Taylor talk to AT about Sonify from Zentia
Isabel Allen2022-11-23T16:33:02+00:00Listen to the Ask the Expert podcast, in partnership with Zentia, exploring the design of discontinuous ceiling systems and specifically Sonify, a brand new product that the company is bringing to market.
Retrofit: Keyhole surgery
Isolde Brampton-Greene2023-08-08T10:32:30+01:00Jonathan Spratt from Bennetts Associates argues that, for ‘young’ buildings from the 1990s and early 2000s architects should steer clients away from a comprehensive retrofit approach towards a strategy of ‘keyhole surgery’ – minimal interventions that have a transformative effect.
Studio Weave extends Lea Bridge Library
Jason Sayer2022-11-23T10:49:00+00:00Studio Weave's extension to Lea Bridge Library, in Waltham Forest, achieved with the help of the GLA, caters for a growing, diverse community.
Hybridisation Works: The role of the 21st-century library
Jason Sayer2022-11-22T12:26:19+00:00Eddie Blake of Studio Weave looks at Lea Bridge Library, recently extended by the practice, and what it means to genuinely serve a community today.
Third-age housing
Isolde Brampton-Greene2022-11-22T12:26:19+00:00Designers and investors are driving a step change in the provision of innovative high-quality projects in the third-age housing sector. Local authorities need to catch up, says Ballymore creative director Roger Black.