London to host 2023 Ecocity World Summit
Jessica Mairs2022-01-20T12:03:29+00:00London has won a bid to host the biennial Ecocity World Summit, which will take place at the Barbican Centre in June 2023.
Still standing: Casa Luis Barragán, 1948
Peter Songi2023-12-21T15:33:38+00:00Luis Barragán’s most famous work, originally designed for a client in Mexico City in 1937, then occupied by Barragán himself, harnesses the power of opposites as well as referencing his devout Catholicism.
Tribute to Max Fordham
Jessica Mairs2023-12-08T11:54:11+00:00Clare Wright of Wright & Wright Architects remembers friend and collaborator, the esteemed engineer Max Fordham.
Barbican Centre renewal shortlist revealed
Jessica Mairs2022-01-11T16:52:03+00:00Five teams have been shortlisted for the City of London Corporation's £150-million refurbishment of the Barbican Centre.
RIBA seeks architect for HQ redesign
Jessica Mairs2022-01-11T14:09:40+00:00The Royal Institute of British Architects is calling for expressions of interests to refurbish its Grade II* listed headquarters at 66 Portland Place in London.
The revolution will be mechanised
Peter Songi2021-11-29T13:08:49+00:00Bartlett professor Jacqui Glass tells architects not to ignore modern methods of construction and offers practical advice as to how to embed the relevant knowledge within their teams.
Maximising living space with rooflights
AT Editor2021-11-01T13:14:00+00:00The Rooflight Company’s Conservation Rooflight provides the ideal solution for a sensitive bungalow conversion in Henley-on-Thames.
Still standing: Denver Central Library, 1996
Peter Songi2023-12-21T15:33:21+00:00Confident and serene, Michael Graves' Denver Library stands as a riposte to the notion of postmodernism as a mish-mash of populism and pizazz. Ian Volner assesses the enduring appeal of a building that has survived a quarter of a century with dignity and grace.
Sociable housing
Peter Songi2021-09-07T11:01:38+01:00Stolon Studio champions the virtues of “sociable housing”, where small communities are nurtured by shared outdoor space, but the lockdowns of the past 16 months have seen this building type truly come into its own.
Birkbeck campus
Jessica Mairs2021-08-31T09:03:42+01:00Penoyre & Prasad has added a copper-clad roof extension to 373 Euston Road and transformed the building into a new campus for Birkbeck, University of London.
Fit for the future
Peter Songi2021-08-30T18:36:50+01:00Sanya Polescuk Architects has retrofitted an unloved 1950s terraced house to make a home that is refreshed, expanded and entirely fossil-fuel free. Sanya Polescuk explains the practice’s approach to balancing conservation issues with the urgent need to inject our housing stock with a new and sustainable lease of life.
Forest School
Peter Songi2021-08-20T19:11:37+01:00Studio 54 Architecture has refurbished and extended the Prep School at Forest School, on the edge of Epping Forest, to deliver an additional storey, a rooftop playground, and an entirely new facade.