My kind of town: Melissa Dowler
Isolde Brampton-Greene2023-12-19T13:24:29+00:00Melissa Dowler, a director of Bell Phillips Architects, on Los Angeles, a city that does not make much sense but has an unmistakeable joie de vivre.
Materials library: Foster + Partners
AT Editor2023-12-19T13:26:05+00:00Divya Patel Orbesen explains how the practice’s state-of-the-art Materials Research Centre (MRC) and Information Centre (IC) support its multidisciplinary project teams and the wider aspirations of the company.
Going the distance
AT Editor2023-08-18T11:21:32+01:00Jonathan Lowy, Operational Marketing Manager at VMZINC, explores natural zinc’s aesthetic and performance benefits, and why the company is supporting the Architecture Today Awards.
Saint Hilda’s Church and Kirkleatham Parish Centre
AT Editor2023-08-18T11:22:48+01:00Chance de Silva’s award-winning church and parish centre in Redcar establishes strong links with its site and the local community.
My kind of town: Tomáš Jurdák
Isolde Brampton-Greene2023-12-19T13:11:29+00:00Tomáš Jurdák has a special relationship with Kreuzberg, Berlin. Its youthful population has created an eclectic mixture of communities that retain the old and embrace the new.
Still standing: The Theme Building, Los Angeles International Airport, 1961
Isolde Brampton-Greene2023-12-21T16:02:02+00:00The enigmatic concrete spaceship that stands at the centre of Los Angeles International Airport stands as a monument to misplaced optimism, missed opportunities and swinging sixties glamour.
Sheerness Dockyard Church
AT Editor2023-08-18T11:26:38+01:00Hugh Broughton Architects has skilfully transformed a historic dockyard church on the Isle of Sheppey into a community hub and business incubator for young entrepreneurs.
An open letter to the UK design media
Peter Songi2023-06-13T17:15:35+01:00UK Architects Declare, Design Declares and UK Interior Design Declare issue an open letter challenging the design media to up their game.
Enter the 2023 AT Awards
Jason Sayer2023-06-12T16:28:38+01:00The deadline for the 2023 Architecture Today Awards is Friday 30 June. Find out more here, including how to start your entry today.
Introducing the May-June 2023 issue
AT Editor2023-06-20T12:25:07+01:00In her editorial for AT325, Isabel Allen reflects on the lessons learnt from the winning projects in the Architecture Today Awards for buildings that have stood the test of time, and praises the role architecture schools are taking in offering courses on retrofit and adaptive reuse. She also introduces the new student prize that AT has added to its awards programme.
Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios: Stephen Taylor Court, Cambridge
Isolde Brampton-Greene2023-06-08T17:55:16+01:00Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios has completed a Passivhaus hall of residence for King's College, Cambridge. Holly Galbraith explains how the practice combined modern methods of construction, attention to detail and well-honed placemaking skills to minimise embodied and operational carbon and deliver a project that responds intelligently to its context.
Ravelin Sports Centre
AT Editor2023-06-05T16:09:31+01:00A major new-build sports building in Portsmouth by FaulknerBrowns Architects and Max Fordham has set a new environmental benchmark with an operational energy consumption of less than 100 kWh/m²/yr.