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.
Mylius Architects creates multigenerational home in Suffolk
Jessica Mairs2023-01-16T15:10:03+00:00Mylius Architects has designed a new home for a retired couple and their extended family in Suffolk, creating private and overlapping zones that give options for togetherness and independence.
Daylight and natural ventilation solutions support reimagined Victorian prison
AT Editor2022-11-01T10:30:35+00:00Velux Glazing Panels from Velux Commercial play a key role in an ambitious project to transform Bodmin Jail into a boutique hotel.
Materials library: Emil Eve
Jason Sayer2023-12-19T09:39:55+00:00Emma and Ross Perkin explain how they harmonise craft, tradition and natural materials to deliver projects that will age gracefully and are robust.