Learning from: Stalin’s architect
Peter Songi2022-11-22T12:26:48+00:00Deyan Sudjic explains how his new biography of Boris Iofan, state architect to Joseph Stalin, shows how damaging it can be for a talented architect to come too close to power.
A House for Artists
Peter Songi2023-09-12T12:43:16+01:00Apparata has designed 12 studio apartments for artists and their families in Barking, east London. Frances Holliss applauds the ingenuity and courage of a project that recognises the need for flexible, affordable accommodation.
Lovedon Fields
Jessica Mairs2022-11-22T12:16:52+00:00John Pardey Architects has designed a village extension of 50 custom build homes at Kings Worthy in Hampshire. Engineer Steve Webb delivers his verdict on a project that draws on the local vernacular and connects the existing settlement to the adjacent South Downs National Park.
Introducing the March-April 2022 issue
Jessica Mairs2022-11-22T12:26:49+00:00With Lovedon Fields I acquired – the hard way – a little more understanding as to why innovative housing projects are so few and far between, writes Architecture Today editor Isabel Allen.
Max Fordham’s home named UK’s first net zero carbon house
AT Editor2022-12-13T15:14:30+00:00Max Fordham’s north London house has become the first residential building in the UK to be verified as net zero carbon, making it a fitting tribute to the late great sustainable design pioneer.
Rethinking Resi 2023
AT Editor2023-03-22T11:19:55+00:00An AT online conference exploring how the U.K. is addressing the problems posed by the housing crisis is taking place on Wednesday 22nd March.
Five finalists named for EU Mies Award 2022
Jessica Mairs2022-11-22T12:26:55+00:00Grafton Architects' Town House building for Kingston University in London is among five finalists for this year's EU Mies Award, which is given to the best building completed in Europe within the last two years.
Introducing the January-February 2022 issue
Jessica Mairs2022-11-22T12:26:56+00:00The transformation of New Court at Trinity College, Cambridge, is a textbook retrofit of one of our most distinguished listed buildings.
MMC – constraint or opportunity?
AT Editor2022-02-23T16:56:42+00:00An AT Schüco webinar exploring modern methods of construction and how we decide which ones are best suited to our building projects is taking place on Wednesday 23rd February.
My kind of town: Ingrid Petit
Peter Songi2022-02-14T12:41:01+00:00Feilden Fowles associate Ingrid Petit on the generosity and warmth of she found in Glasgow, in contrast to the city's cold description as Edinburgh’s ugly sibling.
HOOBA Design Group wins RIBA Emerging Architect Prize 2021
Jessica Mairs2022-01-26T09:06:59+00:00HOOBA Design Group has been named as the recipient of the RIBA Emerging Architect Prize Winner 2021 for its Kohan Ceram Central Office Building, a perforated brick tower in Tehran.
Bangladesh hospital wins RIBA International Prize 2021
Jessica Mairs2022-01-26T19:10:36+00:00The Friendship Hospital in Bangladesh by Kashef Chowdhury/URBANA has won the RIBA International Prize 2021 for world's best new building.