Urban art with heart
AT Editor2025-07-22T16:55:24+01:00HIMACS solid surface powers Stuart Melrose and Kev Munday’s colourful tribute to Reading at the town's new Station Hill development.
Architecture Today Awards 2025 Finalists announced
Jason Sayer2025-07-28T13:03:37+01:00A total of 30 projects have been named as finalists in the 2025 Architecture Today Awards for buildings that stand the test of time along with five proposals from students that have also been shortlisted for this year's Student prize.
Barbora Vanek
Nelly Greig2025-07-21T11:52:58+01:00Barbora Vanek is one of AHMM's five Building Performance Specialists. As the only one based in their Bristol office, she speaks to AT about the privilege of working across such a broad architectural portfolio; from challenges to triumphs.
Fire, health and life safety design
AT Editor2025-07-18T16:13:05+01:00Watch the AT webinar, in partnership with Siderise, exploring how architects can meet their obligations and responsibilities in relation to fire, health and life safety design.
Eduardo Souto de Moura wins 2025 Praemium Imperiale Award
Jason Sayer2025-07-15T11:57:19+01:00Portuguese architect honoured for his sculptural buildings and poetic approach to material and place.
3 & 15 West Lane
Jason Sayer2025-07-17T11:19:18+01:00HTA Design’s latest addition to Canary Wharf delivers two aparthotel buildings and a new public square that echo the area’s industrial past while shaping its residential future.
School of Specification – Stone and hybrid materials
AT Editor2025-07-14T12:30:59+01:00Pierre Bidaud, Creative Director at The Stonemasonry Company, has produced a School of Specification module exploring hybrid stone construction. Here, he considers the key principles, benefits, and challenges of hybrid stone construction.
One Pool Street, UCL East
Nelly Greig2025-07-22T14:51:36+01:00Lifschutz Davidson Sandilands's gateway building to UCL's new East campus in Queen Elizabeth's Olympic Park combines student accommodation with a range of learning spaces that blur conventional boundaries between education and civic life.
Designing for the undiscovered: Dispatches from the Ray Dolby Centre
Jason Sayer2025-07-22T14:51:49+01:00The Ray Dolby Centre at the University of Cambridge is a next-generation physics facility designed by Jestico + Whiles for discoveries that are yet to be made. AT speaks to Jude Harris, Director at Jestico + Whiles, about how adaptability, technical precision, and collaboration with scientists shaped a building that not only meets today's exacting research demands but is engineered to evolve with science for decades to come.
Vyšehrad Railway Bridge
Nelly Greig2025-07-10T13:57:08+01:00AT speaks to civil engineer Ian Firth, who has challenged demolition threats of Prague’s Vyšehrad Railway Bridge with a proposal to restore the landmark, upgrading its infrastructure for modern rail demands. With UNESCO now backing its protection, the bridge becomes a test case in how cities can balance progress with preservation.
Reflections: Gemeentemuseum
Jason Sayer2025-07-08T17:31:13+01:00John Pardey on Hendrik Petrus Berlage's Gemeentemuseum in The Hague (1934) – a building that can be read as a European evolution of Frank Lloyd Wright's work and reconsidered the decorative use of stone and brick.
The Usher Building
Jason Sayer2025-07-14T17:50:08+01:00Hassell’s interdisciplinary research hub for the University of Edinburgh brings together academia, industry and government to address pressing challenges in health and social care, drawing on Scotland’s heritage of public good and global innovation.