Designing for sound
AT Editor2026-05-06T15:41:22+01:00Sownd Affects introduces Sownd Certification, a new standard for audio-inclusive buildings that enables architects and designers to specify acoustic performance beyond compliance.
Sownd Affects introduces Sownd Certification, a new standard for audio-inclusive buildings that enables architects and designers to specify acoustic performance beyond compliance.
Praksis Arkitekter’s transformation of a 30-year-old timber warehouse in Østbirk, Denmark, into a research and development hub for the VELUX Group demonstrates how daylight, material reuse and deep retrofit can deliver a flexible, low-carbon workplace.
O’Donnell Brown has worked with local campaigners to transform a neglected 19th-century town hall on the Scottish island of Cumbrae into a thriving centre for community life.
The transformation of a Grade II-listed townhouse in Mevagissey demonstrates how VELUX Heritage roof windows can unlock underused roof spaces, delivering daylight and usability within strict conservation constraints.
Sandy Rendel has designed an intergenerational family home in the leafy village of Cuckfield, West Sussex. John Pardey locates the project within a history of one-off houses that are meaningful, modest, and very much of their time.
A site visit in Bruton, Somerset, brought together the longlisted architects for the Hummingbird Learning Lab with Architecture Today and Hummingbird founders Beau Lotto and Dave Strudwick – offering a first-hand encounter with an ambitious, neuroscience-led vision for regenerative education and the landscape that will shape it.
James Hardie discusses how its Hardie® Panel systems and comprehensive technical support help specifiers deliver durable, low-maintenance facades with reduced environmental impact.
Watch the AT webinar, in partnership with Vectorworks, exploring how AI and digital tools are reshaping architectural practice, from heritage and design workflows to collaboration, visualisation and manufacturing.
Hear Tom Bloxham from Urban Splash, Councillor Ruairi Kelly from Glasgow City Council, Holly Lewis from We Made That and Gary Clark from HKS discuss the role of regenerative design in unlocking the long-term value of public assets.
Impepinable Studio’s workplace for a seed production company in rural Cuenca, Spain, uses repurposed shipping containers and locally sourced construction methods to create a flexible, light-filled environment that bridges agricultural production and technological innovation.
Liz Liddell-Grainger from JTP argues that we need to look backward as well as forward to understand how to design masterplans that restore, renew or revitalise natural and social systems.
Architecture Today has teamed up with the UK’s first circular construction hub to organise an opportunity for members of the Regenerative Architecture Index to visit its site in London’s Royal Docks.