Six projects from Allies and Morrison with Porphyrios Associates, Al-Jawad Pike, Clementine Blakemore Architects, Grimshaw, Jamie Fobert Architects with Purcell, and Mikhail Riches are in the running for this year's Stirling Prize for the best new project in the UK.
Bespoke rooflights from Stella Rooflight complement a house extension in south London, flooding the living space with natural light and strengthening the connection between the inside and outside.
Architects rely on powers of persuasion and presentation skills to win work, champion their projects and advocate for change. But do they have the skills they need to make their voices heard?
Sophie Weston, Head of Marketing at Geberit, explains how the innovative and affordable Geberit AquaClean Alba shower toilet is emerging as a game-changer in respect of water and energy efficiency.
In this issue: how Wright & Wright Architects are decarbonising the country’s most sensitive historic estates, Gianni Botsford Architects’ Reciprocal House responds to an early Foster project, Hugh Strange Architects’ Farmworker’s House and Piercy&Company’s approach to technology, specification, materials and craft.
Govette Windows, West Leigh, and Steel Window Fittings have triumphed at the inaugural SWA Awards.
Lynch Architects’ addition to the Coroner’s Court in Westminster serves as a place of remembrance and embeds the work of stained glass artist Brian Clarke.
In 1969 Foster Associates reworked and extended a Victorian cottage in north London. Gianni Botsford Architects has demolished the cottage but retained the extension, drawing on its distinctive architectural language to design a replacement house. Amir Sanei traces the project’s provenance and assesses the results.
Venesta is consistently exceeding new standards of innovative design and performance in education washrooms.
Gbolade Design Studio has completed its first net-zero housing development in Crystal Palace, south London.
