Introducing the July-August 2024 issue of Architecture Today
Isolde Brampton-Greene2024-07-29T09:20:31+01:00In 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.
Farmworker’s House
Isolde Brampton-Greene2024-12-18T17:28:22+00:00Hugh Strange Architects has combined domestic and agricultural typologies to produce a carefully considered courtyard house that complements its setting on the north Cornish coast.
Steel Window Association Awards 2024
AT Editor2024-07-25T16:10:32+01:00Govette Windows, West Leigh, and Steel Window Fittings have triumphed at the inaugural SWA Awards.
Coroner’s Court extension
Jason Sayer2024-07-23T13:41:08+01:00Lynch 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.
Reciprocal House
Isolde Brampton-Greene2024-12-18T17:28:22+00:00In 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.
Lessons in hygiene
AT Editor2024-07-23T15:51:41+01:00Venesta is consistently exceeding new standards of innovative design and performance in education washrooms.
Hermitage Mews
AT Editor2024-07-24T08:33:00+01:00Gbolade Design Studio has completed its first net-zero housing development in Crystal Palace, south London.
Dispatches from the tag rugby field: Hannah Wilson
Jason Sayer2024-07-22T09:22:42+01:00AT chats to… Hannah Wilson, a player and coach for Great Britain Women’s Open tag rugby team and associate at Piercy&Company about the influence of sport on her career in architecture.
Bidi Bidi Performing Arts Centre, Uganda
Jason Sayer2024-07-19T10:57:20+01:00The TO: Foundation, in collaboration with Arup, Hassell, LocalWorks, and SINA Loketa, has completed an innovative performing arts centre in Bidi Bidi, Uganda, for Africa’s largest refugee settlement.
A new government means a fresh chance to get things right
Jason Sayer2024-07-17T19:45:28+01:00AT editor Isabel Allen responds to Labour's first King's speech and calls for the industry to focus not just on the opportunities that emerge and the promises that have been made, but on the huge gaps in the government’s agenda.
The Sociable Workplace
AT Editor2024-12-12T15:25:36+00:00Watch the AT webinar, in partnership with Oscar Acoustics, exploring the design and delivery of workplaces that are fit for the workers of today and tomorrow.