Ask the expert: Biodiversity
AT Editor2022-11-21T15:52:55+00:00Vicki Mordue from Biodiverse Consulting answers readers’ questions.
Good mews story
AT Editor2022-11-28T16:18:38+00:00Sanya Polescuk Architects has skilfully inserted a pair of low-carbon, multi-generational flats into a Victorian mews in north London, significantly boosting the building’s spatial and environmental performance.
Serpentine Pavilion 2023 design revealed
AT Editor2022-11-23T14:21:35+00:00Visuals have been revealed for the 22nd edition of the annual Serpentine Pavilion, a refined, circular timber structure designed by Paris-based architect Lina Ghotmeh.
Behind the scenes
Jessica Mairs2022-12-08T12:37:20+00:00A new theatre has risen from the ashes of Charing Cross Road's once-infamous Astoria venue. Theatre owner Nica Burns and Derwent CEO Paul Williams explains how theatricality and glamour has melded with AHMM's modern architecture to create a contemporary hub for the West End.
Soho Place
Jessica Mairs2022-12-14T13:10:14+00:00Allford Hall Monaghan Morris and Derwent London have delivered a complex urban jigsaw of theatre, retail, office space and a new public square above the Crossrail station at Tottenham Court Road. Isabel Allen charts the influences, aspirations and relationships that have shaped a self-assured solution for one of London's most prominent sites.
Still standing: Vitra Fire Station, 1993
Isolde Brampton-Greene2023-12-21T15:40:11+00:00Perhaps best described as a concrete wall with a split personality disorder, an on-site fire house for Swiss mega-brand Vitra exploded the myth that Zaha Hadid’s experimental image-making was unsuited to translation into built work.
RIBA dedicates exhibition to circular economy
Jessica Mairs2022-11-15T14:28:11+00:00A new exhibition at the RIBA – Long Life, Low Energy: Designing for a Circular Economy – explores the shift away from a culture of demolish and rebuild, and towards retrofit and reuse in the quest for net zero.
Workplace webinar: Designing healthy and desirable places to work
AT Editor2024-12-12T17:12:56+00:00An AT webinar, supported by Geberit and Oscar Acoustics, explored the post-covid workplace and what can be done to maximise health and wellbeing.
2022 Brick Awards
AT Editor2022-11-08T13:27:57+00:00Purcell wins the Supreme Award with its striking yet sympathetic extension to Radley College Chapel in Oxfordshire.
Judging the Architecture Today Awards
Jessica Mairs2022-11-21T18:17:46+00:00Finalists in the Architecture Today Awards made the case for their projects before our expert panel and live audience on Monday. Winners will be announced in February 2023.
Learning from: Grange Pavilion in Cardiff
Isolde Brampton-Greene2023-08-08T10:30:33+01:00Sarah Featherstone explains how a modest community building in Grangetown, Cardiff, challenges the way we define and measure value and shows how universities can partner with local residents to facilitate community-led projects.
In transit with bespoke column casings
AT Editor2022-11-10T16:47:58+00:00Encasement explores how bespoke column casings can improve the aesthetics and performance of transport hubs.