In this issue: Mecanoo's Doris Duke Theatre for Jacob’s Pillow dance centre in Massachusetts, finalists announced for the AT Awards, Ian Volner is revisits Louis Kahn’s SALK Institute, Pierre Bideau on hybrid stone, Rupert Cook and Socrates Miltiadou explain how the studio is moving towards regenerative practice, Materials Library with Manalo & White, Lower Campfield Market in Manchester by Project 3 and Thread ‘re-reveals’ a collection of historic buildings in Redruth, North Conwall.
My Kind of Town: Henrietta Billings
Henrietta Billings reflects on how Norwich’s rich historic character, vibrant economy and human-scale urbanism present both a model and a challenge for new development – and explains why SAVE Britain’s Heritage is helping shape a more contextual vision for its future.
Rupert Cook and Socrates Miltiadou
Rupert Cook and Socrates Miltiadou co-lead London practice Miltiadou Cook Mitzman Architects. They talk to AT about their beginnings in construction and stonemasonry and how they translate this experience into regenerative practice.
Reflections: Red House
John Pardey on William Morris and Philip Webb’s Red House in Bexleyheath – a home that looked to embody ‘truth’ in craftsmanship and construction and which to some, is the very first modern house.
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Barbora Vanek
Barbora 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.
School of Specification – Stone and hybrid materials
Pierre 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.
Designing for the undiscovered: Dispatches from the Ray Dolby Centre
The 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.
Reflections: Gemeentemuseum
John 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.
AT Business Breakfast: Balancing creativity, commerciality and strategic advantage in practice
Architecture Today’s latest Business Breakfast explored how practice leaders are combining creativity and commercial strategy to build resilient, purposeful, and profitable architectural businesses.
School of Specification – Introduction to information management
Richard Saxon, consultant at Deploi, has produced a School of Specification module exploring information management. Here, he considers IM’s key principles and processes, as well as the architect’s role in delivering coordinated, efficient projects.
Dispatches: Ren DeCherney, Cradle to Cradle Certified®
Ren DeCherney of Cradle to Cradle Certified® explains how multi-attribute certification can help architects specify materials that are healthy, circular and socially responsible—without compromise.
Buildings at risk
SAVE Britain's Heritage marks its 50th birthday by adding 50 buildings to its Buildings at Risk register.
Dispatches: Norman Foster on the Queen Elizabeth II Memorial
Foster + Partners has been selected to design the national memorial to Queen Elizabeth II in St James’s Park, London. Norman Foster spoke to AT about his practice’s approach to the project.
AT Awards deadline extended!
The deadline to enter the Architecture Today Awards 2025 has been extended to Wednesday 2 July.
My Kind of Town: Sharon Giffen
Sharon Giffen explains how Earls Court’s cosmopolitan heritage and an ambitious 44-acre masterplan are set to reignite West London as a hub of innovation, culture and community.
My Kind of Town: Anna Parker
As decision-makers search for a defining brand, Anna Parker contends that Birmingham’s identity is already evident in its bold architecture, creative energy, and proud local spirit.
Dispatches from the Serpentine Pavilion: Marina Tabassum
AT chats to Marina Tabassum, the Bangladeshi architect behind the 25th Serpentine Pavilion which has opened in West London. We learn about what informed her design for A Capsule in Time, and the challenges of building a temporary structure on the Hyde Park site.
Learning from Cedric Price
In the 1990s, Cedric Price’s radical approach to architectural practice – prioritising processes over buildings – was seen as visionary and eccentric. Today, as the Regenerative Architecture Index reveals, his ideas about systems, adaptability, and the intelligence of practice itself are central to an evolving, more sustainable profession.
From earth to action
Jim Matthews, managing director of HG Matthews, talks to AT about the challenges and opportunities facing the construction industry as it shifts towards more sustainable and regenerative practices, and the role of leadership, innovation and collaboration in driving meaningful change.
Introducing the May-June 2025 issue of Architecture Today
In this issue: Clancy Moore Architects’ Arklow Wastewater Treatment Plant, Marks Barfield Architects’ proposal for West Somerset Tidal Lagoon, Studio MUTT’s transformation of Royal Albert Dock, Office S&M’s Red Cow Terrace in Hertfordshire, Materials Library with Bennetts Associates, Still Standing: Milan's Torre Velasca, National Gallery’s Sainsbury Wing reworked and much more.
Anthony Grimshaw Associates
Three years after the practice's 60th anniversary, AT hears from Anthony Grimshaw Associates: the sister-run practice at the forefront of the North-West's conservation battle with crumbling churches and lack of public funding.
Still Standing: Torre Velasca, Milan, 1958
An emblem of Milan’s rough lovability, BBPR’s Torre Velasca was inspired by traditional Lombard architecture and contempt for the reductive, repetitive Modernism that was on the march worldwide.
Alasdair Ben Dixon
Alasdair Ben Dixon of Collective Works shares why regenerative design is about far more than environmental performance - it's about restoring communities, embracing collaboration over competition and aligning purpose with practice.
Dispatches from BCO Conference, Milan: Eric Parry
Eric Parry on the uncertainties generated by political headwinds and looking forward to an exchange of views on critical urban issues in London and Milan.
Dispatches from BCO Conference, Milan: Samantha McClary
At chats to Samantha McClary on her obsession with lego, her first conference as Chief Executive of the BCO and what her career as a journalist will bring to the job.
Dispatches from BCO Conference, Milan: Oliver Hall
Oliver Hall on his role as National Chair of BCO NextGen Committees and using the conference as a platform for full immersion in Milan.
Dispatches from BCO Conference, Milan: Andy Young, BIG
Andy Young on drawing by hand, talking a lot, sleeping like a baby and loving Milan.
Dispatches from BCO Conference, Milan: Frances Brown, Cundall
Frances Brown on being on the lookout for inspiration and fresh ideas, not having enough hours in the day and getting excited about exploring Milan.