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 Manolo & White, Lower Campfield Market in Manchester by Project 3 and Thread ‘re-reveals’ a collection of historic buildings in Redruth, North Conwall.
Cover: Doris Duke Theatre, Jacob’s Pillow in Western Massachusetts, USA, by Mecanoo. Photograph by Iwan Baan.
Inside the July-August 2025 issue of Architecture Today:
- Architecture Today Awards – A look at the finalists in the AT Awards for buildings that have stood the test of time
- Still standing – Ian Volner explains how Louis Kahn’s celebrated Salk Institute in La Jolla, California, marries the architect’s notion of ‘served’ and ‘servant spaces’ with his preoccupation with symbolism and light in a building that is functional, poetic, and impossible to photograph
- Stone and hybrid materials – Pierre Bideau explains the key principles, benefits and challenges of hybrid stone construction
- Doris Duke – Dutch practice Mecanoo has designed a new theatre for Jacob’s Pillow, a pioneering dance centre in Western Massachusetts, USA. Isabel Allen takes a tour and discovers a building that is shaped by a sensibility and spirit that refuses to be subdued
- Information management – Richard Saxon considers the key principles and processes involved in information management, and summarises the architect’s role in delivering coordinated, efficient projects
- Reinventing practice – Rupert Cook and Socrates Miltiadou discuss the way Miltiadou Cook Mitzman is addressing the challenge of moving towards regenerative practice
- Campfield – Project 3’s renovation of Lower Campfield Market in Castlefield, Manchester, marks a new chapter for a structure that has adapted to the city’s social and economic tides. Tyler-Antonia Gordon admires the scheme’s in-built flexibility, technical rigour, and social generosity
- Buttermarket – Somerset-based practice Thread has ‘re-revealed’ a collection of historic buildings in Redruth, North Cornwall, to create a vibrant hub for artists, food entrepreneurs and the local community. Ian Chalk reports
- Schüco Excellence Awards – Projects by Foster + Partners, AHMM, and Howells are among the winners selected by this year’s expert awards jury
- Materials library – Aoibhín McGinley and Lauren Li Porter explain how Manolo & White’s expansive and carefully curated materials library infuses the practice’s work and work-life with practicality and playfulness
- Ask the expert – Martin Saxby, UK Country Manager at LX Hausys, answers readers’ questions on solid surfaces
