In this issue: Unboxed Homes’ Blenheim Grove in Peckham, Keith Williams Architects’ De Valera Library and Súil Gallery in Ireland, Materials library with Alison Brooks Architects, Roz Barr Architects’ Courtyard Houses in Surrey, dRMM on the benefits of mass timber, and more.
The cover of AT336 features Roz Barr Architects’ Courtyard Houses in Long Ditton, Surrey. (Photo: Sue Barr)
Inside the March-April 2025 issue of Architecture Today:
- Unboxed Homes’ Blenheim Grove: A residential project in Peckham, London that demonstrates the challenges involved in delivering custom build homes
- Measuring mass timber: A research project led by dRMM explores the benefits of timber construction and provides an open-source tool to measure building performance
- Still standing: Ian Volner explains how Hollyhock House lived up to Frank Lloyd Wright’s domestic vision but was beset by disagreements with his mercurial client
- Roz Barr Architects’ Courtyard Houses: In Long Ditton, Surrey, two homes for three generations come together to form a place for living under one roof
- Urban greening: Rob Beswick discusses the main Urban Greening Factor principles and factor values
- Reinventing practice: Photographer Timothy Soar visits Christopher Ash and James Soane of Project Orange in their Suffolk Studio
- De Valera Library and Súil Gallery: Located in Ennis, County Clare, Ireland, Keith Williams Architects’ new building forms a critical building block in the town’s social infrastructure
- Incorporating client feedback: Nigel Ostime explores what clients are looking for from architects, and how practitioners can improve their performance
- Ask the expert – Passive fire protection: Darren Brennan, Specification Director at Siderise, answers readers’ questions on passive fire protection for the building envelope
- Materials library: Alison Brooks and Ruben Ramos of Alison Brooks Architects explain how the practice’s approach to materiality is informed by socio-cultural factors, environmental concerns and a desire to reconnect with nature
- Security through laminated glass: Allan Gibson considers the primary security threats for glazing and what can be done to mitigate them
- My Kind of Town: Tom Lacey on the Olympic Park, London
