Know your bricks
AT Editor2021-09-01T09:32:18+01:00Keith Aldis, Brick Development Association CEO, explains the importance of differentiating between clay and concrete bricks.
Still standing: Lloyd’s of London, 1986
Peter Songi2023-12-21T15:33:12+00:00Is the Lloyd’s building a monument to reason or just a wilful mess? Contributing editor Ian Volner hazards an irreverent guess as to the motives behind Richard Rogers’ inscrutable design.
Waterfront Clubhouse
Peter Songi2021-08-25T16:38:48+01:00Abin Design Studio has designed a clubhouse in Bansberia, West Bengal, using crowdfunding, local craftsmen and personal contacts to turn a modest government grant into a community gathering place that punches above its weight.
House Recast
Jessica Mairs2021-06-22T18:12:03+01:00Studio Ben Allen's pigmented concrete extension to a Victorian terrace in Haringey has been named the winner of this year's Don't Move Improve! competition.
House of cards
Jessica Mairs2022-05-11T12:02:19+01:00Elastico Farm has designed a pair of houses at Torrazza Piemonte outside Turin, that experiment with the structural possibilities of granite and disrupt the monotony of the suburban setting.
Shells and Core
AT Editor2022-05-11T12:48:40+01:00Oysters provide inspiration for Mæ’s concrete facades at Royal Wharf
Coille Beag
AT Editor2021-01-03T20:03:46+00:00Building Snell David seeks to root a new concrete and timber house in its woodland site
Serious Delight
AT Editor2020-07-29T17:15:39+01:00Building Review
Peter Stewart enjoys the rigour and wit of a conjoined primary school and residential tower designed by Henley Halebrown
Lab Report
AT Editor2020-04-08T21:10:20+01:00Building
Fraser Brown McKenna completes the New Science Building at the University of East Anglia
The Poetics of Form
AT Editor2020-04-02T09:08:32+01:00Books
Joe Rollo’s book assembles recent exemplars of concrete’s use in house design
Layer Upon Lair
AT Editor2020-03-19T01:26:22+00:00Building
Adjaye Associates’ renovation of the Mole House celebrates the secret subterranean exploits of its previous occupant
Behind the Curtain
AT Editor2019-12-16T11:49:27+00:00Materials Library
Friedrich Ludewig of Acme wants a space where you can be immersed in materials