North Boulder Library
AT Editor2025-03-03T17:23:39+00:00WORKac’s dynamic and community-focused library in Boulder, Colorado, serves a diverse neighbourhood of new developments, art studios, and Spanish-speaking communities.
Sadler’s Wells East
Isabel Allen2025-02-27T15:23:19+00:00O'Donnell + Tuomey's Sadler's Wells East brings dance to diverse audiences and much-needed permanence and purpose to Stratford Waterfront.
Still standing: Hundertwasserhaus Vienna, 1985
Isolde Brampton-Greene2024-12-18T13:17:12+00:00
Designed by Friedensreich Hundertwasser, Vienna’s most fanciful social housing project combines contempt for strait-jacketed Modernism with nostalgia for an imaginary past.
Warburg Institute
Isabel Allen2024-09-26T14:47:04+01:00Haworth Tompkins' £14.5 million transformation of the Warburg Institute in London's Bloomsbury includes the Institute’s first gallery, a 140-seat auditorium, and a state-of-the-art centre for special collections.
STORE Pavilion, King’s Cross
Isabel Allen2024-09-19T17:05:26+01:00London and Rotterdam-based STORE works with summer school students create a temporary 'log cabin' in London's Granary Square as a venue for public events at London Design Festival.
Carlton House Terrace
AT Editor2024-10-09T11:11:02+01:00Wright & Wright has remodelled the British Academy’s headquarters in London, transforming the Grade I listed building into digitally-enabled destination for events and public engagement with humanities and social sciences research.
BEAM Cultural Hub
Jason Sayer2024-09-13T09:24:22+01:00Bennetts Associates and Citizens Design Bureau have transformed the former Hertford Theatre, bringing it up to speed and expanding its offering as a new multipurpose arts venue.
Still standing: John Hancock Center, Chicago, 1965
AT Editor2024-12-18T13:17:55+00:00
‘Gutsy, masculine and industrial’, SOM’s John Hancock Center showcased its engineer’s ingenuity and confirmed Chicago’s continuing status as an incubator for new design.
Still standing: Yoyogi National Gymnasium, Tokyo, 1964
Isolde Brampton-Greene2024-06-14T10:20:48+01:00
One of the greatest Modernist buildings to emerge from the Olympics, Kenzo Tange’s Yoyogi National Gymnasium’s blend of Zen tranquillity and techno-monumentality connects Japan’s ancient past to its forward-thinking future.
Automatic for the people
AT Editor2024-05-30T21:39:52+01:00Prokš Přikryl architekti has converted a historic grain silo into a multi-purpose cultural venue as part of the redevelopment of Josef Gočár’s Automatic Mills building in Pardubice, Czech Republic.
Still standing: Boston Government Service Center, 1971
Isolde Brampton-Greene2024-04-19T13:24:41+01:00
While many of Paul Rudolph’s high-maintenance public buildings have faced demolition, one of his most confounding architectural statements stands as an enduring testament to his confrontational style.
Dispatches from City Hall: Justine Simons
AT Editor2024-03-08T11:15:05+00:00AT chats to Justine Simons, deputy mayor for culture and creative industries, about Creative Land Trusts, how new cultural venues are being established in London, and the efforts being made to aid cultural preservation.