Dispatches from OOBE
Jason Sayer2025-08-28T11:40:01+01:00AT chats to Emma McNicholas and Chris Shiels, directors at OOBE – one of a select band of landscape architects who have taken part in the 2025 Regenerative Architecture Index.
Dispatches: Simon Reid, Lungfish Architects
Isabel Allen2025-08-14T11:16:02+01:00Lungfish Managing Director Simon Reid tells AT about the trouble with corridors and dragonflies, the secret of successful Forest Schools and the importance of swapping school shoes for wellington boots.
Dispatches: C20 President, Samira Ahmed
Jason Sayer2025-08-05T12:18:49+01:00Award-winning journalist and broadcaster Samira Ahmed reflects on her passion for 20th century architecture, the role of storytelling in preservation, and her ambitions as the newly appointed President of the Twentieth Century Society.
Designing for the undiscovered: Dispatches from the Ray Dolby Centre
Jason Sayer2025-10-23T16:28:58+01:00The 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.
Dispatches: Ren DeCherney, Cradle to Cradle Certified®
Jason Sayer2025-07-02T10:35:39+01:00Ren 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.
Dispatches: Norman Foster on the Queen Elizabeth II Memorial
Jason Sayer2025-10-01T10:58:59+01:00Foster + 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.
Dispatches from Newcastle: Alt Studios
Jason Sayer2025-06-09T09:56:42+01:00AT chats to Paul Milner and Scott Savin, co-founders of Newcastle-based ALT STUDIOS, about founding a practice during the pandemic, designing a major mixed-use scheme in Northern Ireland, and mentoring the next generation through their CANDID initiative.
Dispatches from the Serpentine Pavilion: Marina Tabassum
Jason Sayer2025-10-23T16:29:22+01:00AT 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.
Dispatches from BCO Conference, Milan: Eric Parry
Isabel Allen2025-10-23T16:29:36+01:00Eric 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
Isabel Allen2025-10-23T16:29:49+01:00At 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
Isabel Allen2025-10-23T16:30:04+01:00Oliver 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
Isabel Allen2025-10-23T16:30:36+01:00Andy Young on drawing by hand, talking a lot, sleeping like a baby and loving Milan.