Piia Elo, Mayor of Turku, Finland discusses the city's plans to become neutral by 2029 and its competition for feasible ideas to strengthen the appeal of the Aura River waterfront.
Podcaster and branding & communications guru Tanisha Raffiuddin of Concept Culture explains why she's on the hunt for anybody ready for the challenge of building neighbourhoods with a heartbeat.
Chair of the RIBA Board of Trustees Jack Pringle of Studio Pringle calls on MPs and Lords to save £25 billion of taxpayers' money by vacating the Palace of Westminster while refurbishment and renewal are under way and finding alternative premises in Vauxhall, the City or Canary Wharf.
Heather Macey discusses the challenges involved in taking on the role of Principal at Makower Architects and shares out her ambitions for the practice as it embarks on a new chapter of its life.
landscape evangelist and Test of Time awards judge Kimberly Tryba of LILA Studio extols the transformational power of landscape projects that get stronger over time.
JJ Lorraine on coming to MIPIM as a free agent having left the practice that he founded, planning the second act of his career, and being named after Jean-Jacques Rousseau.
Political mover and shaker and Bell Phillips Director Jay Morton discusses podcasting, campaigning and placemaking – and responds to rumours that she could be in the running to be President of the RIBA.
Historic England's Co-CEOs Claudia Kenyatta and Emma Squire introduce a new guide that helps architects and clients to identify, de-risk and fund opportunities to reimagine heritage buildings as creative industry hubs.
Anna Woodeson, Sustainability Director at Buro Happold and a Trustee at Architects Declare, spells out what's wrong with the latest proposals for the National Planning Policy Framework NPPF, and explains how architects can engage with the process and make their voices heard.
Construction of Kamuzu University of Health Sciences’ dental school by John McAslan + Partners has begun, becoming Malawi’s first faculty of its kind.
Based in rural Donegal, but shaped by decades of life and work across Europe, Sosie Pasparakis and Ronan Friel reflect on listening as a design tool, the quiet intelligence of a rural practice, and how memory, landscape and craft meet in projects that sit lightly and thoughtfully in their landscape.
Selected to design the 25th Serpentine Pavilion, LANZA atelier founders Isabel Abascal and Alessandro Arienzo discuss their serpentine-inspired proposal, the intelligence of modest forms, and how movement, materiality and collective experience shape their approach to architecture.
