The Growing Space
AT Editor2023-11-17T11:02:16+00:00Masters Architecture students at the University of Westminster have completed a lightweight, prefabricated timber structure that forms part of a therapeutic gardening project in east London.
Ravelin Sports Centre
AT Editor2023-06-05T16:09:31+01:00A major new-build sports building in Portsmouth by FaulknerBrowns Architects and Max Fordham has set a new environmental benchmark with an operational energy consumption of less than 100 kWh/m²/yr.
New Century Hall
AT Editor2025-01-08T15:53:49+00:00Sheppard Robson’s sympathetic refurbishment of Manchester’s New Century Hall has given the grade II-listed music venue a new lease of life.
On the waterfront
AT Editor2023-02-19T19:58:43+00:00Glenn Howells Architects has extended the public realm at London's Canary Wharf with a pair of elegant floating pavilions.
The Broadway by Squire & Partners
Isabel Allen2022-12-12T17:10:09+00:00Squire & Partners completes 1 million square foot Art Deco inspired mixed-use development on former Metropolitan Police Headquarters site.
Behind the scenes
Jessica Mairs2022-12-08T12:37:20+00:00A new theatre has risen from the ashes of Charing Cross Road's once-infamous Astoria venue. Theatre owner Nica Burns and Derwent CEO Paul Williams explains how theatricality and glamour has melded with AHMM's modern architecture to create a contemporary hub for the West End.
Soho Place
Jessica Mairs2022-12-14T13:10:14+00:00Allford Hall Monaghan Morris and Derwent London have delivered a complex urban jigsaw of theatre, retail, office space and a new public square above the Crossrail station at Tottenham Court Road. Isabel Allen charts the influences, aspirations and relationships that have shaped a self-assured solution for one of London's most prominent sites.
Taking the hard work out of leisure sector casings
AT Editor2022-10-20T10:45:35+01:00Hotels, restaurants, gyms and sports facilities would probably be less attractive and welcoming places without decorative column casings. But the beauty of these elements goes beyond the purely aesthetic, as Peterborough-based specialist Encasement explains.
dRMM’s Eddington hotel
Isolde Brampton-Greene2023-08-08T10:33:38+01:00Designed by dRMM, a new hotel in Cambridge’s emerging Eddington town centre showcases the versatility of modern blockwork and mediates between the university’s commitment to design quality and placemaking, and evolving trends in hotel design.
London Zoo’s Snowdon Aviary reinvented as Monkey Valley
Jessica Mairs2022-11-22T12:26:23+00:00When Lord Snowdon, Cedric Price and Frank Newby designed the aviary at London Zoo, they captured the spirit of the times. Samantha Hardingham charts its transformation from 1960s icon to modern-day monkey hangout.
art’otel Hoxton
Isolde Brampton-Greene2022-10-17T12:52:12+01:00Squire and Partners has designed a bespoke ‘cogwheel’ façade for art’otel, a 26-storey art-inspired hotel in London’s Hoxton. Partner Murray Levinson talks to Architecture Today about the challenges involved.