68 Erith Hub
Jason Sayer2025-12-16T10:23:50+00:00alma-nac’s transformation of a long-vacant high-street unit in Erith creates a flexible, low-carbon community hub, organised around a generous threshold space that links between street and interior.
Dispatches from Izmir, Turkey
Isabel Allen2025-11-29T15:26:07+00:00Office of Displaced Designers (ODD) is calling on UK construction professionals to support She Repairs, an initiative to help women in Izmir's displaced communities to provide their households with a safe and comfortable home.
The Sutton Estate
Jason Sayer2025-11-25T15:06:13+00:00CIVIC and HTA Design’s conservation-led renewal of Chelsea’s historic Sutton Estate transforms four Edwardian mansion blocks into sustainable homes while restoring the estate’s architectural character and reshaping its landscape into a sociable, biodiverse network of gardens.
North London Collegiate School Ideas Hub
Jason Sayer2025-11-25T14:50:58+00:00Walters & Cohen Architects’ Ideas Hub and new main entrance for North London Collegiate School weaves between four curtilage-listed structures to create a warm, collaborative environment for innovation, design, engineering, art and science.
Backstage at The Old Vic
Jason Sayer2025-12-23T12:22:44+00:00A six-storey timber extension stitched into the fabric of The Old Vic transforms one of London’s oldest theatres into an inclusive, low-carbon home for learning, rehearsal and community life.
See the 2025 AT Awards winners revealed at Space House London
Jason Sayer2025-11-10T16:21:34+00:00Celebrate with the winners of the 2025 Architecture Today Awards for buildings that stand the test of time at Space House in London on Thursday 13th November.
Stone Demonstration
Jason Sayer2025-11-05T12:51:10+00:00Webb Yates, Arup, Groupwork’s three-storey prototype at Earls Court explores how pre-tensioned stone can replace carbon-intensive materials, reimagining the structural frame as a durable, low-energy and reusable system for the future of construction.
Reimagining iconic buildings
Jason Sayer2025-10-27T14:19:11+00:00Architects and façade specialists from Foster + Partners, Propak Architectural, Farrells and Schüco discuss how they collaborated to repurpose two of London’s landmark buildings – The Whiteley and Powerhouse – at an event exploring the value of reuse and restoration.
The Pool, Waltham Forest College
Jason Sayer2025-10-27T12:24:12+00:00Studio DERA transforms a disused swimming pool into a light-filled, sustainable hub for learning and wellbeing.
Broadfields Estate
Jason Sayer2025-10-09T15:46:12+01:00RCKa has completed 28 affordable rented apartments for Barnet Council within the Broadfields Estate in Edgware.
Reflections: The Crystal Palace
Jason Sayer2025-10-09T17:22:11+01:00John Pardey on how Joseph Paxton’s pioneering Crystal Palace for Great Exhibition of 1851 marked the end of millennia of masonry and timber construction, ushering in a new era of light, span and prefabrication that would redefine architecture in the age of industry.
Dispatches from the lav: Hugh Broughton
Jason Sayer2025-12-23T11:05:21+00:00Hugh Broughton Architects is refurbishing eight public toilet blocks across central London. Hugh Broughton discusses procurement complexities, design lessons, integrating public art, and the wider debates around safety, inclusivity, and gender-neutral provision – as well as his top five toilets.