Galvanise: 469 Bethnal Green Road
Jason Sayer2026-01-05T16:17:33+00:00Carmody Groarke’s transformation of a 1970s warehouse into a six-storey, demountable office scheme delivers a low-tech, low-carbon landmark for Bethnal Green.
New Practice (part of Civic)
Nelly Greig2025-07-11T14:48:28+01:00By engaging early with clients, being honest about what's possible and embedding co-design throughout the project lifecycle, Glasgow's New Practice (part of Civic) are challenging extractive traditions in a movement towards restorative and regenerative architecture.
My Kind of Town: Sharon Giffen
AT Editor2025-06-11T16:04:02+01:00Sharon Giffen explains how Earls Court’s cosmopolitan heritage and an ambitious 44-acre masterplan are set to reignite West London as a hub of innovation, culture and community.
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.
Learning from Cedric Price
Jason Sayer2025-06-04T09:55:35+01:00In the 1990s, Cedric Price’s radical approach to architectural practice – prioritising processes over buildings – was seen as visionary and eccentric. Today, as the Regenerative Architecture Index reveals, his ideas about systems, adaptability, and the intelligence of practice itself are central to an evolving, more sustainable profession.
2025 Serpentine Pavilion
Jason Sayer2025-10-23T16:52:15+01:00Marina Tabassum Architects’ 2025 Serpentine Pavilion, ‘A Capsule in Time’ brings a poetic, ephemeral structure to Kensington Gardens, drawing on the dynamic heritage of the Bengal Delta to create a versatile, light-filled gathering space.
Anthony Grimshaw Associates
Nelly Greig2025-06-04T09:58:39+01:00Three years after the practice's 60th anniversary, AT hears from Anthony Grimshaw Associates: the sister-run practice at the forefront of the North-West's conservation battle with crumbling churches and lack of public funding.
Red Cow Terrace
Nelly Greig2025-12-23T12:32:30+00:00Bold in ambition, but compromised in delivery, Office S&M’s terrace of three family homes in a Hertfordshire village shows how commercial reality can dilute good ideas. Ellen Peirson applauds the bravery of a riposte to standard developer housing that has survived against the odds.
V&A East Storehouse
Jason Sayer2026-04-14T15:09:53+01:00From a section of Robin Hood Gardens, to the only Frank Lloyd Wright interior found outside of the US and a pair of Zaha Hadid-designed shoes: the new V&A East Storehouse by Diller Scofidio + Renfro offers gallery-goers a new museum experience.
113 & 115 Redchurch Street
Nelly Greig2025-05-29T11:54:03+01:00No.113 and No.115 Redchurch Street, Shoreditch, have been restored by Chris Dyson Architects after an in-depth analysis of the original weavers cottages influenced a restoration plan that paired a historic appreciation with contemporary living.
Meanwhile Space
Jason Sayer2025-05-23T09:08:58+01:00Curated by Clare Dowdy and Helen Parton, Roca London Gallery’s latest exhibition explores the transformative potential of ‘meanwhile use’, a growing field in which architects and designers activate underused buildings during moments of urban flux.
A Week at the Knees
Jason Sayer2025-05-21T16:53:35+01:00British artist Alex Chinneck’s latest surreal intervention, unveiled this week at Clerkenwell Design Week, reimagines a typical brick façade as a playful, freestanding arched structure.