Materials library: Emil Eve
Jason Sayer2023-12-19T09:39:55+00:00Emma and Ross Perkin explain how they harmonise craft, tradition and natural materials to deliver projects that will age gracefully and are robust.
Materials library: Feilden Fowles
Isolde Brampton-Greene2022-11-22T12:26:26+00:00Ingrid Petit and Ben Higham of Feilden Fowles discuss how the practice’s approach to materiality is driven by context, craft, sustainability and technical innovation.
Materials library: Waugh Thistleton
Jason Sayer2023-12-19T09:40:06+00:00Director Andrew Waugh and associate Rachel Crozier discuss working with timber and other low-carbon materials and the challenges involved in changing the way we build.
Materials library: Assemble
Peter Songi2022-05-23T16:31:43+01:00Maria Lisogorskaya discusses the collective’s approach to combining bespoke materials and finishes with off-the shelf products.
Materials library: Groupwork
Peter Songi2022-07-20T17:52:04+01:00Amin Taha and Jason Coe explain the guiding principles behind the practice’s often innovative and always expressive use of materials.
Materials library: White Red Architects
Peter Songi2022-07-20T17:52:12+01:00Director Joe Haire explains how the practice’s growing interest in sustainability and the circular economy is reshaping its approach to design and materiality.
Materials library: Hawkins\Brown Architects
Peter Songi2022-07-04T10:56:29+01:00Morag Morrison and Massimo Tepedino talk about promoting the use of colour and materiality in projects and how the practice’s H\B:ERT tool shows the carbon embodiment of each material used.
Materials library: Squire & Partners
Peter Songi2022-07-20T17:52:21+01:00Maria Cheung explains how two meticulously organised materials libraries reflect the importance of materiality, craft and making to the practice’s design approach.
Materials library: 31/44 Architects
Peter Songi2022-07-20T17:52:31+01:00Jamie Flynn and Tobias Jewson focus on finding lightweight low carbon solutions for sensitive sites and reducing the number of samples that end up in the skip.
Materials library: Nimtim Architects
Peter Songi2022-07-20T17:52:42+01:00Allie Mackinnon and Charlotte Qureshi enjoy materials that are sustainable, bold and colourful, and think outside the (pure white) box.
Materials library: David Kohn Architects
AT Editor2022-07-20T17:54:20+01:00Samples kept by the practice can alter a project’s direction, finds Tom Whittaker of David Kohn Architects.
Curator’s Picks
AT Editor2021-08-19T14:58:48+01:00Materials Library
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