Mandy Franz's approach to architecture has been shaped by the romantic castles and brutalist architecture of her East German childhood, Santiago Calatrava and a focus on striking a balance between respect for heritage and a hunger for progress.
Mandy Franz's approach to architecture has been shaped by the romantic castles and brutalist architecture of her East German childhood, Santiago Calatrava and a focus on striking a balance between respect for heritage and a hunger for progress.
Elisa Pardini and Robert Hall's approach to architecture is shaped by a mix of English and Italian influences including the countryside around Lucca in Pardini's native Italy.
Beau Lotto of Hummingbird Learning Lab, Piers Taylor of Invisible Studio and Julia Barfield of Marks Barfield Architects are hosting an interactive brainstorm at Regenerative Design 2026, exploring how to help clients get radical projects off the ground and challenge the conventions that hinder collaborative, regenerative design.
For Enzo Favro, regenerative design is about looking beyond a building's immediate impact to the legacy it leaves behind. The Director of In Opera Group explains why natural stone, terrazzo and a long-term approach to material value are central to creating places that last.
Marcus Lee of LEEP Architects talks to AT about materials investigation, experimentation, designing for change and an 'agri-industrial' ethos that celebrates the raw aesthetic of agricultural infrastructure.
Engineer Camille Chevrier discusses the central role that applied research – from revisiting craft, to using robotic or digital-assisted construction methods – plays in the practice's work.
Studio SAAR reflect on designing across cultures and climates – combining vernacular wisdom, circular material strategies and ecological thinking to create places that strengthen communities and landscapes alike.
Anna Pamphilon from Within Planetary Boundaries asks how designers can work with clients to factor long-term social and environmental implications into investment decisions and business plans.
The Hummingbird Learning Lab has announced a shortlist of four teams from the Regenerative Architecture Index 2026 for its competition to design a demountable learning space that reflects its neuroscience-grounded approach to education and community engagement.
Participants in the 2026 Regenerative Architecture Index are invited to showcase their work at Regenerative Design 2026, a new month-long event that will take place at the Building Centre in central London throughout October 2026.
The 2026 Regenerative Architecture Index brings together 119 organisations demonstrating a commitment to regenerative design, delivery and practice.
