Helping small studios thrive
AT Editor2026-07-28T15:28:46+01:00SumUp explores the operational challenges facing small architecture practices, from cash flow and technology to talent and long-term growth.
SumUp explores the operational challenges facing small architecture practices, from cash flow and technology to talent and long-term growth.
Milient explores how architectural practices can respond more effectively when project pipelines become unpredictable, and how the latest version of its Project Flow platform is designed to support that shift.
Fletcher Priest Architects has completed the first phase of Oxford North, a £1.2 billion global innovation district for life sciences, AI and technology, combining laboratory buildings, workspace and public realm on a landmark site at the edge of the city.
Bartlett professor Jacqui Glass tells architects not to ignore modern methods of construction and offers practical advice as to how to embed the relevant knowledge within their teams.
Editor Isabel Allen talks to BIM specialists Jens Majdal Kaarsholm and Peter Mortensen from Danish architecture studio BIG (Bjarke Ingels Group) about the way real-time rendering technology like Epic Games' Twinmotion is impacting the practice’s work.
Research Research by Piercy & Company and Material Architecture Lab into digitally-augmented manual crafts shows great potential for design and for the construction industry, explains Guan Lee
Technology
A virtual twin expands opportunities for cities to host citizens and visitors, says Hanna Harris, Chief Design Officer of Helsinki
Technology
Virtual Reality might be used both to describe the future and to preserve the past, says Softroom's Oliver Salway
Technology
Virtual Reality has enabled remote planning meetings and public consultations during lockdown, says Oliver Lowrie of Ackroyd Lowrie
Technology
Virtual Reality has proved invaluable – but isn’t suited to every project, says Russell Potter of SODA Studio
Round Table
How is information technology changing the nature of architectural practice, and what does this mean for the future of the profession? These questions were addressed by a panel of experts in a round table discussion hosted by AT and Reynaers
Practice
Developing digital tools in-house allows Pilbrow & Partners to design more intelligently and helps to defend the role of the architect, says Fred Pilbrow