AT330 features Kenneth Frampton’s take on Europe’s seminal 20th Century housing, a reflection on Paul Rudolph in Boston, new learning content covering fire safety, healthy materials, earth building and EnerPHit on School of Specification, Simon Allford on BDP’s Oak Cancer Centre, Knox Bhavan’s materials library, urban life in Ho Chi Minh City and much more.
The cover of AT330 features Sunspot – a hub for working, training, markets, and events, also hosting a cafe, in Jaywick, Essex, designed by Colchester-based studio, HAT Projects.
Inside the March-April 2024 issue of Architecture Today:
- Kenneth Frampton’s review of the Housing Atlas, a compendium of the best housing schemes built across Europe in the 20th century
- Ian Volner’s analysis of Paul Rudolph’s 1971 Boston Government Service Center, a ‘monument to funkiness’ with serious attitude
- Claudia Lynch’s take on Gort Scott’s Gateway West and Allies and Morrison’s Gateway Central at London’s White City
- Sasha Bhavan and Ben Hair’s discussion about Knox Bhavan’s approach to materiality and specification
- Charles Holland’s review of HAT Projects’ Sunspot, a finely tuned ‘decorative shed’ at Jaywick Sands in Essex
- Simon Allford’s visit to BDP’s Oak Cancer Care Centre for The Royal Marsden in Sutton and his views on the challenges of building within the NHS
Gort Scott and Allies and Morrison have each designed an office building at London’s White City; two very different buildings that sit side-by-side. Claudia Lynch admires the commitment to sustainable civic placemaking and adaptable architecture that’s made to last. Read the article here.
- Rowland Keable’s insights earth building in all its forms
- Alison Grant’s call for architects stamp out unhealthy materials and improve the supply chain
- Simon Santamaria’s wise words on how to avoid a tension between designing for fire safety and achieving sustainability targets
- Richard Dudzicki’s riposte to misconceptions about EnerPHit and his analysis of the issues that are holding it back
- Hien Nguyen’s thoughts on why Ho Chi Minh City is her kind of town.
