Dutch practice Mecanoo has designed a theatre for Jacob’s Pillow, a pioneering dance centre in Western Massachusetts, USA. Isabel Allen visits a project shaped by a sensibility and spirit that refuses to be subdued.
1 Berkeley Street
Timothy Soar explains why he found it a joy to photograph AHMM's 'surgical transformation' of two tired 1970s buildings in London's West End into a vibrant mixed-use quarter that is smart, with a big heart.
Flood plain house
Martin Williams of Williams Griffiths Architects explains how – and why – the practice took on a flood-prone site in rural Suffolk, complex technical constrants and an extremely low budget to give an extraordinary client the home that she deserves.
Reinventing one of the City’s last grand townhouses
Chris Dyson Architects’ restoration of a five-storey Georgian townhouse in the City of London transforms a Grade II-listed building into a distinctive contemporary headquarters, balancing domestic grandeur with the demands of a modern workplace.
Clay Rise
Templeton Ford’s debut project is a carefully crafted house in West Sussex that draws on local materials, vernacular forms and passive environmental design.
The Victoria
Collective Architecture's 136-unit residential development at the former Victoria Infirmary site in Glasgow skilfully balances competing demands for density, heritage and public realm.
Muswell Hill Terrace
Zminkowska De Boise Architects’ crafted rear extension to an Edwardian terrace in Muswell Hill replaces a poorly performing side return with a calm, split-level sequence of spaces shaped by material clarity, light and everyday family life.
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Barnscapes
A derelict East Sussex farm has been reimagined as a low-impact holiday retreat, skilfully balancing architectural rigour with informality and sustainability with adaptability.
Runda
NIKJOO’s timber-framed house for developer Flawk transforms a tight, curved corner plot in Gospel Oak into a sculptural, low-carbon home shaped by craft, material care and the site’s industrial past.
The Regenerative Architecture Index 2026 is open for entries
If you are actively engaging with regenerative principles, or setting out a clear, accountable pathway beyond sustainability, we encourage you to take part. Find out more, including how to enter, here.
London Fields West
For more than two decades, London based practice Chance de Silva has pursued the question of what happens when art and architecture evolve simultaneously. With a design method shaped through collaboration with musicians, performance artists, painters and filmmakers, their recently completed project continues this enquiry, but this time, the collaborator is the city itself.
The Float House
TiggColl’s modular floating house on the Grand Union Canal reimagines waterside living through sustainable materials, accessible design, and an ingenious system of interlocking steel hulls.
Designing for play in the city
Susanne Tutsch, founding director of Root And Erect, reflects on the making of a woodland playscape at Chilton Square in King’s Cross, where non-prescriptive play, dense urban constraints and circular construction come together in a space designed to work for all ages, all day.
Meet the client: Tom Badger
AT chats to Tom Badger about how Newham Council is steering Canning Town’s major regeneration, balancing industrial intensification, housing growth, green infrastructure, and inclusive, community-led development.
Woolwich Market Pavilion and Gardens
Studio Weave’s Woolwich Market Pavilion and Gardens on Beresford Square in south-east London sensitively stitches together a mixed-use setting through accessible, communal spaces.
68 Erith Hub
alma-nac’s transformation of a long-vacant high-street unit in Erith creates a flexible, low-carbon community hub, organised around a generous threshold space that links between street and interior.
Christmas Festival of Bad Habits
Peer Collective and artist Kateřina Šedá reimagine the Christmas market as a public space for reflection, sobriety and shared experience in Brno, Czech Republic.
Sea Gardens
Howells’ 40-acre Sea Gardens masterplan in Bray, County Wicklow, is set to deliver 1,200 new homes alongside shops, cafés and parks. With phase one now complete, project lead Daniel Mulligan reflects on what this former golf course will bring to Bray’s future – and how the team approached such a sensitive town extension.
The Tractor Shed House
Bindloss Dawes Architects has transformed a modest agricultural structure on the edge of Nether Compton, Dorset, into a zero-carbon home, drawing on the pragmatism of rural construction to deliver a warm, precise and light interior.
Third Space, Udaipur
Photographer Timothy Soar shares his photographs – and his impressions – of Third Space in Udaipur by Studio SAAR, a vibrant cultural and educational hub born from a belief that communities deserve places of aspiration, not as a luxury, but as a birthright.
RIBA President’s Medals 2025
History, ecology and cultural memory converge in the RIBA President’s Medals 2025, which recognise outstanding student work from around the world.
Zayed National Museum
Designed by Foster + Partners, the UAE’s national museum in Abu Dhabi explores the history, identity and legacy of the nation through striking architecture, immersive displays, and a high-performance environmental strategy.
Tiny House
Luxembourg’s first 3D-printed home tackles the country’s prominent housing crisis, producing an economical and environmentally responsible solution.
Raymond Chandler Library
A new library is the first move in alma-nac’s reworking of the Junior and Lower School campus at London’s Dulwich College. Former pupil Ken Okonkwo explains how the project embeds net zero principles, reflects the school’s culture of curiosity and collaboration, and has doubled the number of borrowed library books.
The Sutton Estate
CIVIC and HTA Design’s conservation-led renewal of Chelsea’s historic Sutton Estate transforms four Edwardian mansion blocks into sustainable homes while restoring the estate’s architectural character and reshaping its landscape into a sociable, biodiverse network of gardens.
Hinsley Lane
Allies and Morrison’s Passivhaus student village for St John’s College, Cambridge, offers a quietly persuasive model for academic institutions grappling with the demands of net zero, student wellbeing, and urban integration.
Harcourt Terrace Primary School
tún Architects have designed a new primary school in the southside of Dublin that introduces a new kind of flexible learning to inner city schools. AT hears from David Jameson and Rose Bonner, co-founders of tún alongside Paul Fox, about what they've been up to since.
Dispatches from Dublin: Emmett Scanlon reflects on the 20th Open House Dublin
In its 20th year the Irish Architecture Foundation chose 'Future Heritage' as the theme for Open House Dublin. AT asks Emmett Scanlon, Director of IAF, how the festival has evolved to reflect contemporary Irish cities, and what's still left to see following the festival's opening week.
North London Collegiate School Ideas Hub
Walters & Cohen Architects’ Ideas Hub and new main entrance for North London Collegiate School weaves between four curtilage-listed structures to create a warm, collaborative environment for innovation, design, engineering, art and science.
Backstage at The Old Vic
A six-storey timber extension stitched into the fabric of The Old Vic transforms one of London’s oldest theatres into an inclusive, low-carbon home for learning, rehearsal and community life.
Bon Secours
HOK in collaboration with Reddy Architecture + Urbanism have completed a new hospital in Ballysimon, Limerick, that uses light and landscape to foster a collaborative approach to contemporary healthcare.