Architecture & Design Community
September 8, 2022
Market forces and conservatism are driving queer spaces from urban centres. Tom Wilkinson welcomes a new compendium of LGBTQIA+ places around the world as a timely celebration of the spaces that survive. Comparsa Drag’s performative parties in Buenos Aires, an example of the temporary transformation of spaces through performances, parties and parades. Photograph by Julian […]
September 8, 2022
For Shahed Saleem migration, identity, heritage and narrative are the common threads that weave together practice, curation, teaching and research. Over many years of what has felt like being pulled in different directions, it now seems that the various strands of my work are starting to come together. I founded my architectural practice in Bethnal […]
September 6, 2022
An AT webinar with Amtico Flooring and SIG Design & Technology on school design is taking place on Thursday 22nd September. Belvue School in Perivale, West London, was designed by Studio Weave. Photo by Jim Stephenson. As our cities become ever more densely packed, educational establishments often have to occupy an increasing variety of spaces […]
September 5, 2022
Mae has designed a community building that provides well-being and recreational facilities for the later living residents of London’s Morden College in Blackheath. Mary Duggan appreciates a sophisticated, humane design that reflects and anticipates social change. Established in 1695 by philanthropist Sir John Morden to provide support and accommodation to retired widowed merchants, Morden College […]
September 1, 2022
Discharge below the balcony doors will feed wetness into the living accommodation below A Building Regulation requirement that aids gravitational drainage and prevents capillary action, can channel penetrating rain into a building. Part C, page 37.5.32 describes cavity closers having fins. Penetrating rain gravitates between such fins and discharges where the closer terminates. In the case […]
September 1, 2022
Crittall steel fenestration systems have long been synonymous with quality, craftsmanship and visual appeal. The company’s latest offering continues this tradition, pushing new boundaries in performance with T60 – an innovative, thermally-broken steel window and door system combining the aesthetics of the company’s traditional fenestration solutions with 21st century thermal and acoustic performance levels. Incorporating […]
September 1, 2022
Photography by Jin Weiqi 3andwich Design together with He Wei Studio, has completed the Water Drop Library that’s located in Shuangyue Bay Central Park in Huizhou City, China. Photography by Jin Weiqi The building sits on top of a hill, looking out towards the sea, and has been designed as “a white library under a […]
August 30, 2022
An AT webinar with Medite Smartply exploring urban landscaping strategies is taking place on Thursday 15th September. Goldmsith Street is a collection of Stirling Prize-winning Passivhaus homes in Norwich, designed by Mikhail Riches Architects, with landscape architects, BBUK As more and more of us choose to live in cities, how we make the most of […]
August 29, 2022
Studio MM has shared photos of a modern house they completed in North Branch, New York, that has an exterior of weathered steel siding. The one-bedroom home was designed for a couple looking to downsize and live simply, and it takes advantage of the width of the site with its horizontal layout. The home’s distinctive […]
August 26, 2022
Architect Barbara Bailey and interior design firm Wrightson Stewart have completed a modern extension to an existing house in Queensland, Australia. A walkway between old and new A walkway lined with windows links the original house with the extension and eases the transition between them. Stairs within it lead up to the new entry, where […]
August 25, 2022
The green and blue spaces on Maria Westerståhl’s urban doorstep are helping her to rebuild her confidence and sense of adventure after Lockdown and a battle with long Covid. Serendipity brings Tim to my home desk on International Women’s Day. (Is it a wink from the universe to stay in the frame?) A decade has […]
August 24, 2022
Richard Lavington applauds New Practice’s sympathetic and intelligent reworking of a vital, multi-use community resource in Glasgow Southside. Timber and glass screens painted a vibrant yellow subdivide spaces for resident artists and social enterprises on the top floor Kinning Park Complex is an organisation that has operated in the Kinning Park area of Glasgow’s Southside […]
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