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February 21, 2025
James Traynor, managing director at ECD Architects, is rooting for Preston to realise its potential to become the perfect 15-minute compact city. Preston’s iconic brutalist bus station has been restored, showing that regeneration does not necessarily equal demolition. Like many northern towns, Preston has an image problem, but scratch beneath the surface and a world […]
February 20, 2025
February 20, 2025 Gonzalo Rufin Arquitectos + Felipe Toro have shared photos of a small wedge-shaped home they completed that’s located on the windy beach of Matanzas, Chile. Surrounded by forests, ravines, and trees, the home is positioned on the only flat space of the land. The construction is characterized by the repetition of a […]
February 20, 2025
Rob Beswick, founder and director of BD landscape architects, has produced a School of Specification module exploring the Urban Greening Factor. Here, he considers the main UGF principles and factor values. What is the Urban Green Factor (UGF) and why is it important? The Urban Greening Factor (UGF) is a tool for evaluating the quantity […]
February 18, 2025
Jerry Tate is on a mission to deliver projects that allow people living and working in crowded urban conditions to enjoy a mutually beneficial relationship with the natural world. Jerry Tate at Tate + Co’s studio at Stamford Works, a former printworks in Dalston, East London that has been converted into mixed use space including […]
February 18, 2025
YARD Architects has shared photos of a contemporary barn-inspired home in England, that’s located in the Suffolk countryside. The home owners had purchased a new build ‘Dutch Barn’ in partial shell form, which required a full internal fit out to create a family home for them and their young children. The architects’ mention, “The barn […]
February 14, 2025
Tyler Goodwin is founder and CEO of developer Seaforth Land. In an interview with Architecture Today he talked about retrofitting and extending Space House, the 1968 building by Richard Seifert and George Marsh, and about how London treats its mid-century modern architecture. How he came to Space House Goodwin, a Canadian who moved to London […]
February 14, 2025
The world’s largest spherical building has been renovated and brought up to speed by HOK, C.F. Møller Architects, and schlaich bergermann partner, adding more capacity and a new acoustic system to the arena. Section of the arena draws similarities to Etienne-Louis Boullée’s Newton Cenotaph concept. (Section drrawing by HOK) Photos CF Møller Architects HOK, C.F. […]
February 14, 2025
Lisbon’s electric cultural landscape just got a new sonic playground: The Kissaten Bar. Nestled in the heart of the city, this meticulously curated listening bar is a love letter to the golden era of Japanese jazz cafés—where vinyl is king, cocktails are symphonic, and the atmosphere is nothing short of cinematic. Step inside and you’re […]
February 13, 2025
S^A | Schwartz and Architecture has sent us photos of a renovation and addition they completed for a mid-century modern home that was originally designed by Frank Lloyd Wright’s protégé, Aaron Green and built by Echler Homes in 1966. The architects challenge was to protect the design integrity of the home while adding a substantial […]
February 12, 2025
AccuRoof Technical Director Daniel Bosworth discusses the specification and delivery of flat roofs, designed to the Passivhaus standard, on a major housing development in Manchester, with Architecture Today’s Technical Editor John Ramshaw. In association with Currently under construction in Manchester, No1 Ancoats Green comprises 128 new-build, low-carbon homes (CGI: Virtual Planit). Designed by local practice […]
February 11, 2025
Bradley Edwards Architect has designed Onyx Coffee Lab in Bentonville, Arkansas: a coffee bar, cafe, patio and kitchen finished with custom terrazzo tiles. A cafe inside an art venue The project started with the decision to place a coffee bar in the Momentary, a former Kraft Cheese factory converted into a contemporary art venue. The […]
February 10, 2025
Architecture firm Unknown Surface Studio has shared photos of Curvy Dining, a modern sculptural cafe in Bangkok, Thailand, whose design draws inspiration from the shape of flowers that naturally grow on the site. The delicate white dining cafe emerges within an industrial landscape, embodying the blooming concept, translating organic forms into spatial arrangements. The design […]
13 November 2026
