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June 6, 2022
How can residential design cater for today’s lifestyles, while also meeting changing expectations around sustainability, health and wellbeing? This question was addressed by a panel of architects and developers at a round table discussion in London hosted by AT and Geberit. In association with Designed by Metropolitan Workshop for Pocket Living, Addiscombe Grove in East […]
June 1, 2022
Jonathan Lowy, Operational Marketing Manager at VMZINC traces the history and technical development of zinc roofing and cladding in Europe from the 19th century to the modern day. In association with Space Park, Leicester, Shepheard Epstein Hunter Architects Soon after VMZINC was founded back in 1837, zinc began to be used as a roofing material […]
June 1, 2022
Ian Volner revisits Gunnar Asplund’s eccentric Stockholm library, which showcases the competing impulses of an architect who embraced Premodernism, Modernism and even Postmodernism – decades before the term came into popular use. The exterior reads as a homage to the fantastical monuments of 18th-century hyper-rationalists Louis Boullée and Claude Nicolas Ledoux: a four-square palazzo clad […]
May 31, 2022
We did it. Architecture Today readers have raised more than £50,000 for the Kharkiv School of Architecture (KhSA) in Ukraine, writes editor Isabel Allen. The school has asked us to pass on its thanks and to provide an update on its progress and plans. By way of background, the school was forced to relocate from […]
May 31, 2022
Matte black accessories from Schlüter-Systems deliver a coordinated and modern bathroom aesthetic. Matte black accessories within bathroom designs ensure a striking finish and have been an increasingly popular trend in recent years. Whether this colour is paired with clean whites for a classic look or combined with opulent marble, it creates a modern aesthetic which […]
May 30, 2022
Researcher, writer, urbanist and educator Kat Martindale debunks the misconceptions that prevent architectural practices from undertaking research. Baca Architects’ Shipston Road housing scheme in Warwickshire. The practice’s work on flood resilience is recognised internationally. A growing number of architectural practices have adopted research as a core activity, but many are deterred from embracing research by […]
May 26, 2022
Benedetti Architects has been selected to lead the refurbishment of the Royal Institute of British Architects’ headquarters at 66 Portland Place, London. The announcement follows an open call for expressions of interest for the project, which aims to modernise RIBA’s Grade II* listed headquarters in central London, improving its sustainability and accessibility. “We adore 66 […]
May 25, 2022
An AT webinar with The Rooflight Company exploring ways of improving the energy efficiency of our historic building stock is taking place on Wednesday 8th June. Refurbishment of New Court at Trinity College, Cambridge, by 5th Studio and Max Fordham (ph: Timothy Soar) Our built heritage makes an invaluable contribution to the quality of the […]
May 25, 2022
Danny Fitzgerald, National Architectural Manager at Schüco UK, in conversation with Architecture Today’s Technical Editor John Ramshaw, discusses the increasingly important role Cradle to Cradle design and certification is playing in the manufacture and use of the company’s facade, window and door systems. The Schüco FWS 50.SI (super insulated) façade system has been awarded the […]
May 24, 2022
Crossrail – now known as the Elizabeth line – has finally opened to passengers, stretching 118km to connect Reading and Heathrow in the west through central London to Shenfield and Abbey Wood in the east. The first Elizabeth line train left Abbey Wood station at 6:30am on 24 May, marking the official opening of the […]
May 23, 2022
As KAAN Architecten rounds off its two-decade transformation of the Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp, Louis Mayes gives his verdict on the complex insertion of contemporary exhibition and back-of-house spaces with the neo-classical building. KAAN Architecten has completed a near 20-year project for The Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp (KMSKA). The proposal, initiated […]
May 23, 2022
A new publication from the Twentieth Century Society by historian Geraint Franklin charts John Outram’s extraordinary career. Charles Holland enjoys the first major study of a highly idiosyncratic architect who remains impossible to categorise. Isle of Dogs Pumping Station by John Outram John Outram gave one of the strangest lectures I have ever attended. It […]
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