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April 19, 2022
Deyan Sudjic explains how his new biography of Boris Iofan, state architect to Joseph Stalin, shows how damaging it can be for a talented architect to come too close to power. One of Iofan’s many designs for the unbuilt Palace of the Soviets. Just as Vladimir Putin was seemingly handing over the Russian presidency to […]
April 19, 2022
Skip to content Claire Bennie in conversation with Isabel Allen Interrailing in middle age, learning from life on the continent, the joys of 1930s mansion blocks and a proposal to give architects the skills required to write a decent brief and be an effective client. Claire Bennie is a former development director at Peabody and […]
April 15, 2022
Overcoming numerous site challenges and political controversies, this iconic project by I.M. Pei is a testament to the architect’s ingenuity and foresight. Now a beloved Hong Kong landmark, the twelvehundred- foot tower was hugely contentious. The points of the triangles that make up its multi-faceted fa ades appeared to many locals as offensively, dangerously jagged, leading […]
April 14, 2022
An AT webinar with Medite Smartply exploring fire safety in timber buildings is taking place on Thursday 28th April. Constructed from CLT, dRMM’s Charlton Workstack project is a new model for low-carbon, high-density light industrial space Timber construction offers a practical route to a low-carbon future for the built environment. The task for practitioners, however, […]
April 13, 2022
An all-day AT webinar exploring how we can quickly and efficiently deliver new and retrofitted homes that are sustainable, comfortable and suited to today’s lifestyle needs is taking place on Thursday 5th May. England requires an estimated 345,000 new homes every year. Meanwhile, much of our existing housing stock needs to be made energy efficient, […]
April 5, 2022
With Lovedon Fields I acquired – the hard way – a little more understanding as to why innovative housing projects are so few and far between, writes Architecture Today editor Isabel Allen. I have a conflict of interest to declare. Lovedon Fields, featured on the cover of this issue, is perhaps a little too close […]
April 5, 2022
Max Fordham’s north London house has become the first residential building in the UK to be verified as net zero carbon, making it a fitting tribute to the late great sustainable design pioneer. PhotosTim Crocker A private north London house, designed for – and lived in by – the late great Max Fordham, has achieved […]
April 5, 2022
Skip to content Victoria Whenray in conversation with Isabel Allen Learning from European cities – and from Sheffield, the real Bilbao effect, the power of grassroots projects and thinking outside the red line to embed new parts of the city in the wider neighbourhood. Victoria Whenray is a partner at Conran and Partners, with a […]
April 4, 2022
DSDHA’s overhaul of a tired public square by Liverpool Street Station creates a fully accessible destination for all. From Liverpool Street Station, the estuarine waterways of Essex are roughly one-and-a-half hours away by train. They are also, if you use your imagination, roughly one-and-a-half minutes away by foot — found in the revamped Exchange Square. Designed […]
April 4, 2022
Chris Dyson visits Clifford’s Tower in York, where he finds restoration works by Hugh Broughton Architects and conservation architect Martin Ashley have employed intelligent sustainable timber engineering solutions culminating in a rooftop viewing platform. It was a glorious sunny day in York as we trooped up the staircase to view the recent works to Clifford’s […]
April 1, 2022
Tabitha Binding of Timber Development UK answers readers’ questions on timber. Wood fibre insulation provides excellent thermal performance, while also helping to mitigate heat loss and heat gain on a daily and seasonal basis. Photograph courtesy of Timber Development UK member Steico Is there enough timber and is it sustainable? The volumes of softwood and […]
April 1, 2022
Historic buildings need to be adapted to become energy efficient. Robert Adam urges heritage bodies and architects to embrace an approach that evolves, rather than contrasts with, the architectural language of our listed building stock. Daniel Libeskind’s Royal Ontario Museum can be viewed as an extreme expression of the UNESCO Venice Charter principle, which states […]
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