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December 17, 2025
Skip to content Material Cultures Material Cultures explain how they are challenging conventional construction cultures in a bid to bring architecture closer to agriculture, land management and landscape. Material Cultures at their studio in Hackney, east London. From left to right: Will Bradley, Paloma Gormley, Daria Moatazed-Keivani, Huma Mahmood, Serena Faizal, Bo Yee Lau, Summer […]
December 16, 2025
Skip to content Caochan na Creige wins RIBA House of the Year Named RIBA House of the Year 2025, Izat Arundell’s self-built home in Scotland’s Outer Hebrides was recognised for its sensitivity to place, hyper-local materiality and assured response to an extreme landscape. Photos Richard Gaston & Jack Arundell Read our coverage of the house […]
December 16, 2025
WilkinsonEyre director Sébastien Ricard reflects on the long and complex journey to restore Battersea Power Station, exploring how flexibility, mixed use and deep respect for heritage were essential to transforming a near-derelict industrial monument into a resilient piece of city. Credit: Charlie Round-Turner Drawings WilkinsonEyre There were many attempts to redevelop Battersea Power Station (BPS) […]
December 16, 2025
Open City CEO Manijeh Verghese marvels at Mumbai’s rapid transformation and asks how you can slow the pace of change to a rate that allows its people to shape its future. Marine Drive and the bay as seen from Nariman Point. Photograph by Manijeh Verghese. “On the Churchgate train, past Charni Road station as it […]
December 16, 2025
Skip to content Reflections: Chapel of Reconciliation John Pardey revisits de Blacam & Meagher’s Chapel of Reconciliation at Knock – a landmark of 20th century Irish Architecture – tracing its pilgrimage roots, profound materiality, and overarching influence on a new generation of Irish architects. Words John Pardey Photos Peter Cook This article is part of […]
December 2, 2025
Ananya Singhal of Studio Saar explains his game plan to rescue his hometown of Udaipur, India, from the ravages of uncontrolled development and empower its residents to envisage – and insist on – a regenerative future. Udaan Bird Park, Udaipur. Photograph by Ankit Jain. What’s the matter with Udaipur? It’s a beautiful city. It’s a […]
November 29, 2025
Office of Displaced Designers (ODD) is calling on UK construction professionals to support She Repairs, an initiative to help women in Izmir’s displaced communities to provide their households with a safe and comfortable home. What’s the thinking behind the ‘She Repairs’ project? It’s an initiative to equip women in Izmir’s displaced communities with the skills, […]
November 7, 2025
We spoke to Italian architect, Erica Borsa of Studio Vapore, about why she set up shop in China and about A Gentle Reclaim, the practice’s poetic installation for the ‘Shanghai Picnic’ architecture biennial. Exploring themes of atmosphere, impermanence and material lightness, the project transforms a quiet alley into a place of pause and reflection — […]
November 4, 2025
Skip to content Call for expressions of interest: The Hummingbird Learning Lab The Hummingbird Learning Lab invites expressions of interest for the design, development and delivery of a demountable project for an inspirational space for learning, research and exploration that reflects its neuroscience-grounded approach to education and community engagement. Grounded in a deep understanding of […]
November 3, 2025
Skip to content Reflections: Maison de Verre John Pardey on how Pierre Chareau and Bernard Bijvoët’s Maison de Verre (House of Glass) redefined domestic architecture in 1930s Paris — fusing craft and industry, transparency and privacy, transforming a bourgeois townhouse into a luminous, steel-framed gesamtkunstwerk. (Credit: Subrealistsandu via Wikipedia Commons) Words John Pardey This article […]
October 28, 2025
Skip to content Marks Barfield Architects Marks Barfield Architects discuss viewing buildings as material banks; drawing inspiration from biomimicry to shape the culture and structure of the practice and taking a principled position on projects at home and overseas. Julia Barfield, founder of Marks Barfield Architects at their studio in Clapham, south west London. From […]
October 14, 2025
Skip to content Michael Pawlyn, Exploration Architecture Exploration Architecture’s founder Michael Pawlyn talks about biologically-inspired design approaches, moving beyond PassivHaus to an ideal of ActiveHaus and discussing company policy while making hedgerow jam. Michael Pawlyn, founder of Exploration Architecture, is photographed at his studio in Highgate, North London. Photo Timothy Soar I’m increasingly in agreement […]
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