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July 13, 2023
HGG London’s Dicle Guntas extols the virtues of out-of-the ordinary projects, multi-layered meanings and innovative design. Dicle Guntas photographed by Timothy Soar. Can you tell us about HGG London? HGG London is a boutique property company focusing on the areas of London with rich tapestries. Since 2013, we have been focusing on making a positive […]
July 10, 2023
Herzog & de Meuron stages major exhibition at the Royal Academy The Royal Academy of Arts is staging an exhibition of critically acclaimed Swiss architectural practice Herzog & de Meuron (H&dM), the first in London for almost twenty years. Herzog & de Meuron. Elbphilharmonie Hamburg, 2001-16. Photograph by Iwan Baan. Founded in Basel in 1978 […]
June 22, 2023
Co-founder of engineering practice Whitby Wood, Mark Whitby looks back on what it was like to work with the late Michael Hopkins as the practice was growing. The Forum in Norwich was completed in 2001. (Credit Hopkins Architects) Michael was an architect whose life was rooted in technology but whose spectrum evolved to take on the […]
June 20, 2023
Melissa Dowler, a director of Bell Phillips Architects, on Los Angeles, a city that does not make much sense but has an unmistakeable joie de vivre. I don’t have a lot of time for patriotism. I maintain that the gift of being dual national (American mother, British father) is the right to be jaded about […]
June 14, 2023
Tomáš Jurdák has a special relationship with Kreuzberg, Berlin. Its youthful population has created an eclectic mixture of communities that retain the old and embrace the new. Perhaps it is no surprise that Kreuzberg has one of the youngest populations of all European city boroughs – its sense of vibrancy and tendency towards counterculture being […]
June 14, 2023
Still standing: The Theme Building, Los Angeles International Airport 1961 The enigmatic concrete spaceship that stands at the centre of Los Angeles International Airport stands as a monument to misplaced optimism, missed opportunities and swinging sixties glamour. The 25-metre-tall saucer is straddled by two perpendicular arches that connect to the central disc via thin concrete […]
June 9, 2023
AT chats to…Chris Webb from tp bennett about embedding sustainability know-how across the practice, early engagement with suppliers and unleashing the power of technology. Tp bennett’s recent fit-out for ANZ Bank in London. Early engagement with suppliers of sustainable materials through tp bennett’s AD Lib platform was essential in achieving the client’s commitment to reducing […]
May 23, 2023
The managing director of HUB talks about making the leap from architect to client and delivering quality within the build-to-rent sector. Can you tell us a bit about HUB? What makes it different from other developers? HUB was established in 2012, with a focus on delivering housing for London’s mid-market. We have evolved since then, […]
May 17, 2023
Basil Anuar, an architectural apprentice at Levitt Bernstein, explains why apprentice architects can learn a lot from practice – and vice versa. Basil Anuar The profession of architecture is adapting to the changing times in which we live, by taking steps to be more inclusive and better reflect the communities for whom we design and […]
May 10, 2023
The largest retrospective exhibition of Norman Foster’s work has opened at the Centre Pompidou in Paris. Photos Nigel Young / Foster + Partners Spanning some six decades, the largest retrospective exhibition of Norman Foster’s work has opened at the Centre Pompidou in Paris. Curated by Frédéric Migayrou, Deputy Director of the Musée National d’Art Moderne, […]
February 15, 2023
The City of Helsinki has launched a competition for the sale and redevelopment of Gustaf Nyström’s Old Customs House in Katajanokka. PhotosAntti Pulkkinen Launched by The City of Helsinki, Finland, the goal of the competition is to find a technically and economically feasible, as well as architecturally outstanding solution, for redeveloping Gustaf Nyström’s Old Customs […]
January 4, 2023
The New Architecture Writers programme for people of colour is open to applications. The N.A.W. 2021 cohort. Left to right: Ella Adu, Gianluca Cavallaro-Ng, Teshome Douglas-Campbell, Shiori Kanazawa, Nyima Murry, Krish Nathaniel, Betty Owoo, Lela Sujani, and Aude Tollo. New Architecture Writers (N.A.W.) is a free, year-long programme offering a small group the opportunity to participate […]
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