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May 20, 2024
Roof design and specification: Learning best practice with AccuRoof – ADC
The AT Technical Seminar, in partnership with AccuRoof, saw experts in the field present and explore best practices for roofing design and specification. AT is coming to Manchester! Join us for a roofing design and specification technical seminar on Wednesday 12th June. Spaces are limited – register for free and find out more, here. On […]
May 16, 2024
Exeter College Library – ADC
At the University of Oxford, Nex— Architecture and Donald Insall Associates have refurbished the George Gilbert Scott-designed Exeter College Library, improving circulation and qualities of natural light, as well improving the building’s general performance. Alan Dempsey of Nex— Architecture and Michele Verdi of Donald Insall Associates will be speaking about this project in detail at […]
May 10, 2024
From rock to roof – ADC
Architects from CSK, Groupwork, John Pardey Architects, Manalo & White, Morrow + Lorraine, Piercy&Company and Pollard Thomas Edwards share their thoughts on a trip to north-west Spain hosted by AccuRoof to view the extraction and processing of natural slate. In association with Photos Timothy Soar and Miles Elliott Chris Collins, AccuRoof This part of Spain […]
May 9, 2024
Dispatches from Footprint: Tim Pyne and Emily Day – ADC
AT chats to… Footprint founders Tim Pyne and Emily Day about the show’s move to the City of London, the importance of being close to the financial sector and having the best name. What made you move Footprint from Brighton to London? We moved to London primarily because this whole carbon reduction process has been […]
May 8, 2024
Green House by Aoc architekti – ADC
In Dvorce, Prague, Green House by Aoc architekti transforms a tired 1960s dwelling into a modern villa connected to its natural surroundings. Photos Studio Flusser Set against the picturesque backdrop of the Vltava River and the Church of St. Philip and Jacob in Zlíchov, the Green House adopts a distinct, fine scraped green render façade […]
May 2, 2024
Digital transformations: New tools for smart working – ADC
Watch the AT webinar, in partnership with Total Synergy and Vectorworks, that looked at the new means and methods being employed to streamline the design and delivery increasingly complex projects. What are the technical and digital tools that afford practitioners better means of working together and improved ways of delivering low-carbon buildings? Where do the […]
May 1, 2024
The art of concealment – ADC
Exploring the aesthetic and performance benefits of Pendock’s Radius column casings and Linea building lining solutions. In association with Linea atrium beam casings at RVC London. The decorative finishing of building interiors and exteriors has evolved into something of a fine art – in some cases, literally. Yet for most commercial structures, whether they’re offices, […]
April 30, 2024
My Kind of Town: Hien Nguyen – ADC
Hien Nguyen, associate director at MCW Architects, on Ho Chi Minh City, where her family has lived for the last ten years. Formerly known as Saigon, Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC) has been extraordinary in its speed of transformation in recent years. For the last ten years or so, while my family has been living […]
April 26, 2024
AT Technical Seminar: Roof Design and Specification Ask the experts – ADC
Join us on Wednesday 15th May for our upcoming technical seminar on roof design and specification with roofing specialists AccuRoof in London. Ask the experts on specifying biosolar and hard metal roofing, counting costs and where not to cut corners and drainage best practice. AT Technical Seminar: Roofing Design and Specification best practice – Ask […]
April 23, 2024
Frân Wen Youth Theatre – ADC
Manalo & White has led the conversion of Bangor’s grade-II-listed St Mary’s Church into Nyth (nest in Welsh), a rehearsal centre for the Frân Wen (White Raven) Welsh-language youth theatre company and a community hub for Bangor as a whole. Photos Morgan O’Donovan With a focus on supporting young people from low-income backgrounds to take […]
April 22, 2024
Dispatches: Clare Cameron – ADC
AT talks to Clare Cameron, Director at PRP, about recent developments within the later living housing sector, including the changing priorities of residents, the positive effect of purposeful living, and the need for improved design standards. Is the later living market still buoyant, and what would you say are the main issues currently? The market […]
April 19, 2024
Housing Atlas – ADC
Housing Atlas A compendium of the best housing schemes built across Europe in the 20th Century is an invaluable resource for architects seeking solutions to the current housing crisis. Double page spread devoted to Powell & Moya’s Churchill Gardens, London, completed in 1962. All projects have been painstakingly redrawn to the same graphic standard. Words […]