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December 13, 2023
AHEC explores the performance and aesthetic benefits of thermally modified timber. In association with Maggie’s Centre Oldham by dRMM Architects (ph: Tony Barwell) There is something inherently appealing about wooden buildings. They have a warmth, depth and sense of belonging to the Earth that man-made materials struggle to emulate. Humans have used timber to build […]
December 13, 2023
How a new religious building typology that caters for multiple faiths could unite communities and “heal a fractured world.” Words Daniel Leon We are in an era where secularism often overshadows the importance of religious architecture. The potential demolition of Brighton’s Modernist synagogue prompts us as a society to reconsider the intrinsic value of these […]
December 8, 2023
Article 25 with Michael Hadi Associates and Max Fordham have designed new, passively cooled classrooms for a college in west Niger. Photos Souleymane Ag Anara and Toby Pear In Niamey, west Niger, architecture charity Article 25 has been working with local educational institution, the Collège Amadou Hampaté Bâ, to design and deliver new classrooms and […]
December 5, 2023
Designed by Pritzker Prize-winner Tadao Ando, the concrete pavilion in Melbourne’s Queen Victoria Gardens opens to the public. Interior of MPavilion 10, designed by Tadao Ando, located in the Queen Victoria Gardens in Melbourne. Image by John Gollings. Courtesy of MPavilion. Words Jason Sayer Sat within verdant greenery of Melbourne’s Queen Victoria Gardens, the concrete […]
December 4, 2023
Finlay Swain of Whittaker Parsons has won an open competition to design a creative discontinuous acoustic ceiling for a restaurant using Zentia’s 3D Studio configurator. In association with Good ceiling design is central to most commercial projects – not least restaurants where high-quality servicing, including, acoustics, lighting and ventilation, as well as excellent aesthetics, are […]
December 1, 2023
Watch the AT webinar, in partnership with Geberit, Interface and Oscar Acoustics, which explores the how architects and clients are rethinking the design and construction of workplaces to enhance health and wellbeing, as well as carbon efficiency. Workplaces and working practices are changing rapidly as architects and their clients strive to not only improve environmental […]
November 28, 2023
Architect and academic Greg Bailey on Ljubljana, Slovenia, a stage for life’s rich theatre. A statue of Slovenia’s national poet France Prešeren (1800-1849) with a muse takes pride of place in the city’s central square. ‘Gibanica’ and coffee arrive. The waiter smiles, genuinely. Maybe not quite as big a slice of this delicious traditional cake […]
November 27, 2023
Moxon Architects has transformed a historic Aberdeenshire farmstead into a carefully crafted guesthouse, glasshouse and artist’s studio. Photos Simon Kennedy Moxon Architects has transformed a collection of 19th century agricultural buildings belonging to a hillside farm in the Cairngorms National Park, Aberdeenshire, into a modern guesthouse, glasshouse and artist’s studio. Employing a combination of traditional and […]
November 21, 2023
Hannah Tourell, Derek Gibbons and Eric Parry discuss how the practice has utilised long-standing relationships to maximise shared learning on materials and ensure a smooth specification process. Senior architectural technician Derek Gibbons (left), principal Eric Parry and associate Hannah Tourell. Words Jason Sayer Photos Agnese Sanvito In 1983, Eric Parry set up his eponymous studio […]
November 20, 2023
Mclaren Excell has sympathetically reworked and extended a grade II-listed Victorian villa in Oxfordshire. Photos Rory Gardiner McLaren Excell has extended and renovated a grade II-listed Victorian villa in Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire. The existing three-storey house had an unsympathetic, highly glazed dual-pitched rear extension. An elegant new brick-clad rear façade both complements and extends the building’s […]
November 16, 2023
The Growing Space Masters Architecture students at the University of Westminster have completed a lightweight, prefabricated timber structure that forms part of a therapeutic gardening project in east London. Photos Edmund Sumner Designed by the Live Design Studio for Masters Architecture students at the University of Westminster, The Growing Space forms part of the bustling […]
November 10, 2023
Gundry + Ducker’s design for a home off Wimbledon Common aims to be a “country house in miniature.” Photos Andrew Meredith In the leafy confines of Wimbledon Common, southwest London, Gundry + Ducker has transformed a house from the early 2000s to provide more space and improve its internal qualities as well as the relationship […]
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