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September 18, 2023
Madrid-based practice SelgasCano has completed a visually-striking office building at London’s Design District as the creative neighbourhood celebrates its second birthday. Photos Taran Wilkhu Designed by SelgasCano, Building B1 forms part of London’s Design District – the capital’s first permanent, purpose-built workspace for the creative industries located on Greenwich Peninsula. The visually-striking four-storey building includes […]
September 18, 2023
What is being done to improve fire safety post Grenfell, and what does the new legislation mean for architects, project teams and manufacturers? These questions and more were addressed by a panel of experts at a round table discussion in London hosted by Architecture Today in partnership with SIG Design & Technology. Report by John […]
September 14, 2023
Senior Technical and Design Advisor Marcus Franklin of Wienerberger UK – sponsor of the School of Specification – answers readers’ questions on fibre cement rainscreen cladding. What are the benefits of using fibre cement rainscreen cladding on building projects? Fibre cement panels are manufactured from a homogeneous mixture of cement, cellulose, reinforcement fibres, additives and […]
September 12, 2023
Haworth Tompkins’ industrial achievement Haworth Tompkins gives the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham the UK’s first new-generation vertical industrial building Haworth Tompkins has completed Industria, the UK’s first multi-storey light-industrial scheme, for BeFirst, the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham’s regeneration company. The project provides over 11,400 sqm of floor space, accommodating 47 small […]
September 6, 2023
A strong sense of social purpose unites the six projects shortlisted for the 2023 RIBA Stirling Prize for the best new building in the UK. Photograph by Jim Stephenson Six projects have made it to this year’s Stirling Prize shortlist, announced today (Wednesday 6 September). The RIBA is keen to underline the fact that this […]
August 31, 2023
Oliver Leech Architects’ skilful manipulation of light, space and materiality has resulted in a visually-striking Surrey home that supports assisted living. Designed by Oliver Leech Architects, Butterfly House is a multi-generational dwelling located in Esher, Surrey. Commissioned by Nikki and Richard Earthrowl, the two-bedroom property occupies part of the couple’s garden and is intended for […]
August 29, 2023
Senior Technical and Design Advisor Marcus Franklin of Wienerberger UK – sponsor of the School of Specification – answers readers’ questions on brick rainscreen cladding. Wienerberger’s Corium brick tile cladding was specified by Marks Barfield Architects for the Cambridge Mosque Why choose a brick rainscreen over a traditional brick façade? Brick rainscreen cladding offers the […]
August 25, 2023
dMFK Architects has delivered a cluster of slender towers on a brownfield site near Wembley Stadium dMFK has completed a new 24 storey building for Barratt London on a brownfield site close to Wembley Stadium. The building, which contains 229 new homes, affordable workspaces, and carefully considered new public realm, is conceived as a composition […]
August 22, 2023
Coffey Architects’ Modern Barn in Dorset A sleek timber home eases its way into the Jurassic Coast AONB. London-based practice, Coffey Architects has completed the ‘Modern Barn’ – a new home for Dorset clients Alan and Alison. Gently poking out from the sloping hillside of the Jurassic Coast, the Modern Barn takes the form of […]
August 17, 2023
Bywater Properties’ Theo Michell discusses the importance and viability of large-scale, timber-led developments, and why the current focus on retrofit may hamper innovation in the office sector. Theo Michell, co-founder and director of Bywater Properties Can you tell us about Bywater Properties? Myself and Richard Walker started the business in late 2006. We were colleagues […]
August 14, 2023
London-based designer Adam Nathaniel Furman’s colourful work, Abundance, gently makes its way around Paddington Central. Greeting visitors to Paddington’s amphitheatre is Abundance. Designed by Adam Nathaniel Furman, who was born just a stone’s throw away at St Mary’s hospital, the artwork, as its name suggests, abounds with colour — and delight. Gently tracing and demarcating a […]
August 11, 2023
Zach Fluker, director of ao-ft, explains how Spruce House and Studio, constructed from CLT, establishes a prototype for sustainable housing on tight urban sites. Located in a conservation area, the house occupies a wide plot on what used to be the village high street. Over the past century, houses in the street have transitioned from […]
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