ritchie*studio’s bold reworking of a listed brewery in Malta combines spatial inventiveness with environmental performance and future flexibility. Photos Joe Smith Won in competition and designed to BREAM Excellent, ritchie*studio’s reworking of the listed Simonds Farsons Cisk brewery in Mriehel, Malta, comprises the restoration and transformation of a 7,000-square-metre Art Deco style building into a […]
Haddonstone discusses how its Building and Construction team can help architects deliver outstanding cast stone components for their residential projects. In association with As a long established and well-respected manufacturer of high-quality cast stone, Haddonstone has built a strong relationship with the UK’s leading architects and created some of the most stunning stone structures for […]
AT Webinar: Sustainable Façades Join us live on Wednesday 19 July as we explore the future of sustainable, multitasking facades and specifically how reuse and circular economy principles are reducing the environmental impact and achieving cost savings. Successful façades combine structure, building services, and aesthetic considerations while deploying design strategies and technologies to improve the […]
Jamie Fobert Architects, in collaboration with Purcell and Max Fordham, has comprehensively reworked London’s National Portrait Gallery. Photos Olivier Hess, Jim Stephenson Jamie Fobert Architects, working alongside heritage architect Purcell and environmental engineer Max Fordham, has completed the most significant redevelopment of London’s National Portrait Gallery in the Grade I-listed building’s 127-year history. Central to […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Hugh Broughton Architects has skilfully transformed a historic dockyard church on the Isle of Sheppey into a community hub and business incubator for young entrepreneurs. Photos Dirk Linder Sensitively reworked by Hugh Broughton Architects, in collaboration with conservation specialists Martin Ashley Architects, Sheerness Dockyard Church now includes an exhibition area, café, events space and a […]
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 […]
A major new-build sports building in Portsmouth by FaulknerBrowns Architects and Max Fordham has set a new environmental benchmark with an operational energy consumption of less than 100 kWh/m²/yr. Photos Richard Chivers, Hufton+Crow Designed by FaulknerBrowns Architects, in close collaboration with Max Fordham, Ravelin Sports Centre provides a range of leisure and sports facilities for […]
Russell Haworth CEO of NBS discusses the potential benefits and challenges of AI with regards to building specifications. In association with It’s no exaggeration to say that generative AI will have a transformative effect on global industry. With the ability to generate new outputs based on algorithms and trained data, it represents the next step […]
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, […]