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June 26, 2023
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 […]
June 22, 2023
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 […]
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 14, 2023
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 […]
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 […]
June 5, 2023
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 […]
May 30, 2023
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 […]
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
Hassell set to unveil Uganda’s Bidi Bidi Refugee Music & Arts Centre at the London Design Biennale 2023. A pavilion dedicated to Bidi Bidi Music & Arts Centre in northern Uganda’s Bidi Bidi refugee settlement will debut at the London Design Biennale which takes place at London’s Somerset House from 1-25 June. The project, which […]
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 […]
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