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February 14, 2023
pH+ Architects’ fascinating reinvention of the English Country House combines boldness and precision with intimacy and a strong connection to its site, finds David Hills. The striking and contemporary Waterfield House by pH+ Architects can be found against the backdrop of the quiet Kent village of Goudhurst, which with its charming high street tumbling down […]
February 11, 2023
Listen to the Ask the Expert podcast, in partnership with Zentia, exploring Sonify 3D Studio, a powerful online configurator for the company’s innovative new discontinuous ceiling system. In association with Click here to listen to the Ask the Expert podcast One of the principal aims of Zentia’s new Sonify discontinuous ceiling system is to combine […]
February 7, 2023
Architecture has always depended on its ability to create narratives and communicate ideas. Architect and influencer Hamza Shaikh explains how social media is opening up new markets for these fundamental skills OMA’s 1972 collage Exodus or The Voluntary Prisoners of Architecture. Drawing Matter director Niall Hobhouse says “In the urgent need to express a powerful […]
February 3, 2023
London studio Knox Bhavan has completed a brick pool house project for the owners of a Georgian property in Pembury, Kent Knox Bhavan has produced a handsome pool and brick pavilion located in Pembury, a stone’s throw away from Tunbridge Wells in Kent. The studio was given an open brief to build an “unobtrusive pool […]
February 3, 2023
Watch the AT webinar, in partnership with MEDITE SMARTPLY, which explores low carbon timber construction. How can we unlock timber’s potential to deliver buildings that are efficient in construction and use? What are the possibilities of using timber to ensure buildings meet and go beyond carbon targets? And how can we develop our understanding of […]
January 30, 2023
Citizens Design Bureau has skilfully reworked a much loved arts venue in north London. Photos Fred Howarth Citizens Design Bureau has refurbished the Jacksons Lane multi-arts venue in Highgate, north London. Located within a Grade II listed former Wesleyan Methodist church, the project includes upgraded theatre facilities, reworked and – for the first time – […]
January 12, 2023
Radmat explores vacuum insulated panels and how to specify the right product for your project. In association with Despite being used in the warm and inverted flat roofing market for nearly 10 years, vacuum insulated panels, or VIP’s, remain a product that not all architects are familiar with or have used (VIP’s even have their […]
January 11, 2023
Nex– Architecture and Xylotek have completed a series of striking lattice timber pavilions at Regent’s Place in London PhotosLuke Hayes Nex– Architecture has collaborated with advanced timber structure specialist Xylotek to create a series of laminated oak pavilions designed to enhance the public spaces of London’s Regent’s Place. Lying east of Regent’s Park and west of […]
January 10, 2023
Architect Brown & Brown has designed a highly insulated retreat in the Scottish Highlands. So without sediment Run the clear burns of my country, Fiercely pure,Transparent as light— excerpt from “The Hill Burns” by Nan Shepherd, from In the Cairngorms An intensely rural place, the Cairngorms mountain range in the Scottish Highlands has inspired many. […]
January 4, 2023
The New Architecture Writers programme for people of colour is open to applications. The N.A.W. 2021 cohort. Left to right: Ella Adu, Gianluca Cavallaro-Ng, Teshome Douglas-Campbell, Shiori Kanazawa, Nyima Murry, Krish Nathaniel, Betty Owoo, Lela Sujani, and Aude Tollo. New Architecture Writers (N.A.W.) is a free, year-long programme offering a small group the opportunity to participate […]
December 20, 2022
Janet Sycamore from The Timber Decking and Cladding Association answers readers’ questions. What is external timber cladding? Timber cladding is an arrangement of boards covering the exterior of a building. Not only does it add a design feature to a building but it also provides extra protection against the elements. In UK conditions timber cladding […]
December 12, 2022
Squire & Partners completes 1 million square foot Art Deco-inspired mixed-use development on former Metropolitan Police Headquarters site. Squire & Partners has completed The Broadway, a 1 million sqft residential, workspace and retail development for developer Northacre. The Westminster site previously housed the Metropolitan Police Headquarters, a 1960s block which occupied the entire footprint, creating […]
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