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September 30, 2025
Dispatches from Folkestone – ADC
Skip to content Dispatches from Folkestone AT chats to Duarte Lobo Antunes and Jack Taylor from A is for Architecture about their Folkestone ‘Harbourplan’ which has recently been granted planning permission. Photos A is for Architecture Can you start by giving us some background on A is For Architecture? We’ve all come from fairly international […]
September 25, 2025
The Spencer Building – ADC
Skip to content The Spencer Building Wright & Wright Architects has completed a pioneering Passivhaus library for Corpus Christi College, Oxford, balancing contemporary environmental standards with contextual sensitivity. Photos Hufton + Crow Designed by Wright & Wright Architects, the Spencer Building for Corpus Christi College, Oxford, is a new special collections library that balances contemporary […]
September 24, 2025
Remembering Nick Grimshaw – ADC
Grimshaw Partners Andrew Whalley and Neven Sidor reflect on Nick Grimshaw’s pragmatism and quirks, and recall conversations after “several hours and several rounds of scotch and dry ginger.” Earlier this month Nick Grimshaw passed away at the age of 85. News was announced by his practice, Grimshaw, which he founded in 1980, who said in […]
September 19, 2025
Little Star Kindergarten – ADC
Skip to content Little Star Kindergarten AA compact two-classroom building by ČTYŘSTĚN brings sheltered gardens, rooftop play space and vibrant interiors to a tight residential site in Šlapanice. Photos Pavel Barták Located on a small corner plot in a quiet residential neighbourhood in Šlapanice near Brno, the new Hvězdička (Little Star) Kindergarten provides two classrooms, […]
September 18, 2025
Grand Bayview Qianhai
Grand Bayview Qianhai is a pair of residential towers in Shenzhen, China, completed by Foster + Partners. The development is aimed at professionals with an intensive, work-centred lifestyle, and the brief put health, wellbeing and a sense of community at the centre of the design. Two fan-shaped towers Both towers rise to 180 metres. Their […]
September 18, 2025
Holburne Museum – ADC
Skip to content Holburne Museum Eric Parry Architects returns to Bath’s Holburne Museum with two new galleries designed to house Renaissance treasures from the Schroder family collection. Photos Dirk Lindner Eric Parry Architects has completed two new gallery spaces and associated facilities at the Grade I-listed Holburne Museum in Bath. The £2.5m project extends the […]
September 16, 2025
Janošík headquarters and showroom – ADC
Skip to content Janošík headquarters and showroom Set within a reworked 1950s grain warehouse in eastern Czech Republic, Jakub Janošík’s new headquarters and showroom for his family’s window and door company forms a strong connection with the surrounding Carpathian landscape. Photos Amedeo Benestante Located at the foothills of the White Carpathians in eastern Czech Republic, […]
September 8, 2025
The Chancery Rosewood: Saarinen’s US Embassy in London Becomes a Hotel
The Chancery Rosewood has opened in Mayfair, London, inside Eero Saarinen’s Grade II-listed former US Embassy on Grosvenor Square. As reported by the editors of Architecture Today, David Chipperfield Architects led the restoration and retrofit, with interiors by French architect Joseph Dirand. From embassy to luxury hotel Saarinen, the Finnish-American architect, designed the building, which […]
September 8, 2025
Litomyšl Lookout – ADC
Skip to content Litomyšl Lookout Atelier-r has completed a low-cost, container-based viewpoint on the edge of Litomyšl, providing panoramic views of the UNESCO-listed town. Photos BoysPlayNice Czech practice Atelier-r has completed a container-based observation tower on the northwestern edge of Litomyšl – a UNESCO World Heritage town known for its integration of contemporary and historic […]
September 5, 2025
Dispatches from the lav: Hugh Broughton – ADC
Skip to content Dispatches from the lav: Hugh Broughton Hugh Broughton Architects is refurbishing eight public toilet blocks across central London. Hugh Broughton discusses procurement complexities, design lessons, integrating public art, and the wider debates around safety, inclusivity, and gender-neutral provision – as well as his top five toilets. Hugh Broughton Architects recently entered the […]
August 28, 2025
Dispatches from Everton: Dan Meis – ADC
AT chats to Dan Meis, a specialist in sports stadia and architect behind Everton FC’s new Hill Dickinson Stadium as he reveals why fans hug him in the street and why he has a club tattoo. Meis in his LA studio. (Credit: AECOM) When Everton engaged you — what did those initial conversations look like? […]
August 26, 2025
Reflections: Bagsværd Church – ADC
Skip to content Reflections: Bagsværd Church John Pardey on Jørn Utzon’s Bagsværd Church, Copenhagen (1976) – a rectilinear, industrial-looking building that conceals a sequence of vaulted concrete ‘clouds’ inspired by nature. (Credit: Triplecaña via Wikipedia Commons) Words John Pardey This article is part of a monthly series of short essays on some of the greatest […]