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August 26, 2025
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 […]
August 26, 2025
Everton FC’s new stadium on the banks of the Mersey at Bramley Moore Dock negotiates fierce winds and heritage sensitivities to deliver a ground that stands comparison with its red neighbours. Words Jason Sayer Photos Nick Caville, Everton FC It was a bad start. Before a brick had even been laid, Everton FC’s new stadium […]
August 22, 2025
Skip to content Citizenship as a Verb Through philosophy, design and community led projects, Leela Keshav explores what it means to treat citizenship as a verb, and explains how this can support us in reshaping cities through participation, accountability and care. Women’s Safety Audits, Lambeth. Citizenship arises from cities. Deriving from the Latin word for […]
August 19, 2025
Skip to content Parliament Street conveniences Hugh Broughton Architects delivers upgraded public toilets beneath Parliament Street as part of Westminster City Council’s £12.7 million programme to improve facilities across the borough. Photos Dirk Lindner Westminster Council has completed the refurbishment of public conveniences beneath Parliament Street, linked to Westminster Underground Station by pedestrian underpass. Located […]
August 19, 2025
Skip to content Stroud Green Housing Centre Owain Williams Architects converts a disused garage in Finsbury Park into a modest but purposeful office for the Stroud Green Housing Co-operative. Photos French + Tye Located on a quiet residential street in Haringey, a single-storey timber-clad office now stands in place of a disused concrete garage. Designed […]
August 19, 2025
Skip to content Art and Design Engineering Centre, Charterhouse School Ayre Chamberlain Gaunt’s redevelopment of Charterhouse School’s art and design buildings brings together existing facilities with a new extension, creating a unified centre for creative and technical learning. Photos Jim Stephenson Located in Godalming, Surrey, Charterhouse School has completed a new Art and Design Engineering […]
August 15, 2025
Skip to content Wolves Lane Material Cultures and Studio Gil transform a former council nursery in North London into a thriving community hub built from natural, low-carbon materials. Photos Luke O’Donovan, Henry Woide In Wood Green, North London, a once-tired plant nursery has been given a dramatic new lease of life. What was formerly a […]
August 12, 2025
Skip to content Ringing the Changes Glasgow-based artist Edward Bruce and Edinburgh architect Nick O’Neill transform St Mary’s Episcopal Cathedral with an Eduardo Paolozzi-inspired colourful installation that draws on the ancient art of bell ringing. Photos Nick O’Neill Suspended high above the Choir in Edinburgh’s St Mary’s Episcopal Cathedral, a cascade of woven banners ripples […]
August 12, 2025
Skip to content Escapade Silverstone Twelve Architects’ ‘Escapade Silverstone’ pairs high-spec trackside apartments and panoramic views, creating a luxury destination immersed in motorsport. Photos Jack Hobhouse On the edge of one of the world’s most celebrated racing circuits, Escapade Silverstone, looks to bridge high-octane motorsport with the quiet drama of the English countryside. Designed by […]
August 11, 2025
Skip to content Dispatches: Simon Reid, Lungfish Architects Lungfish Managing Director Simon Reid tells AT about the trouble with corridors and dragonflies, the secret of successful Forest Schools and the importance of swapping school shoes for wellington boots. What is Lungfish? We’re an interdisciplinary design team that started out as the design arm of the […]
August 8, 2025
Skip to content 20 Newcourt Street Wendover Studio’s conversion of the former St John’s Wood police station transforms the Victorian civic building into nine boutique rental apartments arranged around a courtyard. Photos Simon Menges On a quiet street between Primrose Hill and Regent’s Park, the solid brick form of the old St John’s Wood police […]
August 7, 2025
Skip to content 21–25 Bruton Place DLA Architecture’s mass timber rooftop extension and deep retrofit of three mews buildings elevates a historic Mayfair street into a new, carbon-conscious, design-led workspace. Photos Stevie Campbell Found behind the bustle of Berkeley Square in west London, Bruton Place has long served as a service route to the mansions […]
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