Chatillon Architectes’ reinvention of Beauvais’ 1970s tapestry gallery reimagines the cultural site as a layered, flexible destination that connects the Gallo-Roman past with a new civic future. Photos Antoine Mercusot Paris-based Chatillon Architectes has completed the transformation of the Quadrilatère in Beauvais. First built in 1976, the museum was designed by renowned French architect and […]
Helen Hare explains why the lessons to be learnt from Milan’s design and fashion industries make it the ideal location for this year’s British Council for Offices Annual Conference. As a long admirer of design, fashion and the built environment, it was perhaps inevitable that Milan loomed largely into view during my research to locate […]
AT chats to Seth Rutt from Studio Multi about dreaming up a new practice during Lockdown and the difference between a pirate ship and a Navy. What prompted you and your partner Nicola to leave HawkinsBrown and set up your own company? It was a kitchen table discussion during Covid. We started in 2021 so […]
AT chats to Mairi Laverty and Nicola McLachlan from Collective Architecture about the upsides and downsides of operating as a collective. What brings you to UKREIIF/what do you hope to achieve? We are looking to expand our conversations and networks outwith Scotland. We are also taking part in panels (Women in Architecture – How Women […]
AT talks to… Michael Pawlyn, Director of Exploration Architecture, about the vision behind their ‘Biorock Pavilion’ at this years Venice Biennale. Photos Kelly Hill What has the atmosphere been like leading up to the opening? The Biennale has been amazing, as always! Yes, there’s always an element of last-minuteness, but this time, things were reasonably […]
Michelle Sanchez, Sustainability Lead at RSHP, shares insights from this year’s FOOTPRINT+ conference, reflecting on circularity, climate resilience, and RSHP’s efforts to integrate reuse and regenerative practice into mainstream design. What are the issues that everyone’s talking about? The most important challenges that I heard people talking about at Footprint + this year revolved around […]
David Partridge, Chair of the Governance Board for the UK Net Zero Carbon Buildings Standard, shares insights from Footprint+ on embedding the standard into everyday practice and the growing seriousness with which the industry is tackling carbon and circularity. What are the issues that everyone’s talking about? I’m the Chair of the Governance Board of […]
AT talks to… Elisabeth Endres, director of the Institute for Building Climatology and Energy of Architecture (IBEA) at the Technical University of Braunschweig and a co-curator of the German pavilion ‘STRESSTEST’ at this year’s Venice Biennale. Photos Josef Grillmeier, Patricia Parinejad What is your pavilion about and how does it respond to the title of Intelligens: […]
APD Architecture’s new teaching centre and specialised workshop on Oxford Bookes Headington Hill Campus are welcome developments in the Universities pledge to reach Net Zero by 2040. Photos Mark Excell APD Architecture have delivered two welcome additions to Headington Hill conservation site; an Oxford Brookes campus that surrounds the Grade II listed Headington Hill Hall. […]
The historic Procuratie on Piazza San Marco in Venice is opening to the public for the first time, as the home of a new arts institute: San Marco Art Centre (SMAC). Ahead of the launch during the 2025 Venice Architecture Biennale, Architecture Today spoke with its co-founders Anna Bursaux, David Gramazio and David Hrankovic. Here […]
Verdant Fletcher Priest Architects has completed a major retrofit of 150 Aldersgate, London, retaining 81 per cent of the existing structure and providing 140,000 square foot of workspace for TikTok’s UK offices. Photos Dirk Lindner Forming the wester boundary of the Barbican Estate, 150 Aldersgate Street from the outset demanded careful consideration from the architects […]