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February 26, 2025
Dispatches from Store Street: Russell Curtis – ADC
AT talks to… director at RCKa, Russell Curtis, about his practice’s modular concept that looks to use meanwhile sites for those looking for temporary housing. What inspired the initial concept for these modular homes? The issue of temporary accommodation is significant—there’s a huge amount of money being spent on it, around £1.6 billion a year. […]
February 25, 2025
Oru Sutton – ADC
In South London, a new co-working and wellness space paves the way for a high street’s regeneration and serves as an example of circular design principles in practice. Words Jason Sayer Photos Anton Gorlenko Sutton, South London, Zone 5. I grew up here and not long-ago Sutton High Street was full of the usual suspects: […]
February 18, 2025
Reinventing practice: Jerry Tate – ADC
Jerry Tate is on a mission to deliver projects that allow people living and working in crowded urban conditions to enjoy a mutually beneficial relationship with the natural world. Jerry Tate at Tate + Co’s studio at Stamford Works, a former printworks in Dalston, East London that has been converted into mixed use space including […]
February 14, 2025
Meet the client: Tyler Goodwin – ADC
Tyler Goodwin, founder and CEO of Seaforth Land, reflects on breathing new life into Richard Seifert and George Marsh’s 1968 Space House, the UK real estate community’s lack of appreciation for mid-century modern buildings and bonding with Amin Taha and his dog. What sets Seaforth Land apart from other developers? From an architect’s perspective, I […]
February 14, 2025
Avicii Arena – ADC
The world’s largest spherical building has been renovated and brought up to speed by HOK, C.F. Møller Architects, and schlaich bergermann partner, adding more capacity and a new acoustic system to the arena. Section of the arena draws similarities to Etienne-Louis Boullée’s Newton Cenotaph concept. (Section drrawing by HOK) Photos CF Møller Architects HOK, C.F. […]
February 10, 2025
The Regenerative Architecture Index at Futurebuild – ADC
Catch Architecture Today and UK Architects Declare at this year’s Futurebuild exhibition where you can learn about the Regenerative Architecture Index at our innovative stand and through a series of talks. Entries are now open for the 2025 Regenerative Architecture Index – enter here. Join Architecture Today and UK Architects Declare at Futurebuild for a […]
February 6, 2025
Cabin Crew – ADC
Cabin Crew A new book from The Modernist tells the story of Welsh architectural practice Hird & Brooks and explores its obsession with crafting the perfect holiday home. Cabin 15 at Penlan Holiday Park, West Wales, a scheme for 69 cabins across a 12-acre site. Cabin 15 was the first to be sold. Dusty, a […]
February 4, 2025
Dispatches from the World Monuments Fund: John Darlington – ADC
AT chats to… John Darlington, director at the World Monuments Fund (WMF) about how under threat sites can get support, how architects can engage with such sites and why the moon has been nominated on the 2025 WMF Watch list. The AGO Cinema Studio in Namibe, Angola, which was never finished, is on the 2025 […]
January 31, 2025
Harpenden House – ADC
Emil Eve’s renovation and extension of an Edwardian house in the Harpenden Conservation Area creates a flexible family home that integrates three new interlocking volumes. Photos Taran Wilkhu Emil Eve has completed the transformation of a once-institutional Edwardian property, returning it to a contemporary and highly adaptable family home. Previously used as a nursery, the […]
January 27, 2025
Wick Lane – ADC
dRMM’s Wick Lane masterplan integrates homes, industrial, and creative spaces into a vibrant, co-located community in East London, drawing on the area’s industrial heritage and blending contemporary needs with historical character. Photos Jim Stephenson dRMM has completed a mixed-use neighbourhood at Wick Lane, a project that challenges conventional co-location design. The masterplan, set in the […]
January 27, 2025
The Hanging Gardens of Basingstoke – ADC
In Hampshire, the renewal of a celebrated modernist icon, formerly Mountbatten House, integrates more than 20,000 new plants alongside new commercial workspace. Photos Andy Stagg Words Jason Sayer Plant, Basingstoke, a landmark of 1970s British modernism originally designed by Peter Foggo and Arup Associates Group 2 has been brought back to life. With planning and […]
January 24, 2025
Dispatches from the British Embassy in Paris – ADC
AT reports back from the UK Architecture Showcase: a two-day event which was hosted this week at the British Embassy in Paris. Photos Department for Business and Trade – France & Grace, Eva and Darcie Pabla Thomas This week the British Embassy in Paris hosted UK Architecture Showcase, a celebration of the UK’s “transformative and […]