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October 17, 2024
The Elizabeth Line is a wonderful achievement and it’s right we celebrate its success. Gidea Park: know where that is? Twyford: sounds like it should be Wales. Goodmayes: good heavens, what? Slough: didn’t a poet once call for that place to be bombed? These places, far far away though they may sound, can all be […]
October 8, 2024
Photographer Edmund Sumner has been shooting some of the best new architecture in Mexico and sheds light on established and emerging talents working in the country, united by an approach that has produced a vernacular defined by its relationship to Mexico’s dramatic and thriving landscape. Zalapa Apartments by Rafael Pardo. Photos Edmund Sumner Words Edmund […]
September 27, 2024
Foster + Partners’ visitor centre at the Bodegas Faustino Winery in Oyón, Spain, is the latest project in a two decade relationship between architect and client. Photos Nigel Young, Foster + Partners Foster + Partners has completed a visitor centre at the Bodegas Faustino Winery in Oyón, at the heart of Spain’s principal wine making […]
September 26, 2024
Haworth Tompkins’ £14.5 million transformation of the Warburg Institute in London’s Bloomsbury includes the Institute’s first gallery, a 140-seat auditorium, and a state-of-the-art centre for special collections. Photos Hufton+Crow The Warburg Institute in London, one of the world’s leading centres for the study of art and culture, has unveiled a transformational redevelopment of its Bloomsbury […]
September 25, 2024
In Brno, Czech practice CTYRSTEN has completed the country’s first children’s hospice, the ‘House for Julia’, which provides palliative and respite care, rehabilitation, therapy, and comprehensive support for families. Photos Alex Shoots Buildings Czech practice CTYRSTEN has completed the country’s first children’s hospice, the ‘House for Julia’, designed to provide palliative and respite care, rehabilitation, […]
September 13, 2024
At the Regenerative Architecture Index launch party, founder of UK Architects Declare Michael Pawlyn sat down with legendary musician and thinker Brian Eno. The Regenerative Architecture Index is now live – take a look and read all about it here. To celebrate its publication, AT with UK Architects Declare hosted a launch party at The Bottle […]
September 11, 2024
Studio dílna has created a modern extension for Masaryk University’s Faculty of Education in Brno, designing a new, dynamic gallery space for art students. Photos Studio Flusser Tucked within the historic urban fabric of Brno, the new art studios for the Faculty of Education at the Masaryk University in Brno transforms a previously underserved part […]
September 9, 2024
In Hertfordshire, Bennetts Associates and Citizens Design Bureau have transformed the former Hertford Theatre, bringing it up to speed and expanding its offering as a new multipurpose arts venue. Photos Hufton + Crow On the banks of the River Lea, a new, angular, brick building has arrived in Hertford. ‘BEAM’ as the building is known, […]
September 3, 2024
Oslo studio Fragment has developed a demountable wooden apartment building system, offering a flexible framework for adaptable and sustainable living. Illustration of several Rammeverk buildings that form a yard with food and common functions on the ground level. The window placement in the facade is based on the user workshops and how they placed windows […]
September 3, 2024
Foster + Partners has developed a masterplan with Türkiye Design Council to accelerate Turkey’s recovery from a devastating earthquake, while honouring the city’s ancient heritage and capitalising on opportunities to give it a more resilient and environmentally-friendly future. On February 6th, 2023, the Hatay region of Turkey was devastated by an earthquake that killed more […]
August 29, 2024
A key section of the Sydney Metro, Australia’s biggest public transport project, has finally opened. Set to total 46 stations and 113km of new railway line, we take a look at four of the stations that have just completed, designed by Foster + Partners, Architectus, Cox Architecture, Woods Bagot and John McAslan + Partners. Sydney […]
August 29, 2024
Office of Displaced Designers (ODD) is calling on UK construction professionals for urgent funding to equip architects and designers in Gaza with the skills to rebuild from the ruins of their homeland. Founder Shareen Elnaschie and one of the co-directors Elizabeth Cunningham explain how you can help. What is Office of Displaced Designers? ODD is […]
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