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July 3, 2025
In the hands of Studio Ra15, Terminal 3 at Prague Airport has undergone a thoughtful upgrade that balances functionality, comfort, and representation. Photos Petr Polak Words Kira Treliving Czech practice Studio Ra15 has introduced a striking new airside steel canopy to the terminal while preserving the postmodern character of the original 1990s structure. The terminal, […]
July 2, 2025
Ben Hancock, Managing Director of Oscar Acoustics, answers readers’ questions on how acoustic solutions can support health, productivity, and inclusivity in the post-pandemic office. SonaSpray fc (white) in a private office, and SonaSpray K-13 Special (light grey) throughout main office (for a sprayed concrete look) at the Oscar Innovation Centre – Oscar Acoustics’ HQ and […]
June 24, 2025
Fletcher Priest Architects has completed 100 Fetter Lane, the first building in the City of London to implement a standardised approach to material passports – and set to be the practice’s new HQ. Photos Dirk Lindner Located between Fleet Street and Farringdon in the City of London, Fletcher Priest Architects’ 100 Fetter Lane replaces a […]
June 17, 2025
Bindloss Dawes has restored a rural hamlet in south-west France – and remodelled a 300-year-old barn – to create a tranquil wellness destination. Photos Ellen Christine Hancock Bindloss Dawes has completed the transformation of a remote cluster of agricultural buildings into Amassa – a yoga and wellness retreat set in the rolling hills of south-west […]
June 17, 2025
Carmody Groarke’s transformation of a 1970s warehouse into a six-storey, demountable office scheme delivers a low-tech, low-carbon landmark for Bethnal Green. Photos Johan Dehlin, Rory Allen Carmody Groarke has completed the retrofit and extension of a former textile workshop in east London. Once slated for demolition, the unassuming 1970s concrete-framed structure has been reimagined as […]
June 10, 2025
Sharon Giffen explains how Earls Court’s cosmopolitan heritage and an ambitious 44-acre masterplan are set to reignite West London as a hub of innovation, culture and community. Earls Court holds a special place in my family’s history. It is where my mother arrived from Colombia as a young architect backpacking through Europe in the early […]
June 6, 2025
A landmark of Glasgow’s industrial past, The Briggait has long stood as a gateway between the city’s medieval Merchant City and the River Clyde. Now, thanks to an ambitious refurbishment by Collective Architecture, two of its historic market halls have been restored, rekindling a vital connection to the river and the distinctive cultural landscape beyond. […]
June 3, 2025
AT chats to Marina Tabassum, the Bangladeshi architect behind the 25th Serpentine Pavilion which has opened in West London. We learn about what informed her design for A Capsule in Time, and the challenges of building a temporary structure on the Hyde Park site. Read about the 2025 Serpentine Pavilion here. Could you elaborate on the […]
June 3, 2025
In the 1990s, Cedric Price’s radical approach to architectural practice – prioritising processes over buildings – was seen as visionary and eccentric. Today, as the Regenerative Architecture Index reveals, his ideas about systems, adaptability, and the intelligence of practice itself are central to an evolving, more sustainable profession. Back in 1996 my then editor, Paul […]
May 30, 2025
Red Cow Terrace Bold in ambition, but compromised in delivery, Office S&M’s terrace of three family homes in a Hertfordshire village shows how commercial reality can dilute good ideas. Ellen Peirson applauds the bravery of a riposte to standard developer housing that has survived against the odds. Words Ellen Peirson Photos James Retief London has […]
May 27, 2025
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 […]
May 24, 2025
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 […]
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