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April 22, 2025
John Pardey on Johan Otto von Spreckelsen’s La Grande Arche in Paris (1989) – a monumental, yet elegant building laced with symbolism that was part of President Mitterand’s Grands Projets. This article is part of a monthly series of short essays on some of the greatest buildings of the 20th Century. Read John Pardey’s introduction to […]
April 15, 2025
Darren Brennan, Specification Director at Siderise, answers readers’ questions on passive fire protection for the building envelope. 1 Bank Street in London’s Canary Wharf employs Siderise CW-FS firestops and MI3 acoustic foam inserts (photo: Hufton + Crow). What is passive fire protection in terms of the building envelope and why is it important? Passive fire […]
April 15, 2025
WOO architects and ES Global have unveiled their design for the UK pavilion which opened this week at the 2025 Osaka Expo in Japan. A narrative of British industrial heritage has been layered into this high-tech, transportable and reusable structure, too. Built on a 10-by-10 metre modular grid, the façade’s perforated aluminium blocks are a […]
April 11, 2025
Lloyd Lee, Managing Partner at Yoo Capital discusses the company’s investment in Olympia and Camden, reflecting a bold belief in London’s enduring global appeal – and what makes a successful architect-client relationship for him. Render of the Kensington Olympia masterplan, shown here at dusk. When did you decide to invest in the Olympia project and […]
March 21, 2025
Retrofitting the physical world is one thing but you have to retrofit the user. We start every project with a workshop where we ask the client “what does sustainability mean to you?” If we asked “what does regenerative architecture mean to you?” they’d probably say “Huh?” One of them, a nuclear physicist, said “I want nothing […]
March 14, 2025
Tarek Merlin, director and co-founder at Feix&Merlin reflects on the ever-changing nature of MIPIM, where chance encounters and meaningful conversations defined his experience. This year, he took to the stage to discuss inclusivity in real estate and the value of a queer lens in housing design. How are you enjoying MIPIM? The thing that surprises […]
March 14, 2025
Richard Roberts, managing & design director at Jason Bruges Studio, looks back on a successful MIPIM filled with valuable conversations and unexpected meetings — despite the daily downpours – and looks ahead to an exciting period with multiple art installations launching in the US and London. Designed for Hankook Tire’s headquarters in Pangyo, Seoul, by […]
March 10, 2025
Pernilla Ohrstedt Studio’s winning design for Times Square Arts’ annual Love & Design Competition reimagines public art as both a celebration of love and an ecological intervention. Photos Naho Kubota Before it became the Big Apple, New York was the Big Oyster. In fact, before New York was even New York, when Lenape tribes inhabited […]
March 7, 2025
Publica has spent 15 years reshaping public spaces through research-led methodologies, participatory planning and innovative urban policies. AT talks to Lucy Musgrave, Anna Mansfield, Gaia Crocella and Lou Elena Bouey about working with CHANGE (City Hub and Network for Gender Equity) to investigate – and ultimately improve – the experiences of women, girls and gender […]
March 6, 2025
AT talks to… Yẹmí Aládérun and Zoë Berman about the launch of Part W’s Built Barriers campaign. Photograph by Roca London. What are Built Barriers? Our city is littered with a lack of care and thought for the needs of women and girls. Everyday, women are forced to navigate spaces that weren’t designed with them […]
March 3, 2025
For Rachel Hoolahan of Orms the transition to regenerative design calls for systems thinking coupled with a willingness to try new things, learn from mistakes, remain optimistic and celebrate the wins. Rachel Hoolahan (left) with colleagues Sacha Clark, Rufus Burridge and Simon Whittaker at 1 Hanover Street in Mayfair, London, a Grade II-listed office building […]
February 27, 2025
Squire & Partners’ retrofit of the Grade-II listed Conran Building at 22 Shad Thames preserves Hopkins’ High-Tech architectural legacy while transforming it into a contemporary workspace. Photos Andy Stagg Squire & Partners has completed a sensitive refurbishment of the Conran Building, a recently listed landmark in the historic Shad Thames district of London. Originally completed […]
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