Architecture & Design Community
April 30, 2025
Soho Theatre Walthamstow A sensitive refurbishment breathes new life into The Grade II* listed Granada Cinema Walthamstow, opening its doors as Soho Theatre’s latest incarnation. Photos David Levene The Granada Cinema in Walthamstow, north London has long served as a cultural and community landmark in north east London. Originally opened in 1929 as a grand […]
April 29, 2025
Carmody Groarke has completed a distinctive duplex apartment and rooftop pavilion within a Grade II listed merchant’s house in Covent Garden, London. Photos Johan Dehlin & James Retief As if a piece from Richard Serra has landed on a rooftop in Central London, a home in Covent Garden boasts an elegant, silver Mansard-like pavilion that […]
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 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 […]
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 […]
February 26, 2025
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
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 14, 2025
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 […]
January 27, 2025
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 […]
December 20, 2024
London practice NIKJOO, working with small-scale developer Flawk, has transformed a constrained backland site in Stoke Newington into a three-bedroom family home. Photos Lorenzo Zandri and Jasper Fry Small-scale developer Flawk has completed ‘Lode’, a new-build house on a backland plot in Stoke Newington. Designed in collaboration with London studio NIKJOO, the house replaces a […]
13 November 2026
