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December 17, 2025
Skip to content Material Cultures Material Cultures explain how they are challenging conventional construction cultures in a bid to bring architecture closer to agriculture, land management and landscape. Material Cultures at their studio in Hackney, east London. From left to right: Will Bradley, Paloma Gormley, Daria Moatazed-Keivani, Huma Mahmood, Serena Faizal, Bo Yee Lau, Summer […]
May 10, 2024
Architects from CSK, Groupwork, John Pardey Architects, Manalo & White, Morrow + Lorraine, Piercy&Company and Pollard Thomas Edwards share their thoughts on a trip to north-west Spain hosted by AccuRoof to view the extraction and processing of natural slate. In association with Photos Timothy Soar and Miles Elliott Chris Collins, AccuRoof This part of Spain […]
March 22, 2024
Earth Building UK and Ireland has produced a learning module on earth building for School of Specification. CEO Rowland Keable explains why we need a change of mindset to unlock the many benefits it brings. What are the main types of earth building? Earth structures can be classified in a number of ways: monolithic, masonry, […]
February 16, 2024
HLW has produced a learning module on specifying healthy materials for School of Specification. Senior designer Alison Grant outlines the dangers of unhealthy materials and the role that architects can play in improving the supply chain. How do you define healthy? For us at HLW, ‘healthy’ is predominantly about working and living in an environment […]
November 21, 2023
FMDC discusses how its extensive knowledge of façade systems and materials are used to develop project-specific design solutions. In association with The Perelman Performing Arts Center in New York. Façade and Materials Design Consultants (FMDC) is an employee-owned business established in 2013 when its founding directors left Arup. The company provides façade engineering and materials […]
October 24, 2022
Ross and Emma Perkin met at Edinburgh University. After working in larger practices, the couple gradually started to go it alone, eventually setting up Emil Eve Architects in 2009. Today, they occupy an office on a fifth floor in Hackney that offers views over the Regents Canal and, crucially, provides an ideal home for growing […]
May 9, 2022
Maria Lisogorskaya discusses the collective’s approach to combining bespoke materials and finishes with off-the shelf products. Maria Lisogorskaya is one of the founding directors of Assemble, a collective whose work sees frequent overlaps between architecture, design and art. Assemble, an architectural collective founded in 2010, runs from its self-designed Sugarhouse Studios within a retrofitted school […]
13 November 2026
