Architecture & Design Community
July 18, 2024
The TO: Foundation, in collaboration with Arup, Hassell, LocalWorks, and SINA Loketa, has completed an innovative performing arts centre in Bidi Bidi, Uganda, for Africa’s largest refugee settlement. Photos Mutua Matheka In 2016, northern Uganda’s remote village communities were sparsely populated, relying on hunting and small-scale farming. Today, Bidi Bidi – located 600 kilometres north of […]
July 16, 2024
Stanton Williams has completed new social and residential facilities at Emmanuel College, Cambridge, promoting interaction, collaboration, and sociability. Photos Jack Hobhouse Set within the historic heart of the Cambridge Central Conservation Area, the 5,770 square metre scheme is Emmanuel College’s most significant development in more than 100 years. The £21m development at the University of […]
July 11, 2024
Grimshaw, in collaboration with ppa architectures, has completed an expressive cable-stayed pedestrian bridge in Toulouse, France, as part of the city’s Grand Parc Garonne urban development programme. Photos Marc Mondange The Robert Poujade pedestrian bridge, part of the Grand Parc Garonne urban development project in Toulouse, France, has opened to the public. Designed by Grimshaw […]
July 3, 2024
Anurag Verma, chair of the Rural Urban Synthesis Society, has been instrumental in delivering a sustainable neighbourhood for its community in Lewisham. Verma talks to AT about the process of bringing the project to fruition and what’s next for the Community Land Trust. Why was the Rural Urban Synthesis Society (RUSS) set up and what […]
July 1, 2024
Shoreline, Folkestone ACME’s contemporary take on the Edwardian crescent marks the first phase of Folkestone’s Seafront & Harbour masterplan. Photos Matt Rowe, FHSDC Folkestone was once an important fishing and ferry port and spa resort. The seafront was characterised by boats and railways, amusement piers, bathing establishments, roller coasters, mini golf and nightclubs until the […]
July 1, 2024
Studio acht has reworked a neglected neo-Gothic provost residence in Prague Castle, Czech Republic, improving visitor amenities and opening up a new view over the city. Photos Tomas Slavik Studio acht has reworked the New Provostry – a neo-Gothic building located adjacent to St Vitus Cathedral in Prague Castle – adding to a pair of stone […]
June 25, 2024
Shepheard Epstein Hunter, with Architype and Jon Broome Associates, has completed 36 homes for the Rural Urban Synthesis Society, a community land trust in Lewisham. Photos RUSS Launched in response to the dire lack of genuinely affordable housing in the area, the Rural Urban Synthesis Society (RUSS) has built 36 homes in Ladywell, Lewisham in […]
June 21, 2024
In Deptford, Southeast London, Cooke Fawcett has added makers studios for Cockpit, a charity that offers space and support for creatives. Photos Max Creasy and Peter Landers Once a 1960s office and now a bustling hub for makers of all crafts, Cockpit’s hub in Deptford has been given a new lease of life by London […]
June 21, 2024
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June 14, 2024
In Udaipur, Rajasthan, Studio SAAR has designed a new learning and cultural centre for Dharohar, a not-for-profit organisation dedicated to providing extra-curricular activities for both adults and young people. Photos Ananya Singhal, Ankit Jain & Edmund Sumner Envisioned as a ‘third space’ — a place beyond home or school — Studio SAAR’s design for the […]
June 13, 2024
Prague-based practice IXA has completed a heartfelt memorial to a celebrated Czech army general and underground resistance leader from the Second World War. Photos Benedikt Markel In 2017, nearly 30 years after the fall of the communist regime, Zdeňka Mašínová regained her father‘s ancestral farm in Lošany, Czech Republic. In the same year, a society […]
June 13, 2024
John Pardey revisits the acclaimed modernist house that Peter Aldington built for himself and his wife in Haddenham, Buckinghamshire, in the 1960s, and reflects on the nature of permanence and the architect’s enduring love of the ordinary. Words John Pardey Photos Richard Bryant/Arcaid For most people, the buildings of the 1960s – unlike music and […]
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