Old Chapel
Tuckey Design Studio has skilfully reworked a converted chapel in South Devon, giving the simple masonry and timber structure a new lease of life.
Dispatches: Carmel Simmonds
AT talks to Carmel Simmonds, apprentice architect at BDP, about the value of architectural apprenticeships, and her involvement with the HomeGrown Plus initiative, which is dedicated to improving diversity within architecture and the creative industries.
Vecta building linings – where form meets function
Encasement explores the applications for and benefits of its comprehensive and versatile Vecta building linings range.
Dispatches from the House of Commons: Oliver Broadbent
Oliver Broadbent explains why Architects Declare's Building Blocks manifesto is so important and introduces his book The Regenerative Structural Engineer.
Reach for the sky
Enhancements to Reynaers key curtain walling systems boosts design freedom for architects.
Entries are open for the inaugural Regenerative Architecture Index
Architecture Today and UK Architects Declare have teamed up to launch the world’s first Regenerative Architecture Index as a means of benchmarking architects on regenerative projects, policies, working practices and actions.
Dispatches from the House of Commons: Kate Raworth
Kate Raworth, ecological economist and author of Doughnut Economics, explains why she's proud to support Building Blocks, the manifesto produced by UK Architects Declare, as a blueprint for government policy to transform the built environment.
Salvation Army’s new HQ in Denmark Hill
TateHindle has completed the new Salvation Army UK and Ireland Headquarters in Camberwell, south London.
ADAM Architecture Travel Scholarship 2024
Entries are now open for students to apply for ADAM Architecture’s annual Travel Scholarship.
Dispatches: Maria Cheung
AT talks to Maria Cheung, director and head of interior design at Squire & Partners, about the changing nature of the workplace, the practice’s ongoing commitment to retrofit, and the benefits of revisiting past projects.
Kingwood
An expressive yet contextually sensitive residential development in London’s Knightsbridge by Squire & Partners successfully fuses digital fabrication techniques with highly skilled bricklaying.
Free access to Unit 1 of SOS’s new earth building learning module
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.
Schüco Excellence Awards 2024
Entry is now open for the 2024 Schüco Excellence Awards, for buildings that feature Schüco facades, window and door systems.
Blurring the boundaries
DEMOGO’s headquarters for the Guardia di Finanza in Bologna, Italy, explores the nature and meaning of the boundary between building and city.
Dispatches from City Hall: Justine Simons
AT chats to Justine Simons, deputy mayor for culture and creative industries, about Creative Land Trusts, how new cultural venues are being established in London, and the efforts being made to aid cultural preservation.
Cornish Cottage by Architecture Office
Architecture Office has restored and extended a Grade II listed property on the River Fowey in Cornwall.
Riken Yamamoto wins the 2024 Pritzker Architecture Prize
Japanese architect, Riken Yamamoto has won the 53rd Pritzker Architecture Prize, lauded by the jury for “reminding us that in architecture, as in democracy, spaces must be created by the resolve of the people.”
Transforming light and space with bespoke rooflights
Jon Shooter, Managing Director at Glazing Vision, discusses how architects are using bespoke rooflights to meet key design and specification challenges.
in partnership with SIG Design and Technology
Meet the client: Duncan Blackmore, Arrant Land
Duncan Blackmore, founder of development company Arrant Land discusses how he adds value to small sites, what he looks for at auctions, as well as his work for Arrant Industries as an ‘urban practitioner’ and research and development vehicle, Neighbourhood.
The Old Apple Store by Selencky Parsons
London studio Selencky Parsons has repurposed a former apple store into an extension for a home in West Sussex.
Dispatches: Catherine van der Heide
AT chats to Catherine van der Heide, principal at Hassell, about the link between office transformation and employee satisfaction revealed in the practice's annual workplace survey.
in partnership with manufacturers
Chalet Papillon
A timber-clad holiday residence near Lac Notre-Dame, Quebec, by RobitailleCurtis forms a strong connection with its mountainside site.
Dispatches: Joe Haire
AT talks to Joe Haire, co-founder of White Red Architects, about the challenges of growing a young forward-thinking practice, and the benefits of becoming a specialist rather than a generalist.
Unveiling the Soho External Door
Ben Brocklesby, Director at Origin, the UK’s leading manufacturer of luxury aluminium windows and doors, discusses the company’s new external door, which has been designed to make a bold statement in any architectural setting.
Dispatches from the desert: Tosin Oshinowo
AT talks to... curator of the second Sharjah Architecture Triennial and Nigerian architect, Tosin Oshinowo, about how the lessons learnt from Sharjah are being fed back into her practice in Lekki.
Further finalists unveiled for the 2024 RIBA Regional Awards
See what projects have been shortlisted for the Yorkshire, the South East, Wales, North West, West Midlands, Northern Ireland and Scotland regions for the 2024 RIBA Regional Awards.
ARCHITECT@WORK 2024
Taking place at The Truman Brewery from 20-21 March, A@W London will be showcasing more than 200 curated product innovations, as well as a comprehensive talks programme.