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Haworth Tompkins wins approval for De La Warr Pavilion masterplan
Almost all homes fitted with external insulation under Conservative governments’ retrofit schemes need repair work, report finds
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Why they won: A closer look at all the Architect of the Year Awards 2025 winning entries
The winners of the Architect of the Year Awards were announced at a ceremony last night. Here is more detail about all the winning entries
Patty Hopkins honoured as this year’s Architect of the Year Awards winners revealed
Haworth Tompkins claimed the Gold Award at this year’s ceremony, with Manchester named the first UK Design Capital of the Year
CPD 17 2025: Specifying fire-rated doorsets – navigating standards, legislation and best practice
In pictures: Haworth Tompkins’ new Court Theatre in Ōtautahi Christchurch
HOK and ERRE’s Roig Arena in Valencia is ‘first with ceramic skin’
The role of cladding in navigating fire safety in modern building design
Architecture for London completes Dorset Beach House
There is no need to panic about new fire door regulations
Studio Folk uses sandstone brick to extend grade II-listed Georgian terrace
CPD 16 2025: Leveraging BIM for strategic advantage
Atelier Baulier retrofits and extends Edwardian home in Ealing
Mastering the detail: The Paper Garden with Jan Kattein Architects
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The art of architecture on film: Eric Parry and the question of posterity
Nicholas de Klerk reflects on a new film by Jon Blair which explores Eric Parry’s work and provokes questions about how architecture is judged over time
Specification
What made this project… The Corner House by Langstaff Day Architects
Finalist for One Off Small Project of the Year Award 2025, Langstaff Day Architects guides us through the specification challenges present at the Corner House
Architecture for London completes Dorset Beach House
Refurbishment of a timber-framed home on the Ballard Estate prioritises low-carbon materials and airtightness while preserving the estate’s historic character
There is no need to panic about new fire door regulations
Jim White explains what the change means for specifiers, why BS-certified doors remain valid, and how proactive collaboration with suppliers will smooth the transition
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Architect of the Year Awards 2024
What made this project… The Corner House by Langstaff Day Architects
What made this project… Former Nestlé Factory by dMFK
What made this project… The Acre by Gensler
What made this project… Black and Stone by Mallett
What made this project… Hyde London City by Studio Moren
What made this project… Brewers’ Hall by dMFK
What made this project… Everton Stadium by BDP Pattern
What made this project… Plot R8 by Piercy & Company
What made this project… Meadow Road by Studio Bark
What made this project… Undershed by George Lovesmith Architecture
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Boomers to Zoomers
Break down the silos – young people won’t see the range of careers our sector offers unless we show them
Carmody Groarke completes ArtPlay Pavilion at Dulwich Picture Gallery
Barratt Redrow commits to accessible playgrounds on all new developments
Report calls for national play strategy to reshape neighbourhoods for children
Seventeen years on: why England needs a new National Play Strategy
England is failing to plan for its ageing population – the spending review must put that right
The quiet revolution in built environment education and engagement – starting with children
The Coach: Why age isn’t the issue – it’s the life stage that counts
2,000 young people, one mission: Rethinking access to architecture at the Festival of the Future
More than a masterplan: the people power behind Earls Court’s next chapter
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In Pictures
Wright & Wright completes passivhaus library on historic Corpus Christi College site in Oxford
In pictures: Zaha Hadid Architects’ 60,000-seat Xi’an football stadium
In pictures: Pend’s renovation of listed East Lothian farmhouse
In pictures: Haworth Tompkins’ new Court Theatre in Ōtautahi Christchurch
Purcell completes restoration of St Barts Hospital’s grade I-listed North Wing
BDP turns disused garages into social housing in Bristol
Purcell completes Shoemakers Museum in Somerset
Adjaye Associates completes timber performance pavilion in Barbados
Carmody Groarke completes ArtPlay Pavilion at Dulwich Picture Gallery
Anish Kapoor’s Naples Metro station unveiled
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WA100 2025
WA100 2025: Hopes take a wobble
WA100 2025: Digital edition
WA100 2025: The big list
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Now is not the time to panic about low planning approvals
As poor statistics continue to roll in Steve Reed and Matthew Pennycook must hold their nerve, stick to their plan and be patient, argues Paul Smith
Architecture in crisis: a profession undermined by its own structures
Hien Nguyen on how years of falling fees, mounting liabilities and weak institutional support have left architects struggling to sustain viable practices
Building communities: why the Neave Brown Award matters
Mellis Haward considers what it means to design homes that foster connection and community life
Regeneration of overlooked communities alongside new towns will be vital if UK is to hit homebuilding target
Only by adopting an ambitious, long-term mindset and working in partnership will we manage to build those 1.5 million homes, writes Sir Michael Lyons, chair of the New Towns Taskforce
Insights from tomorrow’s architects: towards zero-waste design
In the final article of this current series by recent Bartlett Part 3 candidates exploring the future of architecture, Robert Serman considers how circular design and material reuse could help create a zero-waste built environment
Inside the party conferences: why architects need to be in the room where housing policy is made
Félicie Krikler examines why architects and built environment professionals must make their voices heard in policymaking circles
Why they won: A closer look at all the Architect of the Year Awards 2025 winning entries
The winners of the Architect of the Year Awards were announced at a ceremony last night. Here is more detail about all the winning entries
Too good to waste: how Make recycled an old building to create a new one
Thomas Lane reports on how 30 Duke Street reuses steel, glass, aluminium and Portland stone from the building there before
AYA 2025 shortlists: Young Architect of the Year
In a series celebrating BD’s Architect of the Year Awards finalists, we look at the Young Architect of the Year shortlist
AYA 2025 shortlists: WA100 International Architect of the Year
In a series celebrating BD’s Architect of the Year Awards finalists, we look at the WA100 International Architect of the Year shortlist
AYA 2025 shortlists: Social Value Architect of the Year
In a series celebrating BD’s Architect of the Year Awards finalists, we look at the Social Value Architect of the Year shortlist
Labour conference 2025: Housing secretary puts style over substance while Starmer takes aim at Reform
The government’s announcement about new towns and the housing secretary’s Trump-esque stylings put housing at the heart of the agenda at Labour’s conference in Liverpool. But there was little in the way of detail to back Steve Reed’s ‘build, baby, build’ slogan
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From discontented planners to a glorious summer: Van Heyningen and Haward’s Leicester Cathedral extension
Bradford Live: how Tim Ronalds Architects helped residents save their historic cinema and turn it into a 3,800-capacity music venue
76 Upper Ground: Denys Lasdun’s 1960s South Bank vision is realised at last
Designing, building and growing the natural way: Wolves Lane community centre unveiled by Studio Gil and Material Cultures
Unpacking the museum: the V&A Storehouse in Stratford opens its doors
A Serpentine Pavilion for anxious times – but is that enough?
Bennetts’ timber and straw robotics lab pilots new net zero carbon building standard
From complexity to clarity: The Sainsbury Wing transformed
A cauldron on the Mersey: how Everton built their new stadium in just five years (Manchester United take note)
Designing from first principles: Inside David Kohn Architects’ Gradel Quadrangles
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Reviews
The art of architecture on film: Eric Parry and the question of posterity
William Butterfield: A builder and experimenter
The Manifesto House: Buildings that changed the future of architecture
Form Follows Love: Anna Heringer on building with empathy, intuition and mud
Nuts, bolts and preservation: High Tech as heritage
RA Summer Exhibition: with no designated space, architecture is overshadowed
Surface Reflections: a quieter, more thoughtful London Design Biennale
Architecture and Social Change: Shaping an Impactful Practice
Beyond the optics: identity, class and the politics of equality in architecture and the arts
Faith, reuse and surveillance: Birmingham’s mosques through Mahtab Hussain’s lens
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