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Our ‘activist regulator’ is a reminder that architects need a clear vision for the future, not a plan for getting by
After decades of inertia, the regulator is forcing long-overdue reform. But, Ben Flatman argues, without clearer leadership from within the profession, the bigger questions remain unanswered
Selldorf appointed to lead ‘transformational’ rethink of Wallace Collection
London art gallery’s grade II-listed base to be restored and enhanced by practice behind recent overhaul of the Sainsbury Wing
CPD 06 2025: How glass mineral wool insulation supports net zero building design
Mastering the detail: Episode 3
Velux repurposes timber warehouse into low-carbon innovation hub
PAS 24 update introduces stricter security testing for windows and doors
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‘We’re like the Borrowers, nobody knows we’re here’: How Populous’ new Man City stand will be built without the fans noticing
The contactor has been busy working behind the scenes at the Etihad. This summer the team will finally get their time on the pitch - and will have to make it count
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Mastering the detail: Baytree Nuneaton with Chetwoods Architects
In the heart of the Midlands’ Golden Triangle, one of the UK’s busiest logistics hubs, a quietly radical scheme is challenging assumptions about what logistics architecture can be. Baytree Nuneaton, designed by Chetwoods for global logistics operator Rhenus, is not only a high-performing industrial campus – it’s also a model ...
Let’s be specific… Recycled plastics Q+A with Nichola Robinson, Hahn Plastics
Once seen as a low-grade byproduct, recycled plastic has rapidly evolved into a high-performance material embraced by the construction and landscaping sectors. Its journey from post-consumer waste to durable infrastructure reflects a broader shift toward sustainable, circular design. With growing pressure on architects and specifiers to reduce embodied carbon and ...
Why fine-tuning acoustic health is key to the productivity drive
Commercial workspace has seen its most significant shift in decades, starting with the rise of remote working and rapidly evolving into hybrid and flexible arrangements.
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Architect of the Year Awards 2024
What made this project… Skylight by Buckley Gray Yeoman
What made this project… University of Cambridge West Hub by Jestico + Whiles
What made this project… Ice Factory by Buckley Gray Yeoman
What made this project… Gateway to Nature Centre by Oberlanders
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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
The built environment belongs to everyone – so why are young voices so often excluded?
Westminster’s public toilets get a designer makeover as Hugh Broughton Architects completes first upgrade in £12.7m programme
Designing workplaces that work for everyone
The future faces of UK architecture
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GRID Architects unveils Dolphin Square refurbishment
First look at Diller Scofidio + Renfro’s V&A East Storehouse
In pictures: Fathom completes one of Clerkenwell’s largest heritage office projects
Repairing the urban fabric: Chris Dyson Architects restores Shoreditch weavers’ houses
Moxon Architects completes composite timber bridge in Germany
Allies and Morrison completes School of Public Health building at White City
Jestico + Whiles completes Ray Dolby Centre for University of Cambridge
Fletcher Priest completes TikTok City office
Thomas-McBrien Architects completes glulam roof extension of London HQ
Satish Jassal Architects completes net zero council housing scheme on Haringey infill site
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Our ‘activist regulator’ is a reminder that architects need a clear vision for the future, not a plan for getting by
After decades of inertia, the regulator is forcing long-overdue reform. But, Ben Flatman argues, without clearer leadership from within the profession, the bigger questions remain unanswered
Urban design doesn’t pay: so why am I starting my own practice?
David Rudlin reflects on the challenges of setting up his own practice, the broken economics of urban design, and why many in the profession persist despite the odds
Defunding architecture apprenticeships is a costly mistake that undermines the profession’s efforts to widen access
The Level 7 architecture apprenticeship has opened doors for many aspiring architects. Karen Mosley explains why cutting its funding sends the wrong message about access
What’s stopping us from including contractors earlier in the design process?
Anna Beckett makes the case for treating contractors as part of the design team from the outset, suggesting that earlier collaboration could help bridge the gap between low-carbon ambition and what’s actually buildable
From the Great Fire to Grenfell: How fire has shaped building regulation in Britain
Liam Ross traces the shifting relationship between regulation, risk and design, revealing how fire has continually reshaped our cities
Seventeen years on: why England needs a new National Play Strategy
Just over seventeen years ago, on 2 April 2008, the last Labour government launched England’s first, and only, National Play Strategy.
The regulator steps into the spotlight
Ben Flatman meets Hugh Simpson, chief executive of the Architects Registration Board, to discuss education reform, CPD and the future of regulation – and why he is happy for ARB to be an “activist regulator”
‘We’re like the Borrowers, nobody knows we’re here’: How Populous’ new Man City stand will be built without the fans noticing
The contactor has been busy working behind the scenes at the Etihad. This summer the team will finally get their time on the pitch - and will have to make it count
Why Nicholas Boys Smith’s ideas still matter in the age of Keir Starmer
Mary Richardson speaks to the founder of Create Streets about popular taste, the design challenges facing Labour’s housebuilding push, and why architects still struggle to engage with what ‘normal’ people really want
Beyond the green belt review: Five things you might have missed in the London Plan consultation
Sadiq Khan’s green belt rethink got the headlines, but there was plenty more to learn from last Friday’s announcement
‘I make it a virtue that I’ve changed my mind’: Khan makes a show of green belt U-turn, but where might homes be built?
In his speech last Friday, the mayor of London stressed that his green belt review was a radical policy change. Daniel Gayne asked him about the kind of land that could be targeted, while combing through his consultation documents for clues
Alma-nac: Doing architecture for free. Well, sometimes…
Alma-nac’s Design For All programme is helping to unlock community projects across the UK – and the team hopes to expand it further, writes Mary Richardson
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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
Industrial remix: how Hawkins\Brown retuned Wakefield’s Tileyard North for the creative economy
Designing for dance: inside O’Donnell + Tuomey’s Sadler’s Wells East
Digging deep: The radical engineering underpinning Stiff + Trevillion’s 65 Holborn Viaduct project
Compact living, big impact: Dovehouse Court’s lesson in sustainability and community
How Bennetts Associates transformed a Victorian hospital into a forward-focused university department
Rowan Court: a blueprint for council housing that repairs the urban fabric and elevates its context
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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
Between colonialism and nation-building: rethinking African modernism
Speedos, lidos and lost pools: a stylish look at swimming’s social past
‘Would you rather be sold religion or soap?’: Venturi and Scott Brown’s story
Vector Architects: Gong Dong and the Art of Building
Outrage lives on: Ian Nairn’s critique still haunts Britain’s landscapes
Saint, state and stone: the politics of preserving Old Goa’s Basilica de Bom Jesus
Film review: The Brutalist – It isn’t really about brutalism…
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