All Buildings, design and specification articles – Page 7
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NewsFirst round of public ballots for 2024 London Open House Festival unveiled
Tickets now available for touring four London landmarks including the BT Tower and Trellick Tower
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FeaturesHow Oxford Architects set about saving Arne Jacobsen’s RAAC-riddled masterpiece
All the roofs at St Catherine’s College were recently condemned thanks to the presence of RAAC. Thomas Lane reports on how the team came up with a solution that didn’t affect the historical significance of the Arne Jacobsen-designed campus
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NewsRIBA names six finalists of 2024 Stephen Lawrence Prize for early career architects
Shortlisted projects include a housing scheme for homeless people and a transformed dairy farm for people with disabilities
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NewsGbolade Design Studio completes its first net-zero housing project
Hermitage Mews is a series of net-zero townhouses in Crystal Palace designed to meet RIBA 2030 Climate Challenge targets
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OpinionWhat’s stopping us from building less?
If we are going to build less, does that mean we need to maintain more, asks Anna Beckett
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NewsCouncillors unanimously back AHMM’s plans to redevelop entire Westminster city block despite slamming design
Committee chair admitted she “absolutely hated” the prospect of the mixed-use scheme being built
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NewsRSHP completes luxury hotel scheme in Mayfair
Building also contains 77 homes, a spa and a restaurant for Korean-American chef Akira Back
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FeaturesMarshalls first Lunar Case Study at Memoria Memorial Park and Crematorium, Doncaster
Discover solace at Memoria Memorial Park, where Marshalls’ sustainable paving meets compassionate design
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FeaturesWhat made this project… St Mary’s Walthamstow by Matthew Lloyd Architects
The judges for this year’s AYAs were impressed with Matthew Lloyd Architects’ body of work, as the practice was named a finalist for Creative Conservative Architect of the Year. In this series, we take a look at one of the team’s entry projects and ask the firm’s director, Alex Spicer, ...
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NewsIn pictures: Foster + Partners’ Marseille airport extension
Scheme sets out to return to the clarity of Fernand Pouillon’s original design
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NewsHousing providers and charities urge government to adopt accessibility standards for new-build homes
The Centre for Ageing Better says 250,000 more accessible homes could have been built if the previous government had adopted the regulations
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FeaturesBespoke Rooflights Bring Light to House on the Heath
Cox Architects and Elson Properties approached Stella Rooflight to commission three bespoke rooflights, which would transform the renovation of a leafy suburban home
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FeaturesWhat made this project… A Room Around a Tree by Tikari Works
The judges for this year’s AYAs were impressed with Tikari Works’ body of work, as the practice was named a finalist for One Off Small Project of the Year. In this series, we take a look at the team’s entry project and ask the firm’s project architect, Tom Fairley, to ...
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NewsMore details emerge of Matt Brook Architects’ plans for £1bn Salford tower cluster
Scheme would include UK’s third tallest building at 273m in height
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OpinionWhy we should be transforming struggling shopping centres into sustainable urban hubs
Could large shopping centres become dynamic, vibrant, mixed-use, live-work communities in the future? What are the factors that could drive this transformation, and why might it be desirable, asks Matt Bowker
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NewsIn pictures: Make’s low carbon City fringe office block reaches practical completion
Delayed HB Reavis’ Worship Square scheme already 98% leased
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NewsHigh Court sets date for judicial review hearing on DSDHA’s contested Bloomsbury tower
Local architect to present grounds to overturn decision to approve 19-storey scheme in September
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FeaturesResurrecting Gaudi's vision: How generations of architects worked to realise La Sagrada Família
How do you recreate the work of a genius out of nothing but rubble? And even if you can, how do you keep a construction project that was started in the 19th century from going off the rails? Daniel Gayne went to Barcelona to find out
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FeaturesBindloss Dawes extends listed Somerset schoolhouse for Farrow & Ball colour curator
Pitcombe’s Old School House gets a new lease on life with a harmonious addition that respects its heritage while solving long-standing layout issues
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NewsMikhail Riches among teams to unveil designs for new Wolverhampton neighbourhood
Four finalists in RIBA competition reveal plans for five-acre scheme surrounding grade II-listed church