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Sound, light and air
5+ hour, 58+ min ago (168+ words) Sound, light and air'Architecture Today Sound, light and air Watch the AT webinar, in partnership with Oscar Acoustics and The Rooflight Co, exploring how architects and construction specialists are balancing environmental comfort with performance and inclusivity. In an era defined…...
Reflections: Fallingwater
1+ week, 1+ day ago (384+ words) This article is part of a monthly series of short essays on some of the greatest buildings of the 19th and 20th Centuries. Read John Pardey's introduction to the series'here.' No house should ever be on a hill or on anything. It…...
Delivering regenerative masterplans
2+ week, 1+ day ago (908+ words) Isabel Allen Editor, Architecture Today (Chair) Tom Badger Area Regeneration Manager, London Borough of Newham / Public Practice Peter Barbalov Partner, Farrells Hero Bennett Sustainability Director & Partner, Max Fordham Soham De Director and Co-founder, Eco Responsive Environments Johanna Gibbons Founding Partner,…...
Enclave: Acton
2+ week, 2+ day ago (221+ words) HTA Design has completed Enclave: Acton, a 32-storey co-living building on a prominent corner site in North Acton. Developed and delivered with Tide and its offsite manufacturing arm Vision Volumetric, and operated by Outpost Management, the tower replaces the former…...
Chris Williamson proposes ‘The Loop’
2+ week, 5+ day ago (253+ words) President of the Royal Institute of British Architects, Chris Williamson, has set out a proposal aimed at connecting major cities across the north of the British Isles. Titled "The Loop, the large-scale transport and infrastructure project outlines a continuous high-speed…...
Melfield Gardens intergenerational living
3+ week, 1+ day ago (315+ words) The development comprises 30 independent homes for older residents alongside two four-bedroom student apartments occupied by students from Goldsmiths, University of London. Rather than separating these uses, Levitt Bernstein has arranged them within two closely related buildings, linked by shared external…...
South Staffordshire College
3+ week, 5+ day ago (325+ words) Ayre Chamberlain Gaunt has completed a new central campus for South Staffordshire College on a prominent site in Tamworth town centre. Set opposite the market square and the Grade I listed Church of St Editha, the building replaces a long-vacant…...
Prayers and polymers: Niall McLaughlin on working with nuns
3+ week, 6+ day ago (315+ words) Prayers and polymers: Niall McLaughlin on working with nuns'Architecture Today Prayers and polymers: Niall McLaughlin on working with nuns From invisible timber junctions to Newton spectra on chapel walls, Niall McLaughlin recalls a series of encounters with a community of…...
Níall McLaughlin awarded 2026 Royal Gold Medal
4+ week, 5+ hour ago (580+ words) N'all McLaughlin has been awarded the 2026 Royal Gold Medal by the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA). One of the most significant honours in architecture, the medal is bestowed on behalf of His Majesty the King and recognises McLaughlin's wide-ranging…...
Dispatches from Donegal: Pasparakis Friel
4+ week, 12+ hour ago (254+ words) Dispatches from Donegal: Pasparakis Friel'Architecture Today Dispatches from Donegal: Pasparakis Friel Based in rural Donegal, but shaped by decades of life and work across Europe, Sosie Pasparakis and Ronan Friel reflect on listening as a design tool, the quiet intelligence…...