Reflections: Bagsværd Church
John Pardey on Jørn Utzon’s Bagsværd Church, Copenhagen (1976) – a rectilinear, industrial-looking building that conceals a sequence of vaulted concrete ‘clouds’ inspired by nature.
Capella
Allies and Morrison has completed a mixed-tenure residential building at King’s Cross in London, the final residential development in the area part of Related Argent's masterplan.
Sourcing custom canopies
Sharchs Corporation explains why itself, Architectural Canopies, and D8 Products stand out as the leading suppliers of custom aluminium canopies in 2025.
Dispatches from OOBE
AT chats to Emma McNicholas and Chris Shiels, directors at OOBE – one of a select band of landscape architects who have taken part in the 2025 Regenerative Architecture Index.
Norwich Castle Keep
Feilden+Mawson has completed the restoration and reinterpretation of Norwich Castle Keep, returning the Norman landmark to its medieval configuration while enhancing public access and facilities.
Citizenship as a Verb
Through philosophy, design and community led projects, Leela Keshav explores what it means to treat citizenship as a verb, and explains how this can support us in reshaping cities through participation, accountability and care.
Parliament Street conveniences
Hugh Broughton Architects delivers upgraded public toilets beneath Parliament Street as part of Westminster City Council’s £12.7 million programme to improve facilities across the borough.
Stroud Green Housing Centre
Owain Williams Architects turns a disused garage site in Finsbury Park into a modest but purposeful office for the Stroud Green Housing Co-operative.
Art and Design Engineering Centre, Charterhouse School
Ayre Chamberlain Gaunt’s redevelopment of Charterhouse School’s art and design buildings brings together existing facilities with a new extension, creating a unified centre for creative and technical learning.
EcoPark House
Grimshaw has completed a community and education hub at Edmonton EcoPark in North London.
Shard Place
Renzo Piano Building Workshop and Adamson Associates complete the final phase of Shard Quarter with a mixed-use residential tower at London Bridge.
Grant Thornton Headquarters
HLW’s circular design for Grant Thornton UK’s new London office has resulted in a 79 reduction in embodied carbon through reuse, low-impact materials and a human-centred approach.
Wolves Lane
Material Cultures and Studio Gil transform a former council nursery in North London into a thriving community hub built from natural, low-carbon materials.
Ringing the Changes
Glasgow-based artist Edward Bruce and Edinburgh architect Nick O’Neill transform St Mary’s Episcopal Cathedral with an Eduardo Paolozzi-inspired colourful installation that draws on the ancient art of bell ringing.
Escapade Silverstone
Twelve Architects’ ‘Escapade Silverstone’ pairs high-spec trackside apartments and panoramic views, creating a luxury destination immersed in motorsport.
Dispatches: Simon Reid, Lungfish Architects
Lungfish Managing Director Simon Reid tells AT about the trouble with corridors and dragonflies, the secret of successful Forest Schools and the importance of swapping school shoes for wellington boots.
Carrington reborn
Foster + Partners’ refurbishment of Manchester United’s Carrington Training Complex delivers a world-class facility designed to optimise player health, wellbeing and performance.
Ask the expert: Solid surfaces
Martin Saxby, UK Country Manager at LX Hausys, answers readers’ questions on solid surfaces.
in partnership with AccuRoof (formerly SIG Design and Technology)
20 Newcourt Street
Wendover Studio’s conversion of the former St John’s Wood police station transforms the Victorian civic building into nine boutique rental apartments arranged around a courtyard.
Kieran Hawkins
In Edinburgh’s gritty, ever-changing Leith, a new kind of architecture is taking place. It’s low-tech, hands-on, and entirely regenerative. From hempcrete mixed like porridge to screw-pile foundations and low-carbon concrete, Kieran Hawkins, founder of Cairn, proves that small material changes, collaborative building, and clear values can drive big shifts in how, and why, we build.
21–25 Bruton Place
DLA Architecture’s mass timber rooftop extension and deep retrofit of three mews buildings elevates a historic Mayfair street into a new, carbon-conscious, design-led workspace.
Spotlight on products in use
in partnership with manufacturers
2025 Regenerative Architecture Index Party
Join us on Thursday 2 October 2025 at Broadway Malyan as we celebrate the 2025 Regenerative Architecture Index (RAI).
Dispatches: C20 President, Samira Ahmed
Award-winning journalist and broadcaster Samira Ahmed reflects on her passion for 20th century architecture, the role of storytelling in preservation, and her ambitions as the newly appointed President of the Twentieth Century Society.
Still Standing: The Salk Institute, La Jolla, California, 1963
A workplace for scientists and a machine for solar spectacle, Louis Kahn’s Salk Institute is functional, poetic – and impossible to photograph.
Campfield
Project 3’s renovation of Lower Campfield Market in Castlefield, Manchester, marks a new chapter for a structure that has adapted to the city’s social and economic tides.
The Future of Steel Construction
The British Constructional Steelwork Association is hosting a day event – taking place at the Mermaid, London on 13 November – aimed at architects, engineers and designers to explore the challenges and opportunities shaping the future of steel construction.
The Buttermarket
Somerset-based practice Thread has ‘re-revealed’ a collection of historic buildings in Redruth, North Cornwall, to create a vibrant hub for artists, food entrepreneurs and the local community.