AT talks to Joe Haire, co-founder of White Red Architects, about the challenges of growing a young forward-thinking practice, and the benefits of becoming a specialist rather than a generalist.
Dispatches: Alex Ely
AT talks to Alex Ely, founding director of Mæ, about the challenges and benefits of B Corp certification, and what the practice is doing to further expand its environmental knowledge base.
Enjoying architecture – and making sense of Lutyens
In this extract from his new book How to Enjoy Architecture: A Guide for Everyone Charles Holland reframes Homewood, built by Lutyens for his mother-in-law in 1903, as a barbed commentary on the aspirations of its owner.
Your planet needs you: a new kind of national service for a carbon-conscious age
Architects Declare's manifesto to transform the built environment highlights the urgent need for climate literacy across the board. Isabel Allen asks if it's time to introduce compulsory training in the knowledge and skills required.
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Fit out for the future: White Arkitekter’s new home
Laura Davies talks to Madeleine Jacob about repurposing old furniture and making a studio that's visually coherent and designed to last.
Free access to Unit 1 of SOS’s new fire safety learning module
Simón Santamaria has produced a learning module on fire safety for School of Specification. He explains why the early and continuous involvement of a fire safety engineer is crucial to achieving sustainability targets without compromising safety.
Schüco Excellence Awards 2024 – Deadline extended
Entry is now open for the 2024 Schüco Excellence Awards, for buildings that feature Schüco facades, window and door systems.
A primer for regenerative design
UK Architects Declare has published a 43-page guide, the Regenerative Design Primer, to help architects and other designers lead the transition towards regenerative design.
Know your worth
Félicie Krikler, director at Assael Architecture, and RIBA Council member, outlines a strategy for boosting profitability, diversity and job satisfaction, and explains why underselling is selling out.
Projekt CEO Nick Hartwright on Studio Smithfield
As Smithfield Market gears itself for radical transformation, social entrepreneur and chief executive of Projekt, Nick Hartwright, talks to AT about Studio Smithfield, a new creative hub found above the Meat Market in Smithfield’s Northwest Quadrant.
Dispatches: Mojan Kavosh
AT chats to Mojan Kavosh about winning the British School at Rome's 2024 Scholarship in Architecture and plans to walk an eight-day itinerary devised in 1763 for visitors on the Grand Tour.
Dispatches from the Buildings and Climate Global Forum: Anica Landreneau
AT chats to Anica Landreneau, Director of Sustainable Design at HOK about the Buildings and Climate Global Forum which took place in Paris.
Muyiwa Oki discusses the RIBA’s stance on AI
RIBA President Muyiwa Oki talks to AT about the RIBA’s new Expert Advisory Group on AI and the key findings from the RIBA AI survey, and what it means for architects.
Joined up thinking
Stina Hokby, associate partner at Fletcher Priest, makes the case for ‘lacing’ together urban communities in order to improve their connectivity.
Free access to Unit 1 of SOS’s new earth building learning module
Earth Building UK and Ireland has produced a learning module on earth building for School of Specification. CEO Rowland Keable explains why we need a change of mindset to unlock the many benefits it brings.
Dispatches: Sanya Polescuk
AT chats to Sanya Polescuk, principal at Sanya Polescuk Architects and co-founder of NW3 CLT, about the challenges and benefits of setting up a community land trust.
Dispatches: Juliette Morgan
AT chats to Juliette Morgan about the role large practices have to play in addressing the climate emergency.
Entries are open for the inaugural Regenerative Architecture Index
Architecture Today and UK Architects Declare have teamed up to launch the world’s first Regenerative Architecture Index as a means of benchmarking architects on regenerative projects, policies, working practices and actions.
Dispatches: Dinah Casson
AT chats to Dinah Casson about holding Islington Council to account and battling to protect a fragile corner of Shoreditch from Morris+Co's controversial Castle & Fitzroy scheme.
Professionalism in architecture
The ARB has published new research into public perceptions of professionalism among UK architects.
Dispatches: Alasdair Ben Dixon
AT chats to Alasdair Ben Dixon about the Regenerative Architecture Index, ethical practice and how the RIBA is measuring up.
Dispatches: Carmel Simmonds
AT talks to Carmel Simmonds, apprentice architect at BDP, about the value of architectural apprenticeships, and her involvement with the HomeGrown Plus initiative, which is dedicated to improving diversity within architecture and the creative industries.
Dispatches from the House of Commons: Oliver Broadbent
Oliver Broadbent explains why Architects Declare's Building Blocks manifesto is so important and introduces his book The Regenerative Structural Engineer.
Dispatches from the House of Commons: Kate Raworth
Kate Raworth, ecological economist and author of Doughnut Economics, explains why she's proud to support Building Blocks, the manifesto produced by UK Architects Declare, as a blueprint for government policy to transform the built environment.
ADAM Architecture Travel Scholarship 2024
Entries are now open for students to apply for ADAM Architecture’s annual Travel Scholarship.
Dispatches: Maria Cheung
AT talks to Maria Cheung, director and head of interior design at Squire & Partners, about the changing nature of the workplace, the practice’s ongoing commitment to retrofit, and the benefits of revisiting past projects.
Dispatches from City Hall: Justine Simons
AT chats to Justine Simons, deputy mayor for culture and creative industries, about Creative Land Trusts, how new cultural venues are being established in London, and the efforts being made to aid cultural preservation.
Riken Yamamoto wins the 2024 Pritzker Architecture Prize
Japanese architect, Riken Yamamoto has won the 53rd Pritzker Architecture Prize, lauded by the jury for “reminding us that in architecture, as in democracy, spaces must be created by the resolve of the people.”