Dispatches: Joe Haire
Dispatches: Joe Haire

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.

Joined up thinking

Stina Hokby, associate partner at Fletcher Priest, makes the case for ‘lacing’ together urban communities in order to improve their connectivity.

My kind of town

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.

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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.    

Research

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: 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.

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.

Still standing

Schüco Excellence Awards 2024

Entry is now open for the 2024 Schüco Excellence Awards, for buildings that feature Schüco facades, window and door systems.

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.

Meet the client: Duncan Blackmore, Arrant Land

Duncan Blackmore, founder of development company Arrant Land discusses how he adds value to small sites, what he looks for at auctions, as well as his work for Arrant Industries as an ‘urban practitioner’ and research and development vehicle, Neighbourhood.

Dispatches: Catherine van der Heide

AT chats to Catherine van der Heide, principal at Hassell, about the link between office transformation and employee satisfaction revealed in the practice's annual workplace survey.

Dispatches from the desert: Tosin Oshinowo

AT talks to... curator of the second Sharjah Architecture Triennial and Nigerian architect, Tosin Oshinowo, about how the lessons learnt from Sharjah are being fed back into her practice in Lekki.

Dispatches from Lewes: Joanna Yarrow

Joanna Yarrow talks to Architecture Today about getting planning consent for the 685-home Phoenix Project, and the challenges involved in delivering the biggest timber-structure neighbourhood in the UK.  

School of Specification – Specifying healthy materials

HLW has produced a learning module on specifying healthy materials for School of Specification. Senior designer Alison Grant explains the dangers of unhealthy materials and the role that architects can play in improving the supply chain.

Meet the client: Dan Clarke, Native Land

Development director at Native Land, Dan Clarke talks to AT about evolving expectations and the delicate task of striking a balance between adhering to regulations and pushing the boundaries of architectural innovation.

The January-February 2024 issue of Architecture Today

AT 329 is dedicated to the winners of the most recent Architecture Today Awards for buildings that have stood the test of time. Isabel Allen reflects on the remarkable projects as we take a look at how they are today.

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