Bennetts Associates has completed a major renewal of Glasgow’s Citizens Theatre, a project more than a decade in the making. Rory Olcayto, who spent his formative years in Glasgow, visits a building that once bottled the city’s wild energy.
The Chancery Rosewood
Eero Saarinen’s Grade II-listed former US Embassy building in Grosvenor Square, London, has been reimagined as a hotel by David Chipperfield Architects with interiors by Joseph Dirand.
Litomyšl Lookout
Atelier-r has completed a low-cost, container-based viewpoint on the edge of Litomyšl, providing panoramic views of the UNESCO-listed town.
Dispatches from the lav: Hugh Broughton
Hugh Broughton Architects is refurbishing eight public toilet blocks across central London. Hugh Broughton discusses procurement complexities, design lessons, integrating public art, and the wider debates around safety, inclusivity, and gender-neutral provision – as well as his top five toilets.
PLP Studio, Whitechapel
PLP Architecture has delivered a new circular fit-out for its London studio, reusing 92 per cent of materials and cutting costs by more than two-thirds.
ArtPlay Pavilion
A little box of fun: Carmody Groarke reinterprets John Soane’s Dulwich Picture gallery through new a new pavilion that knits together the gallery's landscape while providing new spaces for learning and play.
Mason & Fifth Westbourne Park
AHMM and TiggColl complete a new flexible living and mixed-use development on the Grand Union Canal in West London.
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Tolvkanten Tiny Church
Julius Nielsen’s timber sanctuary in Copenhagen makes use of Dinesen Douglas fir to create a modest but enduring community space.
Hill Dickinson Stadium, Everton FC
Everton FC’s new stadium on the banks of the Mersey at Bramley Moore Dock negotiates fierce winds and heritage sensitivities to deliver a ground that stands comparison with its red neighbours.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 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.
Doris Duke
Dutch practice Mecanoo has designed a theatre for Jacob’s Pillow, a pioneering dance centre in Western Massachusetts, USA. Isabel Allen visits a project shaped by a sensibility and spirit that refuses to be subdued.
Collaborative façade design: Greycoat Stores by SPPARC
Project leaders from SPPARC, Anglian Architectural, and Schüco discuss the collaborative processes and technical challenges behind the façade of Greycoat Stores in London with AT’s Technical Editor John Ramshaw.
Whitberry
Pend Architects’ contemporary extension to a Georgian farmhouse in East Lothian unifies a fragmented rear elevation and creates a new link to the property’s garden.
National Science and Media Museum, Bradford
AOC Architecture’s transformation of the National Science and Media Museum in Bradford introduces new Sound and Vision galleries, reimagines the main foyer, and enhances public access across the building, all part of a masterplan designed to improve visitor experience, environmental performance and cultural relevance in the lead-up to Bradford being the 2025 City of Culture.
Architecture Today Awards 2025 Finalists announced
A total of 30 projects have been named as finalists in the 2025 Architecture Today Awards for buildings that stand the test of time along with five proposals from students that have also been shortlisted for this year's Student prize.
Eduardo Souto de Moura wins 2025 Praemium Imperiale Award
Portuguese architect honoured for his sculptural buildings and poetic approach to material and place.