In this issue: Becca Thomas visits O'DonnellBrown's Millport Town Hall on the Isle of Cumbrae, Metropolitan Workshop's Neil Deely sets out a vision for the densification and reinvention of our suburbs, Still Standing: Robert A.M Stern's 15 Central Park West, We Made That's Tom Fox features in Reinventing Practice, Materials Library with dMFK, and Piers Taylor's Sydney in My Kind of Town. And much more!
Hamilton Hay Van Jonker
From their base in a refurbished victorian school in central Glasgow, Hamilton Hay Van Jonker speak to AT about their love of continuity and change, 'Speed Mentoring', and what it's like to work as 'one chapter in a building's long history'.
Riddle Rubble and Ripple by Jihoon Baek
Jihoon Baek’s inventive reimagining of the Gurnell Leisure Centre in Ealing, west London – winner of the Student Prize at the Test of Time Awards 2025 – explores urban disconnection and equitable leisure opportunities across Metropolitan Open Land.
Free photography workshops for RAI members
Photographer Timothy Soar explains why he is holding a series of free-to-attend workshops at different locations around the country for members of the Regenerative Architecture Index to hone their photography skills.
Inside the Futurebuild 2026 Knowledge Programme
Spanning materials, energy and placemaking, Futurebuild 2026’s Knowledge Programme examines how the built environment is moving from ambition to delivery across net zero, retrofit and regenerative design.
New Museum extension, New York
New York’s New Museum has a new extension. Designed by Office for Metropolitan Architecture (OMA) with executive architect Cooper Robertson, the expansion addresses the institution’s desire for increased capacity to host its growing public programme.
Theatr Clwyd
Haworth Tompkins’ comprehensive renewal of a Grade II-listed theatre in North Wales reimagines a 1970s arts complex as an open, accessible and low-carbon cultural hub rooted in its rural setting.
Can using ultra-modern building techniques improve the viability of PBSA schemes?
'The Future of Student Living', a panel discussion hosted by Walsh on 19 March, looked at two recent PBSA projects whose viability has been positively impacted by engineering design.
Planning regime and ‘armchair generals’ to blame for plummeting housing delivery
The recent Planning Update conference offered a stinging critique of the 'armchair generals' shaping planning policy and Sadiq Khan's misguided assumption that house-builders will deliver London's social housing programme.
UKREiiF 2026
As UKREiiF returns to Leeds from 19-21 May, the UK’s flagship property and infrastructure event expands its programme, footprint and ambitions, bringing together industry leaders to explore the future of regeneration, investment and development.
Secure Sanand, India by Studio Saar
Jonny Buckland of Studio Saar and Ananya Singhal of Secure Metres and Studio Saar explain how the Secure Sanand campus – winner of the International Award at the Test of Time Awards 2025 – has shaped its company culture and allowed employees and ecology to thrive.
Dispatches from Delft: Stella Forde
Architecture Today intern Izzie Tilston quizzes former AT intern Stella Forde about the trouble with architectural education, the power of networking and leaving architecture for a career in project management.
Standing the test of time: Stratford Town Centre Link
Martin Knight from Knight Architects explains how Stratford Town Centre Link – winner of the Infrastructure & Public Realm Award at the Test of Time Awards 2025 – was designed as a connection and catalyst for an emerging neighbourhood but has since evolved into an enduring and enjoyable civic space.
Hindsight: Photographing David Lea
Timothy Soar reflects on the experience of photographing Welsh architect David Lea at Ogoronry in Gwynedd, Wales, shortly before his death in 2022.
AT Webinar: How should you be using AI?
Join us on Wednesday 22nd April at 10.00 for an AT Webinar exploring how AI and digital tools are reshaping architectural practice – from working with heritage, to design workflows, collaboration, carbon analysis and decision-making – and what this means for the future of the built environment.
Standing the test of time: 6 Wood Lane
Mike Russum of Birds Portchmouth Russum and his wife Sally Cox share the joys of a home that is inspired by fighter planes, boat-building and the Arizona desert, and which won the Individual House Award at the Test of Time Awards 2025.
Striking the balance with heritage assets
Watch the AT webinar, in partnership with Selectaglaze and Velux, exploring how architects, clients, and conservation specialists are improving the performance of historic buildings while safeguarding their heritage value.
Jevany Villa
Located on a steeply sloping site in Jevany, Czech Republic, Architektura has completed a visually-striking house that employs sectional design and a robust material palette to frame views and connect domestic life with the surrounding forest.
Meet the client: Chloe Oades, Mount Anvil
Head of design Chloe Oades outlines Mount Anvil’s resident-first approach to the regeneration of Friary Park in Acton, where a tenure-blind housing strategy, extensive community engagement and a partnership with Peabody are delivering over 1,300 homes alongside new green spaces, amenities and long-term biodiversity gains.
in partnership with AccuRoof (formerly SIG Design and Technology)
Reimagining Oxford Street
Darryl Chen, Partner, Urban Design Sector Lead at Hawkins\Brown and Julian Lewis, Director at East on pedestrianisation, public life and the long-term transformation of Oxford Street.
Vault Youth Zone
John Puttick Associates’ multi-storey youth centre for OnSide draws on Preston’s brutalist heritage to deliver a new civic landmark that treats its young members with ambition and respect.
Box Library
U-Build has launched the Box Library, a pioneering initiative based at BLOQS in northeast London, that enables modular timber components to be borrowed, reused and returned for temporary construction.
Spotlight on products in use
in partnership with manufacturers
Folgate Building
Lifschutz Davidson Sandilands has reworked and extended a 1980s office building in London’s Spitalfields, retaining 88 per cent of its structure to deliver a low-carbon, contextually-responsive workplace.
Designing play spaces for all seasons
USA SHADE discusses how shade structures and climate-responsive design can support safer, more resilient playgrounds throughout the year.
School of Specification – Specifying Colour
Dawn Scott, Senior Colour Designer & Inclusive Design Lead at Dulux, has produced a School of Specification module on specifying colour. Here she discusses colour theory and perception, as well as the benefits of using the Dulux colour notation system.
Standing the test of time: Regent High School
Cindy Walters from Walters & Cohen Architects and Wan Fan, Vice Chair of the Governors at Regent High School, discuss the reworked Camden school, which won the Education Award at the Test of Time Awards 2025, and was a ‘labour of love’ that transformed the community it serves.
In conversation with Shigeru Ban
Shigeru Ban on his new concert hall in Switzerland which takes the form of a piggy bank, paper tube architecture, and why architects should stop talking about sustainability and start reducing waste.
West London House
Goldstein Heather has skilfully reworked a narrow, end-of-terrace Victorian house in Stamford Brook, creating a light-filled, interconnected family home, designed to support multigenerational living.
