Abigail Scott Paul, Global Head of the Humanise Campaign, talks to AT Editor Isabel Allen about waging war on mediocrity and giving Mayors the tools they need to set an awesome long-term vision for the communities they serve.
Housing and Planning minister at UKREiiF sets out key milestones in game plan to boost development
Housing and Planning Minister Matthew Pennycook used his UKREiiF address to defend the government’s record on housing and planning, set out the next stages of reform, and call for greater collaboration between government and the construction sector.
Dispatches from UKREiiF: Density and design
At UKREiiF, a panel chaired by Euan Mills explored whether dwellings per hectare remains a useful measure of density, or whether the industry needs more sophisticated ways of understanding how places function, evolve and support everyday life.
Building Brabazon
Jon McDiarmid and Seb Loyn from YTL Developments talk to Isabel Allen about transforming the 142-hectare former Filton Airfield, just outside Bristol, into the 'least new' of the latest batch of New Towns – and identifying the right architect for the job.
Dispatches from UKREiiF: Jon Di Stefano from Greencore Homes
AT chats to Jon Di Stefano, CEO of Greencore Homes, about climate-positive housing, natural-material construction, and how better-than-net-zero homes can move from niche proposition to mainstream development model.
Pyramid House
Khan Bonshek’s retrofit of Milton Keynes’ Pyramid House, originally designed for the 1981 Homeworld, carefully reworks the postmodern prototype for contemporary living through a considered reorganisation of space, light and movement.
Kosmalt
A former 1960s workers’ dormitory in Košice, Slovakia, has been reimagined by local practice Atrium Architekti as a model for the adaptive reuse of socialist-era housing.
University of Limerick Student Centre
Cotter & Naessens' long awaited Student Centre at The University of Limerick opens as a place of conversation, community and exchange, operating somewhere between public forum and student living room.
The RAI at Futurebuild 2026
Three practices involved in the Regenerative Architecture Index joined Architecture Today and UK Architects Declare at Futurebuild 2026 to explore what regenerative architecture looks like in practice today.
Komorebi
ConForm’s extension and reconfiguration of a terraced house in Dulwich uses light, layered views and carefully positioned voids to create stronger spatial connections across a split-level family home.
On the Bay
Set between a traditional shoreline cottage and the Atlantic edge of Galway Bay, ALWA’s low-slung pavilion extension balances exposure and shelter through a restrained architecture that carefully recalibrates the relationship between house, landscape and sea.
RAI deadline extended to Friday 29 May
The deadline for entries to the Regenerative Architecture Index 2026 has been extended to 11.59pm on Friday 29 May 2026.
Tipping Point East
Bringing together Yes Make, Resolve Collective and Material Cultures under a single operational site in Silvertown, east London, Tipping Point East combines material storage, fabrication, education and construction in a shared attempt to address the systemic waste embedded within the built environment and cultural sectors.
Rethinking roofing for a lower-carbon future
Louis Weir, Sustainability Manager at IKO, discusses how the company’s environmental strategy, products and manufacturing processes are evolving to support lower-carbon, higher-performance roofing systems.
Blue roofs – unlocking the potential of the fifth façade
Watch the AT webinar, in partnership with IKO, exploring how blue roof systems can transform rooftops into active infrastructure that manages stormwater, supports sustainability targets and unlocks development potential.
AT Webinar: Future homes
Join us on 27 May to explore how the UK housing sector is responding to tightening regulation, growing demand and the urgent need to decarbonise – from delivering new homes at scale, to upgrading existing stock and improving long-term performance.
Resurrection of the Sudetenland
Prague-based No Architects transform a derelict homestead in the Ora Mountains into a robust and playful retreat, proposing a contemporary model for resistant and environmental design in challenging climates.
Peter Aldington: 1933 – 2026
John Pardey reflects on the life and work of architect Peter Aldington, whose modest but deeply influential body of houses fused modern design with the English picturesque, creating an architecture rooted in place, craft and landscape.
Žďár Wooden Housing
Kuba & Pilař architekti’s multi-storey timber housing in Žďár nad Sázavou reinterprets the traditional urban block to deliver affordable rental homes organised around a layered sequence of public and private spaces.
in partnership with AccuRoof (formerly SIG Design and Technology)
Royal Dornoch Golf Clubhouse
Keppie Design’s new clubhouse for Royal Dornoch Golf Club responds to one of golf’s most historic settings with a building that draws on local materials, landscape and civic tradition to create a contemporary home for the club.
Designing for learning: specifying colour and paint in education environments
Dulux Trade’s Dawn Scott and Jayne Roughan, in conversation with AT’s Technical Editor John Ramshaw, discuss how evidence-based colour strategies and high-performance paint systems can support learning, wellbeing and long-term performance across education projects.
Free-to-attend workshops for RAI members to hone their photography skills
Timothy Soar's series of free-to-attend photography workshops for Regenerative Architecture Index members extends its programme – and gets off to a flying start.
Spotlight on products in use
in partnership with manufacturers
SWA Awards 2026
The third annual SWA Awards are set to shine a light on the strength and elegance of steel windows.
Work in flux: Staying in control when projects shift
Milient explores how architectural practices can respond more effectively when project pipelines become unpredictable, and how the latest version of its Project Flow platform is designed to support that shift.
Muzeul Ivan Patzaichin
An extraordinary museum and community centre in Romania’s Danube Delta locks into the sustainable networks of one of Europe’s last great wildernesses to support the culture and the future of the Lipovan people
New Towns need believers, not just builders
AT Editor Isabel Allen questions whether the Government’s new towns programme, defined by targets and delivery mechanisms, risks overlooking the vision, leadership and collective purpose needed to create places where communities can genuinely thrive.
Designing for sound
Sownd Affects introduces Sownd Certification, a new standard for audio-inclusive buildings that enables architects and designers to specify acoustic performance beyond compliance.
VELUX LKR Innovation House
Praksis Arkitekter’s transformation of a 30-year-old timber warehouse in Østbirk, Denmark, into a research and development hub for the VELUX Group demonstrates how daylight, material reuse and deep retrofit can deliver a flexible, low-carbon workplace.
