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Saudi architects turn to rammed earth for sustainable building

Exploitation of this traditional and plentiful material is opening opportunities in the region, ticking all the environmental and heritage boxes while scoring highly on aesthetics too

13 December 2024

  1. Products

Facade power: solar cells generate office tower’s electricity needs

A Melbourne office tower features over 1,000 solar cells on its facade, generating more energy than the building consumes and cutting CO2 emissions by 70 tonnes per year

13 December 2024

  1. Culture

We must restore dignity, safety and fairness to architecture

Shocking reports from the RIBA and ARB revealing dangerously low wellbeing among architects prompt RIBA president Muyiwa Oki to insist we make a just and supportive workplace more than a platitude

12 December 2024

House extensions 2024

Emil Eve Architects’ scheme adds a side extension in keeping with the existing building and a more modern three-volume full-width rear extension, explains practice founder Emma Perkin

A three-volume full-width rear extension is influenced by Nordic and Japanese traditions

N4 Architecture talks about the design of its Birch Pavilion, which provides a space for work, relaxation and listening to music

N4 Architecture’s Birch Pavilion provides a space for work, relaxation and listening to music

Draper Studio’s addition to a mid-terrace Victorian house in east London is a playful, wry nod to follies and grottoes found in English Romantic gardens

Draper Studio’s addition to a mid-terrace Victorian house pioneers the domestic use of limestone brick product

Peter Morris Architects’ extension and refurbishment of a house in West Hampstead taps into childhood memories of play with a design that aims to be joyful and surprising

Peter Morris Architects’ house extension and refurbishment taps into childhood memories of play

Matthew Giles Architects has extended and remodelled a dilapidated Edwardian house, drastically expanding its living spaces

Matthew Giles Architects extended and remodelled a dilapidated Edwardian house

Roofing and cladding

Zinc is the material of choice for three innovative projects, including a Stirling Prize winner

Zinc is the material of choice for three innovative projects

Wood and natural slate cladding wrap up a modern new-build that is completely at home in its Loire Valley setting

A modern new-build completely at home in its Loire Valley setting

This solar PV solution provides fully integrated sustainable electricity generation without compromising aesthetics

Integrated solar PV electricity generation can look good too

These A1/A2 fire rated architectural panels for new-build and recladding projects are available as vibrant or natural-looking designs in aluminium, fibre cement or extruded porcelain

A1/A2 fire rated panels in aluminium, fibre cement and extruded porcelain

Be mindful of the entire roof build-up - not just the vegetation layer - when looking to achieve an environmentally friendly solution

It's the entire roof build-up that's important - not just the vegetation

Opportunities Hub: Work that gets your practice noticed

Create a centre of conservation excellence in Norfolk, design an artistic trail through an Oxfordshire residential development, work on a County Durham harbourside regeneration - some of the latest architecture contracts and competitions from across the industry

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Woods Bagot with John McAslan + Partners, Central Station, Sydney Metro, Sydney, 2024.
  1. Buildings

Pride of place: Sydney’s new metro stations

In a city that seldom celebrates its everyday architecture, new stations by UK architects Fosters, Grimshaw and McAslans, along with Australian practice Woods Bagot, have provoked public joy at their sheer grandeur, writes Sydney-based critic Elizabeth Farrelly

29 October 2024

Terabe Guest House: floating on a piloti forest

Japanese architect Tomoaki Uno has created a coastal home and workplace that explores the timeless harmony between man and nature

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