CultureFuture Architects: writers expand their horizonsEntries to this year’s Future Architects writing competition tackled social issues, technology, education and practice with wit, passion and sharp analysis19 May 2022
BuildingsUCH digs deep for proton beam cancer centrePatient wellbeing lies at the core of a complex build
IntelligenceButtress Architects audits all standard documents and policies to bolster inclusionButtress Architects’ inclusion overhaul boosts practice’s self awareness
CultureWhy New Practice is still chasing the challengeNew Practice champions community voices in urban development
IntelligenceContacts Book: Stuart Piercy reveals some of his favourite collaboratorsHow common purpose made complex and satisfying designs
BuildingsHouse for Artists is a manifesto for ApparataArchitect’s bold concrete statement is a philosophical marker
BuildingsLess is more for Shatwell Farm’s latest schemeClancy Moore’s deliberately unfinished cowshed invites intervention
BuildingsMacEwen Award winner: Nourish Hub’s communal effort is recipe for successRCKa joined a collaboration to tackle multiple needs
IntelligenceGood people are hard to find: Q&A with recruitment expert Joe SynesSkills shortages, hot spots, Covid and flexible working – what’s the deal?
IntelligenceContacts book: Amin Taha on the collaborators that help make his designsWho helps Groupwork conceive and create its buildings?
BuildingsMaking a landmark: Gort Scott’s new face for St Hilda’s College OxfordGort Scott brings presence and cohesion to an Oxford college
CultureOwen Luder, charismatic outsider turned RIBA presidentOLP founder, 1928-2021, who produced acclaimed brutalist buildings
CultureCosmic House, the playful and serious museum that still feels like Charles Jencks’ homeA fizzing ferment of ideas explored through culture and the universe
CultureDiscover the stories of Inagawa Cemetery, the Colour House pavilion and Mole HouseThree revealing and inventive monographs
IntelligenceQ&A: Climate change and urgent risks to the built environmentMichael Davies of the Climate Change Committee advising the government explains its latest reports
BuildingsCrafted facades distinguish new Hackney housing by Henley HalebrownRich facades add dignity and heft to the street
BuildingsRebuilding Broadgate: Hopkins Architects' 100 Liverpool StreetReplacement of one of Peter Foggo’s 1980s buildings is part of programme to recast the fortress of finance
IntelligenceQ&A: Aidan Meller and his creative robot Ai-DaThis humanoid robot can converse, draw and paint
BuildingsRising above the noise: Emily Greeves and Bernd Schmutz’s south-west London housingA new-build apartment building unlocks a challenging traffic-bound site in south-west London
CultureAl-Jawad Pike’s creative and business double actAl-Jawad Pike wants every project to be different
IntelligenceQ+A: Jonathan Manns gives a glimpse into the Suburban Taskforce’s first reportWhat has the Suburban Taskforce done so far and what’s next?