BuildingsRambling Houses: ‘honouring the hands of people who make things’John Tuomey tells Chris Foges about O’Donnell + Tuomey’s experimental Rambling Houses – places for gathering and conversation that demonstrate the value of practical expertise27 May 2025
CultureArtefact: practice widens its scope after impressing with home extensionsEmerging during the pandemic, the practice has purposefully focused on the craft of construction
BuildingsNew College, Oxford: the campus that's ahead of the curveAt Gradel Quadrangles, David Kohn Architects has created a rich, beguiling university site that rethinks the quad
BuildingsCreating an impression: Midlands’ massive hospitalCagni Williams, HKS and Sonnemann Toon deliver MMUH building that nurtures wellbeing and recovery
ProductsHouse extensions: thinking beyond the boxReinventing the home: how to change lives as well as buildings
BuildingsStirling Prize 2024 shortlist: Wraxall Yard, Dorset, by Clementine Blakemore ArchitectsSensitive barn conversion makes fully accessible holiday accommodation
BuildingsSelf-build homes nurture a community at Segal-inspired Ladywell schemeWhy 1100 people joined RUSS, housing for and by the people
BuildingsGarden Hide is a labour of love and learning for Commonbond ArchitectsBuilding a back garden studio has been an educational journey
CultureCitizens Design Bureau’s mission to make life betterA zest for life – everyone’s – drives work at Katy Marks’ practice
BuildingsMacEwen Award 2024 highly commended: HAT Projects’ Sunspot rejuvenates Jaywick SandsHolistic approach revives life and belief at neglected Jaywick Sands
BuildingsIndustria stacks factories to free land for housingHaworth Tompkins creates multi-level, multi-occupancy industrial building with spiral truck ramp
CultureFixing the system: inside the mind of Indy JoharWhy everything from mortgages to planetary health is entwined
BuildingsEdgewood Mews: calm amid the stormPeter Barber Architects makes space for quiet community life behind barrier to heavy traffic
BuildingsStirling Prize shortlist 2023: A House for Artists, Barking, by ApparataDesire to create neighbourliness flouts usual housing conventions
BuildingsStirling Prize shortlist 2023: Lavender Hill Courtyard Housing, Clapham, by Sergison BatesStillness and calm pervade secluded residential pocket
BuildingsHall McKnight repairs the hidden heart of King's College LondonCareful juxtapositions make an elegant, practical building
CultureNational pavilions take on Venice Biennale's decolonisation and decarbonisation themesTired but uplifted, Chris Foges reports on a record showing
CultureVenice Biennale resets the post-colonial balanceLesley Lokko’s ‘uncomfortable and uplifting’ Laboratory of the Future
CultureLyrical, critical and passionate: RIBAJ/Future Architects 2023 writing competitionFresh perspectives on the profession, regulation and equitable design
Buildings'The start of something amazing': Community Land Trust housing by ArchioHow Archio's pioneering Citizens House really does work for residents and locals
CultureFuture Winners: How Sanchez Benton aims for big value and building wellHow one practice assesses a brief’s potential to extend its benefit
BuildingsMary Duggan refreshes new London vernacular with landscape-driven housingParkland replaces streets and squares at Red Clover Gardens
BuildingsMacEwen Award 2023 high commendation: Wraxall Yard gives the countryside holiday to everyoneAccessible holiday homes with sustainable style
BuildingsBattersea Power Station starts a new era with Wilkinson Eyre's painstaking refitWill-they-won't-they saga ends with a regeneration that hums with life
CultureTop 5: Culture stories 2022Inspiration, imagination and ideas: where architects' designs are conceived
BuildingsHoxton Mule: Sam Jacob's hybrid house in east LondonInventive interpretation of context informs new Hoxton home
BuildingsHayhurst & Co’s Edith Neville Primary School gives pupils a new worldStudents’ confidence flourishes in one-off design
BuildingsParti makes a celebration of build-to-rent flatsIntriguing scheme overcomes planning and budgetry challenges
CultureTimber construction is a silver bullet for climate changeBauhaus Earth founder on catalysing an architectural renaissance
IntelligenceHow IF_DO manages hybrid working for business and peopleDirector Thomas Bryans explains the benefits of post-pandemic working
BuildingsHouse of the Year 2022 longlist announcedNewbuilds, conversions and renovations: 20 projects vie for House of the Year
BuildingsFeilden Fowles majors in creative tension at Homerton CollegeFeilden Fowles unites tradition and modernity at its new hall for Homerton College Cambridge
CultureFuture Architects: writers expand their horizonsFuture writers consider our world from an architectural perspective
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