BuildingsContemporary Bury Gate Farm evolves the country house traditionSandy Rendel Architects’ new house on the South Downs is elegant and liveable – and could have been bigger7 November 2023
BuildingsLucent’s intricate facades give Piccadilly Circus’ famous ‘lights’ corner new lifeHeritage and contemporary London meet in the heart of the West End
BuildingsHope Street for convicted women keeps families and prospects togetherSnug Architects’ optimistic alternative to conventional women’s prisons
BuildingsCrescent and correct: Acme’s beachfront Folkestone housingShoreline Crescent is the first phase of a wider development of seven crescent blocks
BuildingsMedina House in Hove is new and old at the same timeEpic and welcoming, home preserves a piece of the Hove seafront
ProductsWebinar: Mandatory Biodiversity Net Gain is imminent: Are you ready?Powerful tool to promote sustainable design or ecological planning hurdle?
BuildingsLyons Architects’ Blackbird lands lightly in its lush landscapeWater and architecture together answer client’s brief
CultureSerpentine Pavilion designer Lina Ghotmeh on her life, work and influencesThe Paris-based architect reveals her journey to Hyde Park’s pavilion
CultureProfile: Gillian Tindall, novelist turned urban miniaturist historianBooks on history and context have affected the way architects work for 50 years
BuildingsWhat makes Al-Jawad Pike’s London Walks workContract and contextual responses key to council houses’ success
CultureFuture winners: Unknown Works is out there – in every wayEnergy and adventurousness are key to international success
BuildingsRenewed Guernsey lido mixes Aussie cool with Scandinavian hyggeDLM has renewed a 1930s changing facility to give La Valette Bathing Pools a welcoming and inclusive building
CultureFuture winner: Minesh Patel Architects' ambitions as a role modelSeveral aims lie behind an ambition to grow and work on larger projects
ProductsSweden’s Wisdome shell puts timber technology on showElding Oscarson's CLT and LVT 48m-span gridshell roof and 12m high dome demonstrate the wonders of science
BuildingsLess is best at Fletcher Priest’s Warwick Court office retrofitFletcher Priest keeps changes to a minimum in sustainable office upgrade
BuildingsBlack Country visitor centre in Dudley evokes industrial heritageContextual design in a 21st century visitor centre in Dudley sets high local aspirations
BuildingsLocals plunge in to rescue Jubilee Pool – and win it the 2023 MacEwen AwardSustainability, heritage, grassroots action and social benefit in one scheme
BuildingsTop 5: Building stories 2022Elizabeth Line at Paddington, Ghery's Prospect Place and Farnham house among most popular stories
BuildingsMacEwen Awards 2023 longlist announced: 32 socially-aware designs vie for the next stageA multitude of ways to design and build for the common good
BuildingsCivic presence means Elizabeth Line’s Bond Street rises best in Hanover SquareStreet-level urban realm is highlight of the newly opened station
BuildingsRural Office for Architecture's change of plan makes a contextual new homeRefurb-turned-newbuild refines nearby references
BuildingsHackney bags three RIBA 2022 special awardsStephen Lawrence Prize, Neave Brown Award for Housing and Client of the Year all go to projects in the east London borough
BuildingsFreehaus helps Africa take root in SouthwarkFreehaus’s new premises immerse visitors in the African atmosphere
BuildingsGoogle HQ takes a lead on environmental responsibilityHeatherwick and BIG deliver environmental, reconfigurable campus
BuildingsWeston Williamson’s Paddington Station shows a future for transportPaddington impresses even compared to the other Elizabeth Line stations
BuildingsPeak Architects transforms barn into rural mewsRural Yorkshire scheme creates five homes within the envelope of former livestock barn
CultureWar in Ukraine: from designing cafés to meals on wheelsKyiv-based architect Slava Balbek describes how the Russian war has turned life upside down
BuildingsMoDusArchitects’ light touch renovation of Icaro HotelWaste and renewal are key factors in ModusArchitects’ reworking of the Icaro Hotel in Alpe di Siusi
CultureTheir dark materials: What drives Adam Khan ArchitectsAdam Khan Architects on nuance, flexibility and community
Buildings6a’s restoration gives historic gym a modern-day workout16th century philanthropic gift is serving locals in Holborn again
BuildingsSand, rock and roll: Bahrain’s desert concert venueS/L Architects’ Al Dana Amphitheatre melts into the sand
IntelligenceQ&A: Patrick Verkooijen of the Global Center on AdaptationPatrick Verkooijen, CEO of the Global Center on Adaptation in Rotterdam, explains what the UN organisation does to promote and assist the race to arrest global warming
BuildingsAltogether now: Stolon Studio’s latest ‘sociable housing’ schemePenrose Mews offers a compact community setting unusual for its well-heeled west London residents
IntelligenceTransformations that reach out to the wider communityA gym in a church, exhibition gallery in a synagogue, religious groups are looking to architects to diversify and raise revenue
CultureFuture winners: community work helps MMAS leave recession behindTenacity pays off for Belfast’s Garreth McMahon and Fearghal Murray
CultureProfile: Fala Atelier creates a network of ideasThe Porto practice combines colourful distinctive projects with a frenzied workflow
BuildingsBORD’s Hungarian waterpark is a mega fun palace of wild experiencesJump in! The water's lovely
CultureThe way I see it: Hugh Pearman looks back and forwards as he retiresWhat architecture has shaped the past 44 years – and what needs to come next?
BuildingsJonathan Hendry Architects' beach house refurbishment is worth its saltScruffy Lincolnshire holiday home becomes a thing of austere beauty
BuildingsPrimary colours welcome children to hidden village school in Czech RepublicEye-popping colours create a special world for young pupils
Intelligence‘Support students now or lose our future,’ says RIBA president electSimon Allford takes up his preparatory year – here’s what he’ll be focusing on
BuildingsSnøhetta's Trondheim office block is energy positive exemplarPowerhouse by name, powerhouse by nature