People

Muyiwa Oki: Rebel with a cause

Appeal rather than attack is the way to bring change

Ben van Berkel: 'Sometimes the breakthrough isn't a building, but a way of working'

UNStudio founder decided to be an architect 'on the spot' on seeing the Katsura Imperial Villa in Japan aged 21

Michael Collins’ own piece of industrial archaeology

Beckton Gasworks pillars No 2, London, by Michael Collins

How a garage, a carpet and living on a bus helped shape Eric Parry

Unexpected details show a different route to success

Asif Khan's world of wonder

A love of experimentation and making lie behind buzzing creativity and burgeoning success

Serpentine Pavilion designer Lina Ghotmeh on her life, work and influences

The Paris-based architect reveals her journey to Hyde Park’s pavilion

‘No-one questions confidence’: Janie Airey meets Zaha's aquatics centre

Janie Airey on how her camera makes her feel invulnerable

Profile: Gillian Tindall, novelist turned urban miniaturist historian

Books on history and context have affected the way architects work for 50 years

RIBA Royal Gold Medallist 2023: Yasmeen Lari

Royal Gold Medal recognises her work in heritage, homelessness and skill transfer in Pakistan

Future winners: Unknown Works is out there – in every way

Energy and adventurousness are key to international success

Future winner: OGU combines inventive ideas with the clout of solid research

Small, temporary interventions can change the conversation about the city

Hindsight: Jack Pringle – ‘We were brave enough to tell clients how they could work better’

The co-founder of Pringle Brandon and former RIBA president looks back on his career

Future winner: Minesh Patel Architects' ambitions as a role model

Several aims lie behind an ambition to grow and work on larger projects

Future Winners: How Sanchez Benton aims for big value and building well

How one practice assesses a brief’s potential to extend its benefit

Harrison Stringfellow: close by, and personal

People – in the practice and the community – are key to Harrison Stringfellow’s work

Kurtuluṣ St, Antakya, Turkey, February 2023.

Horror and hope of the Turkish earthquake

Photograph and first hand account from Antakya

It’s all in the touch

How a hand resting on a curved wall made this photograph the best of three

HS2’s Kay Hughes: ‘I’m architecture's voice in the room’

HS2 design director on being a champion and how she gets things done

Photograph: Greg Moss gives Itchen Bridge an up and under view

Everyday footway tells 1000 stories

West Fraser/ RIBAJ Meets podcast: 2030 – Meeting the Net Zero carbon challenge

Can we meet Net Zero by 2030? Join the discussion

Balkrishna Doshi at his Sangath Studio, Ahmedabad in December 2021.

Royal Gold Medallist Balkrishna Doshi, man of the people, dies age 95

The Royal Gold Medal-winning architect on people, growth and a fresh look

Profile: Jonathan Smales, Greenpeace director turned sustainable developer

‘Why do people make it so hard?’ Smales on making development green

Going underground: Photographer Amadeus Long’s year in London

Barbican stairway gives a photographer’s perspective on the capital

Hindsight: Tim Ronalds gets thoughtful about an all-engrossing vocation

‘One of the best aspects is collaborating with young architects who joined the practice’

Hindsight: Robert Adam - 'The minute we got into competitions, we’d know we had no chance'

Reflections on a life spent working to make the traditional an accepted type of architecture

The loneliness of the distant photographer

Nikita Ghate: (Don’t) Look Away Cheltenham

Sarah Allan: from CABE enabler to architecture’s leveller up

Profile: Sarah Allan, head of architecture at the Planning Directorate

Modern master Bernhard Pfau’s light and simple House Nakatenus

House Nakatenus, Dusseldorf, Germany, by Bernhard Pfau

Photograph: the birth of robotic architectural aesthetics

When were the first robot aesthetics in architecture?

Hindsight: Stephen Hodder on the unquenchable pursuit of design excellence

From Colne swimming pool to the Welcome Building at RHS Bridgewater, the Hodder Associates founder looks back - and forward

Timber construction is a silver bullet for climate change

Bauhaus Earth founder on catalysing an architectural renaissance

Moshe Safdie builds future ideas on a radical past

Radical visions, then and now

Interview: Juhani Pallasmaa returns to our relationship with the natural world

Influential architectural thinker updates his theories in timely show

Photographer Dylan Nardini finds local colour in Motherwell

A sight begging for some kids with a football

Realism before beauty

Luca Piffaretti, Aberfeldy Vision, 2021

How Spain's Lacol won the Mies Prize for Emerging Architecture

Barcelona practice on its embedded, transgressive approach