New Year books: a trip to Tokyo brings the world to life
In the first of our mini-series looking at favourite books for the new year, Hana Loftus makes a literary journey to Japan that resonates both personally and professionally
3 January 2023
Public realm
Making buildings: Agricultural aesthetic overcomes materials challenges on Green House
Hayhurst & Co’s radical build in a conservation area
Royal Cornish housing; can Nansledan be a liveable Poundbury?
Texture, colour, variety and local materials keep the Cornish vibe
Obituary: Peter Tábori, (1940-2023), veteran of Camden’s housing golden age
Hungarian architect best known for Highgate New Town
What could the implications of the Levelling Up and Regeneration Bill be for architects?
Examining questions posed by the Levelling Up Bill so far
Review: On the Street by Edwin Heathcote gives street furniture its human context
Forensic study is a paean to the ubiquitous, overlooked and magnificently evocative
John Thompson, 1944 - 2022, HTA and JTP founder and champion of local collaboration
Architect and urbanist who helped found the Academy of Urbanism
Low lights are the highlight at DSDHA’s Exchange Square, London
DSDHA and Speirs Major insert greenery, human scale and clever lighting
Josh Piddock: Postcard from Seville
Josh Piddock on how Europe’s hottest city remains a cool destination
What planning applications tell us about the home improvement market
Housing refurbs and extensions have ballooned since the first lockdown – but will this last?
Weston Williamson’s Paddington Station shows a future for transport
Paddington impresses even compared to the other Elizabeth Line stations
Inflatable ring offers lifeline for urban heat islands
Temporary ring on stilts will create urban heat shield
Leeds Footbridge
Gagarin Studio with DP Squared for Citu Group Developments
North West Multi Modal Transport Hub, Derry
Consarc Design Group for Translink
Pooley New Bridge, Cumbria
Knight Architects for Cumbria County Council
Art, architecture and the city: what drives Jayden Ali?
Jayden Ali seeks diversity in his work and his career as an architect
Manchester’s towering glory: Tonkin Liu’s heat and energy centre
Eleanor Young talks to the creators of Manchester’s startling Tower of Light
How you can help planners approve your scheme
Hana Loftus spells out what architects need to deliver to help planners say yes
In association with Architect@Work
Architect@Work event aims high with air and architecture theme
Trade conference returns to its physical format for 2022 with a look at space, materials, biophilia and more...
Out of the darkness: Sue Barr’s Die Streifen, Duisburg
A splash of colour in an eerily desolate landscape
Planning consents: Schemes aim to expand and improve
Planners approve proposals for schemes that go bigger and better
What does the data say about which schemes win planning?
It's simplistic to blame the planning system for holding back new development
Page of Consents: Football, almshouses and Brick Lane development
Two football-related schemes and two contrasting developments in London
Plug and play bridge unites Texan communities
Single structure incorporates path, railings and seats
Page of consents: community and cultural projects win planning
Refurbishment of a brutalist school hall, a co-working hub by IF_DO and a Passivhaus leisure centre in Staines
Page of Consents: Improvement and environment dominate planning decisions
For or against, all sides draw sustainability to their cause
Page of consents: Library extension by Purcell and castle folly win planning
A library extension, an arts centre extension, Wolverhampton housing scheme and … a Medieval Castle
Page of consents - from a Bristol tower to a Cambridge basement
A Passivhaus primary school, a hostel for the homeless, retrofitting of industrial buildings and 'a secret palace of relaxation'
Lessons from Syria: Make architecture a craft again and restore a sense of society
Homs-based Marwa al-Sabouni explores how the built environment can help mend society
Will Greenwich Peninsula’s eclectic avenue make a real Design District?
Archiecture 00 and David Kohn are among nine practices designing 'blind' – will it work?
Page of consents: Sustainability and controversy
Theatre, office home and legal project get the go-ahead
Opportunities for design as coastal towns eye staycation revival
Opportunities for architects open up by the seaside
Keep out: Venice Biennale pavilion explores the decline of public space
The ‘creeping epidemic’ of privatised public space is the subject of installations at the biennale's British Pavilion
Page of consents: housing special
Four different approaches to the shortage of places to live
Rasmus Hjortshøj and life at the edge
Rasmus Hjortshøj, Fondazione Prada, Milan, 2018
In association with LandEnhance