Opportunities for design as coastal towns eye staycation revival
As holiday-makers fall back in love with the British seaside and people relocate, architects are finding new waves of work
27 May 2021
Public realm
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'
Communities, cultures and conversations: what inspired Sumayya Vally’s Serpentine Pavilion
This year’s pavilion is part of a bigger story, says Counterspace’s Sumayya Vally
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?
Quality, planning and profit collide as office-to-resi grows
Responsibility and regulation are vital for sustainable re-use
Page of consents: Sustainability and controversy
Theatre, office home and legal project get the go-ahead
Dundee substitutes for Venice in search for civic role of architecture
Modest ideas with community benefits – project unveils local ambitions
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
Rising above the noise: Emily Greeves and Bernd Schmutz’s south-west London housing
A new-build apartment building unlocks a challenging traffic-bound site in south-west London
Volume opens a door to understanding Yemen’s architecture
Revelations on a cornerstone of Yemeni culture and heritage
News catch-up: Anger as fire hits another ACM-clad building
Residential tower fire highlights inaction and cost contradictions
Structural shift or just a blip in housing work?
Housing is in pole position for construction’s post-pandemic recovery
Page of consents: housing special
Four different approaches to the shortage of places to live
Archigram's 1962 Nottingham Shopping Viaduct proposal points the way forward
Radical architecture group suggests a future for loathed Nottingham shopping centre, writes Harry Tindale
Transparent worship and wholesome renewal in Slovenia
Bevk Perović Arhitekti's set of buildings centre around a mosque, designed to be open and transparent
Let’s beef up the supply chain
Could architects deliver warehouses we can be proud of?
Rasmus Hjortshøj and life at the edge
Rasmus Hjortshøj, Fondazione Prada, Milan, 2018
News catch-up: Is London’s skyscraper craze coming to an end?
Fewer applications, but approvals rise. Plus PDR extreme checked
Q&A: Pooja Agrawal on her plans for Public Practice
The new CEO on why local authority placements work
Future winners: Principles are as important as projects to nimtim
From board games to diversity, listening is key
Every little infill helps solve the housing shortage
Bell Phillips on what informs its infill projects
Market analysis: How Red Wall construction could affect voting
How might changing rates of construction in England’s regions influence voting behaviour?
How to build places that work
Challenge London’s mayor with five radical demands
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