Public realm

Retail’s constant adaptation presents architectural opportunities

While physical stores are declining, a rising tide of unused retail space presents new possibilities

Favourite books: A sublime photographic exploration of man’s relationship with nature

Naoya Hatakeyama: Excavating the Future City, by Yasufumi Nakamori

Shauna Bradley: Postcard from France

A road trip seeks and finds the authentic French grain

Waving, not drowning: what's happening to our high streets?

Is the high street dying or simply changing?

LDA reshapes Strand/Aldwych into a people-centred space

Public realm snatches calm, green, sociable space from London’s wheezing traffic

Swing Bridge, Crystal Palace

Tonkin Liu in collaboration with Arup and Cake Industries for Friends of Crystal Palace Dinosaurs

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

Favourite books: a trip to Tokyo brings the world to life

Hana Loftus makes a journey that resonates personally and professionally

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