Focus:
Architecture
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31 March 2020
Metal heart: Oklahoma Contemporary by Rand Elliott Architects
New arts centre Oklahoma Contemporary, designed by Rand Elliott Architects, provides Oklahoma City with galleries, performance spaces and studios to support a growing local creative scene. But the building’s defining...
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31 March 2020
Hempcrete home: Flat House by Practice Architecture and Material Cultures
On a Cambridgeshire farm, a new home is made from the crop grown on the land around it. But this hempcrete house is part of an ambitious wider project exploring...
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27 March 2020
The struggle to save the Eames House
In order to save Charles and Ray Eames’ iconic home in California’s Pacific Palisades, Charles’ granddaughter Lucia Dewey Atwood has launched a long-term conservation project for the modernist monument in...
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23 March 2020
A prison that’s part of the neighbourhood
In Nanterre, LAN (Local Architecture Network) has delivered a surprising urban prison that’s part of the neighbourhood
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12 March 2020
Playing with tradition: Bumpers Oast by ACME
In Kent, ACME has created an inventive, spacious and contemporary home inspired by the iconic local vernacular of oast houses
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2 March 2020
From wallpaper factory to artist haven: UCLA’s Graduate Arts Studio by Johnston Marklee
Johnston Marklee’s new UCLA Margo Leavin Graduate Arts Studio in Culver City reimagines the boundaries of cast concrete to create a nurturing and functional set of spaces for the celebrated...
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20 February 2020
Beacons of utility: the new wave of public works projects
From sewage works to power plants, more public works projects are harnessing architecture and civic presence to elevate the typology — and better engage people with the vital infrastructure that...
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19 February 2020
Cityringen is Denmark’s biggest infrastructure project for 400 years
Copenhagen’s new underground line took eight years to construct, cost billions and is a major part of the city’s strategy to be carbon-neutral by 2025. But this underground line from...
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11 February 2020
From gold mines to cargo ships: meet ‘nomadic design studio’ Unknown Fields
Matthew Ponsford sits down with Unknown Fields, whose research-led work interrogates the global networks and impacts of consumption
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15 January 2020
Inside the rise of Fish Island Village, Hackney Wick’s new residential quarter
A high-quality scheme of homes mixed with creative studios and commerical premises in Hackney Wick — masterplanned by Haworth Tompkins — presents an opportunity to deliver on London’s Olympic legacy...