With a purposeful intention to open up discussions around improving our built environment and how we can share knowledge and ideas within our communities, the London Festival of Architecture 2023 is returning this June. With the 2023 theme ‘In Common’…
Appels Architekten has created a façade of alternating glass and slatted wood for a playful, sculptural home set against the lush green landscape of the Bavarian Forest in Germany. The prefabricated Wooden House by the Lake is expressed as a…
Yasmeen Lari, Pakistan’s first female architect, has been announced as the winner of the 2023 RIBA Royal Gold Medal for architecture. This honour, regarded as one of the highest accolades in architecture, acknowledges Yasmeen Lari’s career and “work championing zero-carbon…
Extensive planted areas, pocket parks, and rooftop terraces shape the ‘green artery’ of Amstel Design District, the new mixed-use development by Mecanoo. The Dutch architecture studio has unveiled the future-orientated project in Amsterdam that is a scheme for a living…
Slovakian studio GRAU Architects has worked in collaboration with international architecture students to craft a temporary Tea House Pavilion on Hrabinka Lake in the Czech Republic, using local spruce, plywood, and roof geotextile. Perched on the verdant banks of the stunning…
The Don’t Move, Improve! 2023 shortlist has been announced, recognising 15 of London’s most innovative home improvement projects, which all reflect this year’s programme theme of Green Ambitions. This annual London-wide architecture competition, organised by New London Architecture (NLA), is…
Exemplifying sustainable living on a minimal footprint, Court Fort by Compartment S4 is designed as a living-working space for an urban farmer in India. It’s a context sensitive project which aims to forge strong connections between the built form and…
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Testing new ideas and ways to use concrete-free construction, emerging architecture practice ByOthers has hand-built their own Garden Studio in Peckham, South London. The Garden Studio, positioned at the rear of a terraced plot, is characterised by the angular geometry…
With the completion of the £2.3 million Bothy and Tùr in South Lanarkshire, the Glasgow office of jmarchitects has sustainably upgraded the visitors experience at Cuningar Loop Forestry Park. A timber-built Bothy building and Tùr, a lookout tower with ramped…
A vaulted roof and plywood curved ceilings characterise a rear and side infill extension on a Victorian end of terrace home by ROAR Architects. Approached by the owners of this property in Walthamstow, the emerging London-based architecture practice were asked…
ADP Architecture and O’Donnell + Tuomey have submitted a planning application for their proposed £35-million, multi-use building which will form the University of York Student Centre. The six-storey, inverted trapezoidal-shaped building is intended to be a new iconic point of…
David Chipperfield Architects has unveiled its winning rammed earth design for the expansion of the National Archaeological Museum in Athens. Recently selected as the overall winner of an international competition, the plans envision a museum upgrade, a subterranean extension toward…
Forgeworks has introduced a contrasting modern extension and refurbishment to a North London Victorian terrace house, creating a beautifully crafted living space. A House for Sunday Lunch, as it is named, meets the demands of modern family living with its…
The London School of Architecture has announced the launch of its new Part 4 programme, which will start in May 2023 and will consist of a series of innovative, modular courses. In collaboration with subject-specific experts and a wide range…
