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## AHMM tower above newly listed Southwark tube station to be ‘consistent with consented scheme’, TfL says

By Tom Lowe

Government granted grade II-listed status to MacCormac Jamieson Prichard-designed station last week

## Designing Tomorrow's Housing

## Britain’s lost builders: making housing viable again for SMEs

## Good housing starts with good urban design

## Beyond the quick fix: why permitted development needs strategic guidance

## New towns. Old wisdom?

## Building communities: why the Neave Brown Award matters

## Inside the party conferences: why architects need to be in the room where housing policy is made

## BDP turns disused garages into social housing in Bristol

- ## Britain’s lost builders: making housing viable again for SMEs
- ## Good housing starts with good urban design
- ## Beyond the quick fix: why permitted development needs strategic guidance
- ## New towns. Old wisdom?
- ## Building communities: why the Neave Brown Award matters
- ## Inside the party conferences: why architects need to be in the room where housing policy is made
- ## BDP turns disused garages into social housing in Bristol

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## Latest

## BDP unveils plans to convert grade II-listed Plymouth Civic Centre into housing and skills hub

## Specification Spotlight

## EH Smith opens new Digbeth design centre

## In pictures: Lumi, Europe’s highest LEED rated building

## CPD 20 2025: Timber-framed construction – embracing culture change for modern methods of building

Sponsored by LABC Warranty

## 27 interesting innovations and prototypes from the Venice Biennale

## Preserving Britain’s past and building its future – why our heritage depends on vocational skills

## Zero Laitance addition to Gypsol screed range

## What made this project… Edith Road by Satish Jassal Architects

## What made this project… Lambeth Palace Masterplan by Wright & Wright Architects

## CPD 19 2025: Rainscreen systems – how insulation can drive thermal, acoustic and fire-safety performance

Sponsored by URSA

## Stone Demonstrator showcases low-carbon pre-tensioned stone

- ## EH Smith opens new Digbeth design centre
- ## In pictures: Lumi, Europe’s highest LEED rated building
- ## CPD 20 2025: Timber-framed construction – embracing culture change for modern methods of building
- ## 27 interesting innovations and prototypes from the Venice Biennale
- ## Preserving Britain’s past and building its future – why our heritage depends on vocational skills
- ## Zero Laitance addition to Gypsol screed range
- ## What made this project… Edith Road by Satish Jassal Architects
- ## What made this project… Lambeth Palace Masterplan by Wright & Wright Architects
- ## CPD 19 2025: Rainscreen systems – how insulation can drive thermal, acoustic and fire-safety performance
- ## Stone Demonstrator showcases low-carbon pre-tensioned stone

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## Focus

## Oxford opens its doors: Hopkins’ Stephen A Schwarzman Centre for the Humanities

2025-11-12T05:00:00+00:00By Ben Flatman

Ben Flatman explores how Hopkins Architects’ Stephen A. Schwarzman Centre for the Humanities embodies a shift in Oxford’s academic culture

- News## Environmental Audit Committee slams ‘lazy narrative’ that nature protection blocks delivery of new homes
- Opinion## The built environment: Britain’s hidden super industry
- Review## British Interior Design Since 1925
- Opinion## Expectant on site: reflections on pregnancy and architectural practice
- News## BIG wins competition for new Hamburg State Opera building
- News## In pictures: Stanton Williams completes inaugural later living scheme next to Hampstead Heath
- News## HLM opens new studio in Plymouth
- News## What made this project… The British Academy by Wright & Wright Architects
- News## Niall McLaughlin promotes four associates to directors

## Specification

- ## EH Smith opens new Digbeth design centre

By Mary Richardson

Conceived as a hands-on library of bricks, the EH Smith Design Centre is home to Europe’s largest accessible commercial brick display
- ## What made this project… The British Academy by Wright & Wright Architects

Finalist for Refurbishment and Reinvention Architect of the Year Award 2025, Wright & Wright Architects guides us through the specification challenges present at The British Academy
- ## Zero Laitance addition to Gypsol screed range

By Mary Richardson

LKAB Minerals launches a new laitance-free floor screed it claims can cut labour and material costs by 66%\*

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- ## CPD 21 2025: Rainscreen cladding and insulation retrofits

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- ## CPD 20 2025: Timber-framed construction – embracing culture change for modern methods of building

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- ## CPD 19 2025: Rainscreen systems – how insulation can drive thermal, acoustic and fire-safety performance

Sponsored by URSA
- ## CPD 18 2025: Understanding fire stopping and liability

Sponsored by ROCKWOOL
- ## CPD 17 2025: Specifying fire-rated doorsets – navigating standards, legislation and best practice

Sponsored by JELD-WEN UK
- ## CPD 16 2025: Leveraging BIM for strategic advantage

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- ## CPD 15 2025: Fire safety and the building envelope

Sponsored by ROCKWOOL
- ## CPD 14 2025: Restoring heritage buildings: The role of timber windows

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- ## CPD 13 2025: Fire partitioning – test, extend and classify

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- ## CPD 12 2025: The importance and principles of insulation

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- ## CPD 11 2025: Bi-fold and sliding doors for marine and coastal environments

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- ## CPD 10 2025: Designing safe access for working at height

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- ## CPD 09 2025: Roofs, regulations and fire safety

Sponsored by ROCKWOOL
- ## CPD 08 2025: Understanding and identifying grey belt land

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- ## CPD 07 2025: Mastering sliding and bi-fold doors

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- ## CPD 06 2025: How glass mineral wool insulation supports net zero building design

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- ## CPD 05 2025: Enhancing thermal performance

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- ## CPD 04 2025: Energy performance evaluation in architectural projects

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- ## CPD 03 2025: Segmental retaining walls for housing developments

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- ## CPD 02 2025: Hard landscaping specification for housing developments

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## NEC Digital – transforming the future of collaborative contracting

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## WA100 Digital Edition

## WA100 2025: Digital edition

2025-01-17T06:00:00+00:00

## Architect of the Year Awards 2025

## What made this project… The British Academy by Wright & Wright Architects

## What made this project… Edith Road by Satish Jassal Architects

## What made this project… Lambeth Palace Masterplan by Wright & Wright Architects

## What made this project… The Waterman by Fathom Architects

## What made this project… West London HQ by dMFK

## What made this project… The Corner House by Langstaff Day Architects

## What made this project… Former Nestlé Factory by dMFK

## What made this project… The Acre by Gensler

## What made this project… Black and Stone by Mallett

## What made this project… Hyde London City by Studio Moren

- ## What made this project… The British Academy by Wright & Wright Architects
- ## What made this project… Edith Road by Satish Jassal Architects
- ## What made this project… Lambeth Palace Masterplan by Wright & Wright Architects
- ## What made this project… The Waterman by Fathom Architects
- ## What made this project… West London HQ by dMFK
- ## What made this project… The Corner House by Langstaff Day Architects
- ## What made this project… Former Nestlé Factory by dMFK
- ## What made this project… The Acre by Gensler
- ## What made this project… Black and Stone by Mallett
- ## What made this project… Hyde London City by Studio Moren

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## Boomers to Zoomers

## In pictures: Stanton Williams completes inaugural later living scheme next to Hampstead Heath

## This Stirling Prize winner is a model for how we can all live better

## Break down the silos – young people won’t see the range of careers our sector offers unless we show them

## Carmody Groarke completes ArtPlay Pavilion at Dulwich Picture Gallery

## Barratt Redrow commits to accessible playgrounds on all new developments

## Report calls for national play strategy to reshape neighbourhoods for children

## Seventeen years on: why England needs a new National Play Strategy

## England is failing to plan for its ageing population – the spending review must put that right

## The quiet revolution in built environment education and engagement – starting with children

## The Coach: Why age isn’t the issue – it’s the life stage that counts

- ## In pictures: Stanton Williams completes inaugural later living scheme next to Hampstead Heath
- ## This Stirling Prize winner is a model for how we can all live better
- ## Break down the silos – young people won’t see the range of careers our sector offers unless we show them
- ## Carmody Groarke completes ArtPlay Pavilion at Dulwich Picture Gallery
- ## Barratt Redrow commits to accessible playgrounds on all new developments
- ## Report calls for national play strategy to reshape neighbourhoods for children
- ## Seventeen years on: why England needs a new National Play Strategy
- ## England is failing to plan for its ageing population – the spending review must put that right
- ## The quiet revolution in built environment education and engagement – starting with children
- ## The Coach: Why age isn’t the issue – it’s the life stage that counts

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## In Pictures

## In pictures: Stanton Williams completes inaugural later living scheme next to Hampstead Heath

## In pictures: Lumi, Europe’s highest LEED rated building

## In pictures: ZMMA completes Poole Museum redevelopment

## Adjaye Associates unveils completed Princeton University Art Museum

## Fosters transforms Paris building on Champs-Élysées into luxury gallery and restaurant

## In pictures: Fletcher Priest-designed Oxford North innovation district officially opens

## In pictures: Sanei + Hopkins’ Suffolk Housestead

## Fosters completes JP Morgan Chase’s 423m-tall global headquarters in New York

## Foster + Partners completes Techo International Airport terminal in Cambodia

## NBBJ completes £200m Oxford University facility for advanced AI research

- ## In pictures: Stanton Williams completes inaugural later living scheme next to Hampstead Heath
- ## In pictures: Lumi, Europe’s highest LEED rated building
- ## In pictures: ZMMA completes Poole Museum redevelopment
- ## Adjaye Associates unveils completed Princeton University Art Museum
- ## Fosters transforms Paris building on Champs-Élysées into luxury gallery and restaurant
- ## In pictures: Fletcher Priest-designed Oxford North innovation district officially opens
- ## In pictures: Sanei + Hopkins’ Suffolk Housestead
- ## Fosters completes JP Morgan Chase’s 423m-tall global headquarters in New York
- ## Foster + Partners completes Techo International Airport terminal in Cambodia
- ## NBBJ completes £200m Oxford University facility for advanced AI research

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## WA100 2025

## WA100 2025: Hopes take a wobble

## WA100 2025: Digital edition

## WA100 2025: The big list

- ## WA100 2025: Hopes take a wobble
- ## WA100 2025: Digital edition
- ## WA100 2025: The big list

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## Opinion

## The built environment: Britain’s hidden super industry

2025-11-17T05:00:00+00:00By Martyn Evans1 comments

Martyn Evans argues that one of Britain’s largest and most vital industries remains hidden in plain sight. He urges the government and business to recognise the built environment as a unified sector central to national prosperity

## Expectant on site: reflections on pregnancy and architectural practice

2025-11-14T12:06:00+00:00By Jennifer Pirie1 comments

Architect Jennifer Pirie explores how being pregnant and on site revealed opportunities for a more inclusive architectural culture

## Two decades on and women in architecture still face many of the same barriers

2025-11-13T05:00:00+00:00By Sumita Singha

In response to the Fawcett Socety’s independent report for the RIBA, Sumita Singha asks why so many women in architecture still struggle to be valued and recognised throughout their careers

## What if part of the answer to our building problem is actually to build less?

2025-11-10T05:00:00+00:00By Beth West

‘No-build’ and ‘low-build’ solutions are a relatively cheap and simple way to reduce the size of the housing waiting list and shrink the size of the infrastructure pipeline, writes Beth West

## My quest for accessible cities starts here

2025-11-07T05:00:00+00:00By Andrew Teacher1 comments

Andrew Teacher is launching a drive to rethink how accessibility is built into cities

## Traditional architecture isn’t elitist – architectural education might be

2025-11-06T05:00:00+00:00By Elliot Robbie8 comments

Architecture student Elliot Robbie argues that by dismissing traditional design, architectural education risks alienating the very public it claims to serve – excluding large sections of society from shaping and identifying with the built environment

## Briefing

## The architecture of adaptation: 44 inspiring ideas from the Venice Biennale

2025-11-12T12:45:00+00:00By Mary Richardson

As the Venice Biennale draws to a close, Mary Richardson picks some of her favourite exhibits from the inspiring international exhibition in the Corderie at the Arsenale, which was a celebration of human ingenuity and innovation

## Come with me to Clamart: a postcard from a Parisian regenerative development that really works

2025-11-11T05:00:00+00:00By Nicholas Boys Smith2 comments

British ‘regeneration schemes’ could learn a lot from the Clamart Panorama brownfield development near Paris, says Nicholas Boys Smith – above all the humility to ask people what they really like

## Closing the door on opportunity? The future of architect apprenticeships

2025-11-05T05:00:00+00:00By Mary Richardson

As government funding for Level 7 architecture apprenticeships is withdrawn, Mary Richardson reports on what the decision means for students

## 27 interesting innovations and prototypes from the Venice Biennale

2025-11-03T09:00:00+00:00By Mary Richardson

Mary Richardson picks her favourite product prototypes and material experiments from the Biennale’s international exhibition – from buildings “grown” beneath the sea to bricks made of elephant dung

## Can cuts to affordable housing targets revive London’s flatlining residential development sector?

2025-10-23T05:00:00+01:00By Joey Gardiner1 comments

Joey Gardiner asks whether simply reducing expectations for affordable housing will be enough to get construction going again

## Why they won: A closer look at all the Architect of the Year Awards 2025 winning entries

2025-10-16T06:00:00+01:00

The winners of the Architect of the Year Awards were announced at a ceremony last night. Here is more detail about all the winning entries

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## Buildings

Building Study## Oxford opens its doors: Hopkins’ Stephen A Schwarzman Centre for the Humanities

Building Study## From discontented planners to a glorious summer: Van Heyningen and Haward’s Leicester Cathedral extension

Building Study## Bradford Live: how Tim Ronalds Architects helped residents save their historic cinema and turn it into a 3,800-capacity music venue

Building Study## 76 Upper Ground: Denys Lasdun’s 1960s South Bank vision is realised at last

Building Study## Designing, building and growing the natural way: Wolves Lane community centre unveiled by Studio Gil and Material Cultures

Building Study## Unpacking the museum: the V&A Storehouse in Stratford opens its doors

Building Study## A Serpentine Pavilion for anxious times – but is that enough?

Building Study## Bennetts’ timber and straw robotics lab pilots new net zero carbon building standard

Building Study## From complexity to clarity: The Sainsbury Wing transformed

Building Study## A cauldron on the Mersey: how Everton built their new stadium in just five years (Manchester United take note)

- ## Oxford opens its doors: Hopkins’ Stephen A Schwarzman Centre for the Humanities
- ## From discontented planners to a glorious summer: Van Heyningen and Haward’s Leicester Cathedral extension
- ## Bradford Live: how Tim Ronalds Architects helped residents save their historic cinema and turn it into a 3,800-capacity music venue
- ## 76 Upper Ground: Denys Lasdun’s 1960s South Bank vision is realised at last
- ## Designing, building and growing the natural way: Wolves Lane community centre unveiled by Studio Gil and Material Cultures
- ## Unpacking the museum: the V&A Storehouse in Stratford opens its doors
- ## A Serpentine Pavilion for anxious times – but is that enough?
- ## Bennetts’ timber and straw robotics lab pilots new net zero carbon building standard
- ## From complexity to clarity: The Sainsbury Wing transformed
- ## A cauldron on the Mersey: how Everton built their new stadium in just five years (Manchester United take note)

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## Reviews

## British Interior Design Since 1925

## Concéntrico and the art of everyday urban invention

## The art of architecture on film: Eric Parry and the question of posterity

## William Butterfield: A builder and experimenter

## The Manifesto House: Buildings that changed the future of architecture

## Form Follows Love: Anna Heringer on building with empathy, intuition and mud

## Nuts, bolts and preservation: High Tech as heritage

## RA Summer Exhibition: with no designated space, architecture is overshadowed

## Surface Reflections: a quieter, more thoughtful London Design Biennale

## Architecture and Social Change: Shaping an Impactful Practice

- ## British Interior Design Since 1925
- ## Concéntrico and the art of everyday urban invention
- ## The art of architecture on film: Eric Parry and the question of posterity
- ## William Butterfield: A builder and experimenter
- ## The Manifesto House: Buildings that changed the future of architecture
- ## Form Follows Love: Anna Heringer on building with empathy, intuition and mud
- ## Nuts, bolts and preservation: High Tech as heritage
- ## RA Summer Exhibition: with no designated space, architecture is overshadowed
- ## Surface Reflections: a quieter, more thoughtful London Design Biennale
- ## Architecture and Social Change: Shaping an Impactful Practice

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