Structures
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FeaturesNew contemporary conservatory range
Creating a unique and beautiful new room in your home has never been easier. Our bespoke conservatories and orangeries are designed and built to your specific needs.
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FeaturesSpeedier construction through frame standardisation
The Seismic consortium has engineered a standardised frame solution for schools that claims to be 75% faster than traditional construction
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NewsAssemble designs collective national hallucination
Audio-visual project will be experienced with eyes shut
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NewsCoffey’s digital skills centre is UK’s first Town Deal project to complete
In pictures: Norwich’s luminous Digi-Tech Factory will accommodate 500 students
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FeaturesHow to design timber buildings that will be insured
An explainer for architects on the insurance industry perspective of mass timber
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NewsUse more concrete to make timber buildings safer, says insurance report
Report recommends concrete cores and alternating concrete and timber floors to reduce flood and fire risk
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TechnicalTechnical Study: The Black & White Building by Waugh Thistleton
The Office Group’s first new-build project will be London’s tallest timber office building when it completes next year. And as for the reduction in embodied carbon compared with concrete – well, the numbers speak for themselves. Thomas Lane reports
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OpinionWhat’s stopping engineers from being more creative?
There are good reasons why we choose the tried and tested, but too often that stifles innovative thinking and the potential for progress, says Anna Beckett
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NewsV&A East to hold design competition for Stratford galleries
News comes as O’Donnell & Tuomey museum tops out
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FeaturesInterview: We’ve never found a practice who are our pin-ups
They used to look up to YAYA winners – then they joined those ranks. This year they took the AYA crown. So what’s next for Fergus Feilden and Ed Fowles, asks Elizabeth Hopkirk
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NewsTate & Co wins planning for Brunel Museum improvements
Purcell also working on historic Thames tunnel project
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NewsFraser Brown MacKenna’s temporary HS2 construction college approved
Camden scheme will be demolished after 10 years to make way for railway’s new central London lines
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NewsAb Rogers Design wins £250,000 Wolfson Prize with modular hospital design
Practice beat ZHA, Perkins & Will and John Simpson Architects
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OpinionWhat’s stopping us from measuring embodied carbon?
Why isn’t an embodied carbon assessment done as standard on every project, asks engineer Anna Beckett
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Building StudyBuilding study: St Hilda’s College, Oxford by Gort Scott
The architect has capitalised on the project’s scenic location, opening up the site and using the river for passive cooling. Even the brickwork appears to dissolve, writes Richard Gatti
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FeaturesLean, low-tech architecture is the future. The question is how we scale it
The days of high-tech are over. We need to make each building element work as hard as possible, says Edmund Fowles
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NewsGlenn Howells completes first phase of Paradise masterplan
Architect joins Eric Parry with office in Birmingham’s Chamberlain Square
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OpinionWhat’s stopping us from reusing materials?
In the first of a new series, engineer Anna Beckett shows how some fresh thinking could solve apparently intractable issues
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50 Wonders50 Wonders | John Tuomey: The Aran Islands, Ireland
The O’Donnell & Tuomey co-founder and RIBA Gold Medal winner (with Sheila O’Donnell) explains his love for the structures and geology of the wild isles
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FeaturesLay off the plasterboard and cladding
Cutting out the layers can make buildings more sustainable, argues Steve Webb