Ben Flatman
Ben Flatman is the architectural editor at Building Design
Contact info
OpinionThis Stirling Prize winner is a model for how we can all live better
Witherford Watson Mann’s Appleby Blue scheme shows how thoughtful design can help us age well, strengthen communities and rethink how generations live together, says Ben Flatman
NewsWitherford Watson Mann’s almshouse wins Stirling Prize
Other winners on the night included projects by Hugh Broughton Architects and Matthew Lloyd Architects
NewsHaworth Tompkins wins approval for De La Warr Pavilion masterplan
Project intended to safeguard historic fabric, improve accessibility and energy performance, and enhance the visitor experience
NewsCJCT secures planning for 170-home John Lewis build-to-rent scheme in Reading
£70 million project follows recent consents for John Lewis developments in Bromley and West Ealing
NewsIn pictures: Zaha Hadid Architects’ 60,000-seat Xi’an football stadium
New stadium forms part of China’s wider drive to expand football infrastructure across all levels of the game
NewsFosters wins approval to restore Tolkien’s Oxford pub for Larry Ellison-backed institute
Eagle and Child has been shut since covid pandemic more than five years ago
NewsHolmes Miller targets Scottish social housing sector with Coltart Earley takeover
Acquisition follows announcement of UK government’s new 10-year, £39 billion social and affordable homes programme
NewsDavid Kohn Architects appointed to work on conservation of UNESCO-listed German steelworks
The international team will develop proposals to preserve Kraftwerk 1, a key 19th-century industrial structure in Germany’s Saarland
NewsVabel wins planning approval for Queensway Parade development in Bayswater
The developer, which has an in-house architecture team, has secured consent for a residential-led mixed-use scheme opposite The Whiteley, replacing a previously approved office development by Foster + Partners
NewsAdjaye Associates appointed to design education centre in Rwanda
The Aegis Trust has commissioned the practice to develop a major new centre in Bugesera intended as a hub for peacebuilding and remembrance
NewsBritish School at Rome opens applications for 2026–27 architecture scholarships
The institution’s architecture scholarships support research residencies in Rome
NewsFoster + Partners unveils designs for Dubai beachfront residential scheme
The Solaya development for Brookfield Properties and Dubai Holding includes nine residential buildings and a central landscaped park
NewsRIBA unveils new brand identity
The institute is preparing to roll out a redesigned visual identity and digital platform as part of its House of Architecture programme
FeaturesSir Terry Farrell: the restless maverick who reshaped British urbanism
From the Comyn Ching Triangle to the MI6 building at Vauxhall Cross, Sir Terry Farrell’s projects challenged modernist orthodoxy and reshaped how architects thought about the city. Ben Flatman reflects on the influence and legacy of one of Britain’s most distinctive thinkers on urbanism
NewsPurcell completes Shoemakers Museum in Somerset
New museum, with exhibition design by Nissen Richards Studio, combines historic buildings with contemporary brick intervention to display Clarks’ 200-year legacy
NewsAdjaye Associates completes timber performance pavilion in Barbados
Second phase of project will see delivery of a permanent cultural venue for the Caribbean island nation
NewsGovernment unveils £5bn ‘Pride in Place’ programme to revive neglected communities
Initiative seeks to give local people greater control over boarded shops, pubs and high streets, alongside funding for 330 communities
NewsSPPARC reveals concept images for Camden film studios masterplan
The 23-acre scheme in Kentish Town would deliver a new film studio campus alongside 1,000 homes, education facilities and public realm
OpinionNicholas Grimshaw and the optimism of British high tech
Sir Nicholas Grimshaw, who has died aged 85, helped shape British high tech with buildings that embodied structural clarity, adaptability and a spirit of optimism
NewsHowells wins approval for mixed residential and riverside logistics scheme at Orchard Wharf
Development will combine student housing, affordable homes, public space and a working wharf on long-vacant riverside site