All articles by Ben Flatman
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NewsWright & Wright completes £40m masterplan project at Lambeth Palace
Refurbishment of the Grade I listed complex introduces new energy systems and accessibility measures while aiming to support the Church of England’s net-zero carbon target
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NewsIn pictures: dRMM’s mixed-use industrial and residential scheme in Hackney Wick
The east London development brings together 175 homes and 2,250m2 of light industrial workspace as part of a wider regeneration strategy backed by the LLDC
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NewsCollective Architecture appointed to lead conservation of Robert Burns’ home
Practice will lead on proposals for safeguarding the A listed 18th-century farm buildings near Dumfries, once home to Scotland’s national poet
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NewsOki calls for impact assessment on Level 7 apprenticeship funding cut
RIBA president urges government to reconsider exclusion of over-21s from apprenticeship funding, as new industrial strategy highlights architecture’s role in growth
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NewsTP Bennett appoints three new directors as part of international growth strategy
Move follows the acquisition of Dubai-based practice Bluehaus
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NewsSadie Morgan steps down as director as dRMM announces leadership restructure
Founding directors Alex de Rijke and Sadie Morgan step back from day-to-day roles, as the practice names five new associate directors across its London and Berlin studios
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NewsIn pictures: Kimbell Pike Architects converts listed Arts and Crafts building into Montessori nursery
The £500,000 project incorporates a series of bespoke plywood interventions within the Grade II listed structure, aiming to support flexible, child-focused learning
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NewsPoundbury planner Léon Krier dies aged 79
An uncompromising critic of modernism and passionate advocate for traditional urbanism, Krier reshaped architectural debate through his writings, teaching and the enduring influence of projects such as Poundbury
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NewsARB publishes new Architects Code, effective from September
The regulator has outlined six core standards for professionalism and is seeking feedback on new draft guidance supporting the updated code
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NewsFrederick Gibberd’s Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral upgraded to Grade I listed status
Historic England recognises significance of the 1960s modernist landmark
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NewsRIBA receives £1m donation to support Part 2 students
Funding from Sandys Trust will establish an endowment to provide financial support for postgraduate architecture students through the RIBA Bursaries scheme
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NewsA is for Architecture’s Folkestone Harbour plans finally approved
The development includes 14 buildings, 405-homes, new public spaces and the reuse of the former Harbour Station
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NewsPublic Practice awarded £500k government grant to help recruit 300 new planners
Funding forms part of a wider initiative to recruit planning and placemaking professionals into local government across England
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NewsStudio Egret West sends in plans for Albert Bridge House redevelopment in Manchester
New application replaces earlier consented scheme, proposing three octagonal buildings and expanded public realm along the River Irwell
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NewsIn pictures: Scott Brownrigg’s flexible laboratory building at Peterhouse Technology Park
The new 100,000 sq ft development provides flexible lab and office space as part of British Land’s investment in the Cambridge science and innovation cluster
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NewsIn pictures: Fraser Brown MacKenna completes 33-home development in Bethnal Green
The project, built across two sites, includes new community facilities and improved public realm
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NewsReport calls for national play strategy to reshape neighbourhoods for children
The Raising the Nation Play Commission recommends legislation to embed child-friendly design and planning principles across schools, homes and public spaces in England
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Building StudyUnpacking the museum: the V&A Storehouse in Stratford opens its doors
Ben Flatman visits the V&A’s new public store in east London, where the backstage world of conservation, curation and storage is placed front and centre
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OpinionSome places don’t need fixing: why we should leave the Wallace Collection (and St James’ Park) alone
Amid closures and funding crises in regional museums, Ben Flatman questions the logic behind costly redesigns of spaces and places that already work
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NewsJack Pringle urges ARB to go further on ‘unnecessarily protracted’ education reforms
RIBA chair welcomes move to competency-based assessment but calls for shorter, more affordable routes into the profession