All articles by Ben Flatman – Page 21
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NewsHTA gets go-ahead for £17.75m Crystal Palace Park restoration
A new dinosaur and geologically themed play area will also be created
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NewsMICA completes redevelopment of Pembroke College site in Oxford
The new buildings provide student accommodation for 85 graduates, teaching staff and visitors, with social and convening space for more than 200
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NewsIn pictures: Foster + Partners’ Marseille airport extension
Scheme sets out to return to the clarity of Fernand Pouillon’s original design
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NewsJAM Architects submits plans for arts hub in East London
Building will provide affordable workspace, flexible event spaces, a working yard, and versatile maker spaces
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NewsElizabeth Line and National Portrait Gallery amongst schemes on Stirling shortlist
Shortlist foregrounds major infrastructure and urbanism projects with winner to be announced in October
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NewsFrench designer behind innovative Olympic cauldron that ‘burns’ without a flame
The cauldron features a 7-meter diameter illuminated ring, with 40 LED spotlights and 200 high-pressure misting nozzles
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NewsTrio of architects completes latest phase of King’s Cross redevelopment
David Morley Architects, Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios, and Haptic Architects deliver new housing, retail and community spaces
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NewsFeilden Fowles’ Lake District hotel scheme goes in for planning
Scheme seeks to reimagine historic lakeside hotel and gardens for new era
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NewsPerforming arts centre opens in Africa’s largest refugee settlement
Hassell’s innovative arts centre opens in Uganda, offering training and community space for displaced youth
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FeaturesChampioning sustainability: How Paris 2024 is reshaping the future of the Olympics
The Paris Olympics is embracing an approach pioneered by London in 2012 and taken to the next level, utilising existing venues and temporary structures as much as possible, Ben Flatman writes
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FeaturesOlly Watts of ES Global on the Paris Olympics: ‘Even if I say so myself, it’s magnificently iconic’
The Paris Olympics emphasises sustainability by utilising 95% existing and temporary venues, continuing the legacy of innovative designs pioneered by London 2012. Ben Flatman meets the CEO of a firm that supplies temporary structures including much of the Olympic climbing centre
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NewsLDA Design and Fereday Pollard’s reservoir schemes seek to address climate challenge and boost growth
Amidst climate change challenges, new reservoir designs aim to secure water supply for East of England’s growing communities
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NewsHTA Design beats strong shortlist to win Chelmsford housing job
A multi-generational community in Essex will deliver zero-carbon homes, interactive new green spaces, social areas, and better connections to the River Can
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NewsCall out for London firms to provide new-look apprenticeship route
Plan BEE needs companies to provide six-week placements
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FeaturesAdjaye London CEO Lucy Tilley: ‘We’ll work even harder to carry on our legacy. We’ll keep going’
New London CEO talks about her vision for the future, the allegations that threatened to bring the practice down, and the resilience that she says helped it survive
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FeaturesInside Gbolade Design Studio: A new era of architecture where the only way is ethics
Ben Flatman talks to Lanre and Tara Gbolade about setting up their practice and their vision for architecture as a tool for social and environmental change
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FeaturesChris Williamson: ‘I think we can do a lot for young architects – they need all the help they can get’
Ben Flatman talks to the founder of Weston Williamson + Partners about the role RIBA has played in his career, the importance of lifelong learning, and why he wants to help the next generation of architects get a leg up in the profession
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FeaturesDuncan Baker-Brown: ‘I think architecture is a lot of fun. We have got to remind ourselves of that’
Ben Flatman talks to RIBA presidential candidate Duncan Baker-Brown about the climate emergency, student debt and remembering that architecture can be fun
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NewsUxbridge Bower: Reimagining the ‘granny annexe’
In Uxbridge, West London, Bureau de Change redefines the traditional annexe with Uxbridge Bower, a compact yet elegant pavilion that fosters intergenerational living
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FeaturesFunmbi Adeagbo: ‘Architects need to get their hands dirty. We need to be thinking more like builders’
Ben Flatman talks to RIBA presidential candidate Funmbi Adeagbo about why the institute matters, the need to address the climate emergency and her own fight to remain in the UK and qualify as an architect