All articles by Ben Flatman – Page 3
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NewsHeatherwick Studio reveals lantern-inspired hotel scheme in Bangkok
Practice’s first project in Thailand includes two hotels and a new plaza with native planting and restored canal
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NewsFinancial districts by day, party zones by night? Report rethinks future of urban night-time economies
Creative studio Bompas and Parr explores how architecture, planning and adaptive reuse could support night-time economies amid widespread concern over venue closures
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NewsPurcell and Hugh Broughton projects among 2025 RIBA National Award winners
Twenty projects across the UK recognised for their design quality, conservation focus and community-oriented approaches
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NewsSatish Jassal Architects and Malcolm Fryer Architects secure approval for South Woodford housing and community scheme
Commissioned by Holy Trinity Church, the Redbridge scheme includes new homes, community facilities and a vicarage on a backland site next to a locally listed church
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NewsPublic consultation begins on Allies and Morrison’s West End public realm proposals
Westminster City Council and The Crown Estate launch engagement on a long-term masterplan for Regent Street, Haymarket and Piccadilly Circus, with proposals including traffic-free streets and improved public realm
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NewsParliamentary group launches inquiry into delivering 1.5 million homes without sacrificing quality
The All-Party Parliamentary Group for Excellence in the Built Environment has launched an inquiry into how to scale up housing delivery without compromising design quality and construction standards
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FeaturesDesigning Tomorrow’s Housing - meet the campaign’s advisory panel
As part of Building Design’s Designing Tomorrow’s Housing campaign, Ben Flatman introduces the expert advisory panel whose breadth of experience will help guide the discussion on how to raise housing quality while delivering the homes the country needs
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OpinionHow architects can help shape the next era of housing
The housing crisis is not just about how few homes we build but how little ambition we have for those we do build. Ben Flatman argues it is time to put quality at the centre of the housing debate and for architects to reframe their role within it
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NewsBuilding Design launches new campaign to put quality at the heart of housing
Designing Tomorrow’s Housing will examine how to deliver better homes at scale, at a time when the focus on quality has all but disappeared from national debate
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FeaturesDesigning Tomorrow’s Housing: Putting quality at the heart of 1.5 million homes
Ben Flatman introduces Building Design’s new campaign, which asks how we can raise the quality of housing while meeting the government’s pledge to build 1.5 million new homes
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NewsKevin McCloud returns for new series of RIBA House of the Year
Channel 4’s four-part series will showcase shortlisted projects, with presenters offering access to contemporary homes across the UK
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NewsOki leads RIBA taskforce to address poor workplace culture
Group includes senior figures from practice, education and regulation, and will develop industry-wide recommendations on wellbeing, pay and working hours
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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