How to stop stack effect whistling through your buildings
Cold drafts, howling winds and banging doors can be avoided with careful planning, explain Steven Attrill and David Hamlyn of consultant RWDI
How to run the perfect design competition
Architectural contests are a minefield to get right. Alan Berman has been on both sides of the fence, as architect and advisor
Review: Architecture room at the RA Summer Exhibition 2019
Michael Collins on the exhibition which opens to the public next week
Office architects need to add anthropology and data science to their skillset
Our workplaces have never been more high-tech - and yet in some ways office design is turning full circle, says Aecom’s Nicola Gillen
Turns out buildings are even more interesting with people in them
The Saturday Ladies Architecture & Design Society finds going beyond glossy architectural photographs rewarding
Churches that defined the Twentieth Century
The last century produced some staggering places of worship but many are misunderstood and under threat, warns Elain Harwood
Demolishing Richmond House for a temporary Commons would be an act of philistinism
Short-term thinking must not be allowed to rob us of Whitfield’s gem, argues Catherine Croft
Examining the legacy of Pei's pyramid and Foster's Reichstag
Thirty years on, Ike Ijeh compares the influence of the seminal Louvre Pyramid and other radical restorations of its era on current practice
Tomorrow never quite came
60 years after the Whitechapel Gallery first asked architect-artist collaborators to predict the future the mood is much gloomier, says Daniel Elsea
Bracing for Brexit: How prepared are architects?
With potentially just 25 days to go before a no-deal exit from the European Union, Jim Dunton talks to two specialists with their ears to the ground
The Tulip: Will it ever be built?
It’s beginning to seem nothing is too bizarre for the City, but some say Fosters’ Tulip has gone too far. Ike Ijeh asks if it could still win planning
In pictures: Famous observation towers around the world
If the Tulip is ever built, it will enter a rarefied group of high-profile observation towers across the world
London's new £288m symphony hall and why concert halls are so often late and over budget
Will Diller Scofidio & Renfro’s planned Centre for Music face the problems that dog so many major cultural projects?
With skills like yours, you shouldn’t be working for an architect
Businesses that stitch design into their DNA are the most successful, but they need help. Isn’t it time you applied?
Analysis: When will we see wooden skyscrapers?
Timber frames have begun to break into commercial and higher-rise uses thanks to technological breakthroughs. Ike Ijeh speaks to the pioneers
Analysis: Righting the wrongs of Canary Wharf
As Canary Wharf turns 30 a residential community is being introduced for the first time. Ike Ijeh assesses Wood Wharf and its parent
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Interview: Lee Polisano on towers and ten years of PLP
As the 10th anniversary of PLP and the looming storm of Brexit approach, Lee Polisano looks into the future
Interview: Marie-José Van Hee
Hugh Strange talks to Marie-José Van Hee about her approach to architecture and the importance of the domestic in projects of all scales
Interview: Roger Zogolovitch and Simon Allford
What happens when two of the biggest names in architecture collaborate?
'Inside this strict format, anything can happen'
Hugh Strange talks to Barcelona practice MAIO about the challenges of practising architecture in Spain
'Surrealism sounds very far away, but it’s not at all'
Hugh Strange talks to Jan de Vylder of architecten de vylder vinck taillieu about playing with building elements, the beauty of raw finishes and why Belgian architects have to deal with strange realities
Interview: Neave Brown on Grenfell, Thatcher and the future of housing
As he receives his Royal Gold Medal at the RIBA today, the celebrated architect tells Elizabeth Hopkirk how to get housing right
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'The creative act is making the rules up until they break'
Hugh Strange talks to Wicklow-based architect Tom de Paor about his most significant projects, his polymathic approach to architecture and his ‘paradise garden’ on an abandoned farm
'We're very happy with the term magic realism'
Job Floris and Sandor Naus of Monadnock talk to Hugh Strange about the mixed legacy of the Superdutch generation and the importance of creating new stories from old traditions
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