RIBA Journal magazine: | Design in the making

Contacts Book: Stonewood Design on their most valued collaborators

The West Country-based practice’s work includes schemes at The Newt in Somerset country estate, including the recreation of a Roman villa. Here they talk about the experts and craftspeople who have been key to their projects

1 May 2024

Emotionalist rescue: The Blue hotel by Spheron

A vivid blue facade is the distinctive feature of this retrofitted hotel in the Taiwanese capital of Taipei, the colour arrived at from a gut feeling by architect Tszwai So

30 April 2024

Regenerative thinking: the next step in sustainability

Getting rid of plastic in interiors is more complicated than it might seem, but from apparently green textiles to regeneratively designed shopping centres, truly sustainable design can pay off – even commercially

30 April 2024

Learning from Lagos: what we can learn from Africa

Resilience is an invaluable quality we could all benefit from acquiring

Garden Hide is a labour of love and learning for Commonbond Architects

Building a back garden studio has been an educational journey

In association with Franke

The key to achieving a good-looking kitchen

How to keep projects straightforward and outcomes beautiful

In association with Zentia

Noise dampening for walls in all shapes and sizes

New sound-absorbing panelled grid system turns surfaces into acoustically functional design features

PiP webinar: Warehouses to woo the public

Transport & infrastructure buildings can be beautiful

How timber helped SUMA step up to the top

Interview with the Spanish architect of Gabriel García Márquez Library

High-rise post-grad course confronts challenging urban future

Built-in cement plants and mycelium-inspired towers

SUMA's library wins EUmies Award for Emerging Architecture

Gabriel García Márquez Library rethinks the typology

German Study Pavilion wins EUmies Award

Sustainable project for the Technical University at Braunschweig takes coveted prize

In association with Autodesk

Diversity in architecture matters for communities – and the bottom line

Equity in the profession is vital and benefits everyone

Why architects must fundamentally change the way they practise

Tim Bailey offers some radical alternatives to current ways of working

In association with Markilux

Now you see them, now you don't

Awnings that retract into the facade behind matching fascias provide a tidy solution in Geinberg, Austria

Six ways architects can win repeat business from ongoing clients

Learn more about nurturing practice-client relationships and turning the short-term into the long-term

Scotland’s new heat standard ups the zero carbon ante

What does Scotland’s New Build Heat Standard mean for designers and the rest of the UK?

In association with Crittall

All the best of old and new

Steel glazing system combines traditional aesthetics with top environmental performance at Trinity College, Oxford

In association with Kingspan

Specify raised access floor panels with low embodied carbon

New variant of the office flooring specifier's favourite product comes with 86 per cent recycled content

Five Welsh ways that architects have made life better

Royal Society of Architects in Wales president on his five favourite buildings in Wales

Style and substance in strong balance at rejuvenated Egham town centre

AHMM’s Magna Square boosts housing and public amenities