Opportunities Hub: Projects to add to your bid list31 March 2025IntelligenceLatest: Cornish community hub and public realmLatest: Cornish community hub and public realmRegion: United KingdomMore: Architecture competitionsOpportunitiesContractsJulie ButterworthProcurement and contractsFrameworks
Why is there so little modern architecture in children’s picture books?15 April 2019CultureVictorian semi = hero, steel + glass = villainVictorian semi = hero, steel + glass = villainRegion: United KingdomMore: ExhibitionModernismArchitectural styleChildren's booksRIBA NorthCityscape
Conrad Koslowsky Architects’ children’s home is warm, thoughtful and inviting13 December 2022BuildingsChildren’s home comes close to therapeutic designChildren’s home comes close to therapeutic designRegion: LondonMore: Architecture for social purposeEleanor YoungDesign construction & technologyConrad Koslowsky ArchitectsConversionArts & craftsLighthouse Pedagogical Trust
Favourite books: 50 years on, Schumacher’s call for small is as pertinent as ever9 December 2024CultureShankari Raj on EF Schumacher’s Small is Beautiful with its call to stop plundering the earth's resourcesShankari Raj on EF Schumacher’s Small is Beautiful with its call to stop plundering the earth's resourcesRegion: United KingdomMore: EconomicsNudgeShankari RajEcologySustainable architecture
Favourite books: architectural practice in interwar London10 January 2023CultureNeal Shasore’s gripping book is highly relevant to the present day, says Deborah SauntNeal Shasore’s gripping book is highly relevant to the present day, says Deborah SauntRegion: LondonMore: Deborah SauntDSDHALondonPracticeInterwar yearsModernismPortland PlaceGrenfell TowerArchitecture for social purposePlaces planning & community
Favourite books: A sublime photographic exploration of man’s relationship with nature11 December 2023CultureNaoya Hatakeyama: Excavating the Future City, by Yasufumi NakamoriNaoya Hatakeyama: Excavating the Future City, by Yasufumi NakamoriRegion: United KingdomMore: ReviewJapanFuture CitiesNaoya HatakeyamaUrban realmPhotographs
Favourite books: What we can learn by taking a child’s view of the city22 December 2020CultureThe Child in the City, Colin Ward, New York: Pantheon Books/London: The Architectural Press, 1978The Child in the City, Colin Ward, New York: Pantheon Books/London: The Architectural Press, 1978Region: United KingdomMore: Shumi BoseColin WardPamela BuxtonPlaces planning & communityBook
President’s Medal 2023, Silver: Nobody Wants to Live in a Care Home14 December 2023IntelligenceEllie Harding’s alternative accommodation for those living with Alzheimer’s diseaseEllie Harding’s alternative accommodation for those living with Alzheimer’s diseaseRegion: United KingdomMore: Care homeEllie HardingAlzheimer’s SocietyLondon School of ArchitecturePamela BuxtonRIBA President’s Medals 2023
Children's museum is latest element in timber town's cultural revival24 September 2024BuildingsTimber looms large in the Children’s Museum of Eau Claire, both as a material and a design motifTimber looms large in the Children’s Museum of Eau Claire, both as a material and a design motifRegion: Rest of the worldMore: Steinberg HartWisconsinUnited StatesTimberArchitecture for social purposePlaces planning & communityJoel Hoekstra
State of the art museum29 March 2021CultureCharles Saumarez Smith 's book on architect’s role in defining the modern art museumCharles Saumarez Smith 's book on architect’s role in defining the modern art museumRegion: United KingdomMore: Book reviewMuseumsArt galleriesPamela BuxtonSanaaRichard RogersRenzo PianoHerzog & de MeuronTate ModernMarcel Breuer
Favourite books: Why social justice is integral to climate justice16 December 2024CultureChloe van Grieken picks Mikaela Loach’s book on climate justice, It’s Not That RadicalChloe van Grieken picks Mikaela Loach’s book on climate justice, It’s Not That RadicalRegion: United KingdomMore: Climate emergencyClimate changeArchitects DeclareEqualityColonialismChloe van Grieken
Modern Buildings in Britain: Owen Hatherley’s lucky dip3 March 2022CultureOwen Hatherley’s swashbuckling tour of Britain’s modern buildingsOwen Hatherley’s swashbuckling tour of Britain’s modern buildingsRegion: United KingdomMore: Hugh PearmanOwen HatherleyModernismgazetteerConservation and heritageBooks