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Harrow Arts Centre’s Greenhill Building combines a low-carbon CLT structure with an agricultural fibre-cement cladding

Region:: London

More:: CLT structures; London; Low carbon; Cladding; Envelope; Arts centre; Chris Dyson Architects

How unexpected freedoms balance the constraints of the contractors list

Region:: London

More:: CarverHaggard; Design construction & technology; Harrow; Jan-Carlos Kucharek; Public realm; Architecture for social purpose; Procurement & contracts; Business clients & services

Why ‘refurbishment first’ is the right approach to public buildings

Region:: London

More:: Public buildings; DK-CM; 2030 Climate Challenge; Sustainable architecture; Design construction & technology; Harrow Arts Centre; Conservation & heritage; Cristina Monteiro

Quality is a struggle with D&B

Region:: United Kingdom

More:: Sarah Wigglesworth Architects; Design construction & technology; Design and build; Harrow; London

Harrowing but compelling report mixes humanity, horror and technical detail

Region:: London

More:: Book review; Grenfell fire; Grenfell inquiry; Peter Apps; Tim O'Callaghan; nimtim architects; Health safety & wellbeing; Fire; Places planning & community

What is the architectural style of the British mosque?

Region:: United Kingdom

More:: Religious building; Shahed Saleem; Mosque; Makespace; Design construction & technology; Places planning & community; Inclusive environments

Oasis-leisure-dome-kingspan-f1-ahmm-aberdeen-art-gallery-doolan-prize

Region:: United Kingdom

More:: Simon Aldous; Oasis; leisure centre; Aberdeen; Gallery; Doolan Prize; Scotland; Swindon; Grenfell fire; Cladding; Kingspan; AHMM; Tower; Places planning & community; Design construction & technology; Conservation & heritage; Michael Gove

Thirty projects that engage with inclusion, sustainability, communities and health

Region:: United Kingdom

More:: Sustainable architecture; Architecture for the common good; Inclusive architecture; Accessibility; Community; Places planning community; MacEwen Award

Victorian traditions are alive and well at Radley College

Region:: South

More:: Tower

Fereday Pollard Architects resolves complex urban design issues with generous civic plaza

Region:: London

More:: Transport; 2024 RIBA London Award; Fereday Pollard Architects; Bexley; London South East

Consummate urbanist dies

Region:: Rest of the world

More:: Urbanism

Plus offices replace Centre for Music and axe hangs over Alsop's beach cafe

Region:: United Kingdom

More:: Grenfell inquiry; Cladding; Health safety & wellbeing; Diller Scofidio + Renfro; Heatherwick Studio; Nottingham; Design construction & technology; Retail; Office; Museum of London; Jersey; Alsop and Stormer

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Harrow Arts Centre: rustic cladding conceals carbon-cutting frame

Making buildings: Term contractor changes working landscape at Greenhill place

A low-carbon refurb makes a better place that’s better for the planet too

The battle for quality in design

Book review: Show me the Bodies, how we let Grenfell happen

Mosques: East meets West

News catch-up: Swindon leisure centre saved from demolition

MacEwen Award 2025 Longlist: 30 projects epitomising architecture for the common good

Clocktower Square, Radley College Design Engine

Abbey Wood Station, Bexley

Rick (Richard Martin) Mather, (1937-2013)

News catch-up: Heatherwick plans something old, something new for Nottingham