Architecture
Preview: Architect@Work at the Truman Brewery
The international trade event for architects, interior designers and specifiers will showcase over 200 innovative products and solutions later this month; here's some of the highlights to look out for...
Portland Stone became the building block of London, but does it have a place in modern British architecture?
City AM's "Hot Property" Editor Melissa York explores the popularity of Portland limestone, asking whether high costs and the push for higher building density mean its days are numbered in the capital…
How The Modern House transformed our search for the perfect home
The Financial Times talks to Albert Hill and Matt Gibberd, founders of "editorial estate agency" The Modern House, about how they have turned an obsession with post-War architectural design into a fast-growing…
Planners approve Zaha Hadid’s Vauxhall Cross Island
Gulf-backed developer wins approval for two striking new mixed-use towers next to Vauxhall Station
Kent planners approve another ‘exceptional’ Country House Clause home
Guy Holloway Architects' Deer House promises to be "one of the most efficient new houses in the UK"
Why the City of London’s urban greening is good economic, not just environmental, sense
The City of London's new Draft Local Plan requires that "all new developments and refurbishments ... include a greening element";
Pardey-designed farmhouse gets the green light in Somerset
JPA's project aims to provide "a contemporary take on the local farm settlements"
Residential Architecture: The best & worst of 2018
The FT's Architecture Critic Edwin Heathcote looks back at a year in residential architecture, picking his top five design highlights of 2018
In Pictures: Toronto’s new ‘pixellated’ biophilic urban neighbourhood
Canada's remarkable Toronto KING scheme connects green walls, public realm landscaping and 370 private terraces to create a "living skin" for the whole development - and it has its own programmable weather…
AJ Architecture Awards 2018: Winners
23 residential, commercial and public building projects were recognised at last night's AJ Architecture Awards, with Lochside House picking up House of the Year to match its recent RIBA award
In Pictures: ‘Country House Clause’ home on the Kent Downs plays with C17th form
Charles Holland Architects has been granted planning permission for a playful new "Paragraph 79" house in Kent's AONB, which offers a "mannerist inversion" of its Grade II*-listed neighbour
Government bans combustible materials on high-rise homes – giving councils powers to strip private buildings
Local authorities to carry out "emergency remediation work" on residential buildings over 18 metres.