Architecture Today

Kate Quinlan, director at McLEAN QUINLAN talks to AT about the virtues of having a family-run practice — a company founded by her mum, Fiona McLean, and now including her husband, Alastair Bowden — as well as the decision to relocate their studio to Winchester. Use the link below to read on and also learn about two new projects from the studio on the North Downs and in the US. https://lnkd.in/eWJf7mKw

On the shores of Loch Carron in the Scottish Highlands, Baillie Baillie Architects’ has completed a self-build retreat: Iorram Cottage. See more photos from Richard Gaston, Murray Orr, Alexander Baxter and Marcus Quigley and hear from Colin Baillie, director at Baillie Baillie Architects in the link below ⬇️ https://lnkd.in/eGvQPF6D Structural engineer: Design Engineering Workshop Services engineer: Lùths Services Contractor: Self project managed Joinery: MGS Joinery (main joinery works), Chris Richards (bespoke cabinetry)

Reinventing practice: dRMM – "Retrofitting our own studio gave us the opportunity to try out an intuitive way of working. We didn’t make all the decisions prior to starting but had a framework of ideas which we tested out." Jonas Lencer, Saskia Lencer and Judith Stichtenoth of dRMM discuss #retrofitting their own studio, perfecting the art of the compromise and making the case to decision-makers that it’s worth building in #masstimber ⬇️ https://lnkd.in/ei4RGbmv Portrait by Timothy Soar

In Paterna, Spain, Gradolí & Sanz Arquitectes has completed a nature-centred Montessori school where architecture and landscape merge to create an immersive and tactile environment for early learning. See more photos from Mariela Apollonio and learn more about the project in the link below! https://lnkd.in/efNAJHp2

See our Editor Isabel Allen at the City Architecture Forum's event on #RegenerativeDesign! Learning about the tactics employed to deliver buildings that go beyond sustainability ⬇️

Originally constructed in 1939 for the Royal Army Service Corps 1st Anti-Aircraft Division, the former drill hall in Mile End, east London, has had many lives – as a storage facility, mechanics yard, and even a fashion shoot location. HUT Architecture’s ambitious, mixed-use development combines workspaces with social areas and residential units, breathing new life into the building and the surrounding context. See more photos from Billy Bolton and hear from HÛT Architecture Associate Todd Courtney in the link below! https://lnkd.in/e6y7fEZD Structural engineer: Constant Engineers Services engineer: London MEP Group Ltd Client: Mantra Hay

What is balcony waterproofing and why is it important? Find out more in AccuRoof Technical Director Daniel Bosworth discussion on the do’s and don’ts of balcony waterproofing with Architecture Today’s Technical Editor John Ramshaw Read on, in the link below ⬇️ https://lnkd.in/eaq6jSPR #balcony #terrace #waterproofing #roofing #specification

The deadline for the 2025 Schüco Excellence Awards is fast approaching! Enter your project for free by 11th April: https://lnkd.in/d3ua-f2 The awards celebrate the very best contributions from design teams and the Schüco UK Limited facade, window and door systems involved. Entries are judged on creativity, innovation, technical expertise and collaboration to deliver architectural intent. Winning and commended projects will be announced at the awards lunch on 26th June at The Pelligon in London’s Canary Wharf. An awards supplement will be published in Architecture Today and in a special feature online. Winning entries will also be presented at an event later in the year. To be eligible, projects must have been completed by 1st April 2025. Pictured: 2024 Schüco Awards Commercial and Mixed-Use Development Winner – Chancery House, London, by dMFK (Photo by Jack Hobhouse). #architecture #façade #facades #facadedesign #architecturecompetition #competition #facadesystem

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Architecture Today, Reinventing Practice Some architects want to save the world. Some want to build taller, shinier things. And some, the ones we're photographing, are rewriting the rules— they have an ambition to design buildings that regenerate the ecosystems they once displaced. These are the architects of the regenerative revolution. So you meet them. They’re fluent in biomaterials, energy flows, carbon sequestration, circular economies, and reuse—though perhaps a little less comfortable in front of the camera. You find the right spot, the right light, the right backdrop—because context matters. We are being invited into their world, to share their stories, to be part of their journey. And what a journey they're on. Their work isn’t just changing architecture; it’s shifting the relationship between cities and landscapes. Big ideas. But what does this revolution look like? Who are the people who are destined to carrying the weight of this project? What should that photograph look like? A daunting image to reflect a daunting prospect? Or something to reflect a future of hope, of optimism, of possibilities? —a balance of precision and poetry. A way of seeing that honors the elegance of ambition without losing the human urgency behind it. Perhaps it’s the tension between the inertia of commerce and the actual realities of running out of time to change. Perhaps it’s a rejection of the old tropes of the solitary genius in favor of something more collaborative, more fluid, more unfinished—a shift in paradigm, a shift in thinking. Because history is being written. And we won't, really, know how that works out for quite a while. So you take the picture. Quickly, before the moment gets too aware of itself. And if you're lucky—if the light is kind and the spirit true—you don’t just document a person. Together, you document the spirit of a revolution. The first of Architecture Today's 'Reinventing Practice' portraits are now online thank you; https://lnkd.in/e26hXEV4 Jerry Tate Orms studio 8FOLD #regenerative #architecture #architects #photographer #photography #portraiture #portraits