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The article discusses the architectural design of a project commissioned by Westminster City Council, and it reports that it was designed by Bell Phillips Architecture.

The article discusses the creation of Microsoft Rare, a net-zero gaming development center for Rare, focusing on its design that emphasizes ecology, wellbeing, and sustainability through regional architecture, local materials, and technologies. Topics include eco-friendly design elements, consideration for neurodiverse users, and architectural choices guided by sustainability principles.

The article discusses the work of architect Kim Courrèges and her practice, Plan Común, in disrupting the real estate paradigm in Paris. The focus is on Maison Commune, a four-story building in the suburb of Pantin, which emphasizes communal and shared spaces. The practice aims to challenge conventions and create a balance between private and shared spaces, while also considering sustainability and the use of materials. Maison Commune serves as a prototype for future projects and reflects a new generation of designers prioritizing modesty and building program over grand design statements. [Extracted from the article]

The Harmeny Learning Hub, designed by Loader Monteith and Studio SJM, is a vocational learning center located on the Harmeny Education Trust's estate in Scotland. The Hub provides a supportive environment for students aged 14-18 with complex additional support needs due to early years trauma. The building is designed to blend into the surrounding woodland and incorporates nature into its design to support the therapeutic approach of the school. The project was funded through intense fundraising efforts by the school. [Extracted from the article]

The article focuses on Atelier Luke's radical transformation of a 1950s machiya (timber townhouse) in Kyoto's Demachiyanagi district, highlighting the studio's approach to blending traditional and contemporary elements. Topics include the challenges of renovating machiya without falling into overt traditionalism, the architects' sensitive restoration of the house's original features, and their use of modern materials and design to create a compact.

TDO Architecture has designed a courtyard development called Great Suffolk Yard that combines reuse, retrofit, and new construction to create creative office spaces for the post-Covid era. The development incorporates varied outside amenity spaces, natural ventilation, and shared social spaces to prioritize well-being. The project successfully balances the retention of existing buildings with the addition of new structures, reducing waste and maximizing embodied energy. The development has achieved certifications for environmental sustainability and user well-being, making it an appealing workspace for small businesses. [Extracted from the article]

The article provides information about TO, an architecture practice founded by José Amozurrutia and Carlos Facio in Mexico. Their work reflects a strong commitment to the environment and a deep understanding of the communities they serve, as seen in projects like the Kithara music kiosk in Mexico City's Iztapalapa district.

ADALBERTO LONARDI Adalberto Lonardi is an artist andcreative director who works at theintersection of art and design witha focus on public engagement andcommunity empowerment, partneringwith small and large organisations. He completed his undergraduatedegree in architecture atBirmingham City University in 2020and his master's at the University ofWestminster earlier this year. Nanabeyin holds a BSc and a MArchin architecture from University CollegeLondon, where his graduate project,An Architecture Between Cultures,inverted dominant colonial models byreimagining the Scottish Highlandsunder the African gaze, winning theBartlett Architecture Medal. [Extracted from the article]

School SOS is a free school incritical spatial practices thatseeks to challenge modes ofdelivering higher education inthe UK. News feature A new wave of agitators, like POoR, is shaking up the waythe profession interacts with society and trying to makearchitecture a fairer and more inclusive place for itsworkers. Some groups, such as DA, see theirwork as a means to hold up a mirror tothe architecture and design industry andoffer an "alternative outlook to adapt intoeveryday practice" ("in an ideal world.our end goal would be to not exist"). MISSING IN ARCHITECTURE MISSING IN ARCHITECTURE (MIA) Missing in Architecture is a Glasgow-based collective of architectsand educators formed to challenge architectural pedagogy andpractice and "fill in the missing gaps in architecture" Who does your teamconsist of?. [Extracted from the article]

The article focuses on the rehabilitation and transformation of a glass factory in Meisenthal, France into a multi-purpose cultural site. Topics include the project by SO-IL and Freaks Architecture successfully integrates new interventions, preserving the site's identity and supporting local initiatives, and bringing together the history of glassmaking with contemporary activities.

A new international competition has been launched for the design of Finland's New Museum of Architecture and Design in Helsinki. The museum will merge two existing museums and aims to become one of the Nordic region's most visited cultural institutions. The competition is organized by Real Estate Company ADM and the winner will be announced in September 2025. The project has significant public and private funding and will be located in the waterfront Makasiiniranta district. [Extracted from the article]

The article offers information related to "Hoskins Architects" by Chris Coleman-Smith, which appeared in the periodical "AJ Specification" on December 2021, is presented. Topic includes on Hoskins Architects was appointed by the Salvation Army to design a visitor and training center for young people with learning disabilities at Strawberry Field in Liverpool. Material choices were informed by the building concept. The Pavilion's steel structure designed for deconstruction.

The practice is now run by Cowgill and Sally Lofthouse, a Part 3 architectural assistant who also worked for the conservationfocused practice IWA. 'We like working with people who are investing in their community and have a social agenda - where we can add value through the skills we bring', says Mike Lim, one of the three directors of IDK with Roddy Bow and James Pockson. IDK summarises its practice methodology as "building capacity, building purpose, building resilience". [Extracted from the article]

A return visit to Cartwright Pickard's first completed project -- Murray Grove, now known as Shepherdess Walk -- confirms it has stood the test of time as an exemplar of "modern methods of construction" This 30-dwelling infill housing block in Hackney, east London, was completed in 1999 for housing association Peabody to provide key worker flats. Half a mile north of London's Old Street roundabout, Murray Grove runs east-west for 500m, and in it are two buildings that introduced two quite different prefabricated construction methods to the capital. David Stronge, Peabody's design director, confirmed that Murray Grove was the first of the organisation's buildings to be the product of 3D modular design and construction, and preceded their 2002 BedZed zero-carbon housing. [Extracted from the article]

The article evaluates the architectural design of the Energy Hub mixed-use building in Great Britain that was designed by Morris+Company.

The article evaluates the architectural design of BlueSky Barn in Great Britain that was designed by 31/44 Architects.

In 2023, the Architectural Design Studio A (ADS4) at the Royal College of Art embarked on a project to create AI tools that explore the relationship between language and the future landscape. Led by various professionals, the students of ADS4 developed a performative architecture that draws inspiration from theater and the impact of language on our perception of time and space. The projects, collectively titled "The Green Room," examine the potential of "prompt design" and aim to unlock new perspectives on land and the built environment. [Extracted from the article]

Amelia Lancaster's exhibition of photographs of Denys Lasdun's National Theatre building offers a fresh perspective on Brutalist architecture. While some of her works capture the building's graphic forms and textured shapes in black and white, Lancaster also manipulates her photographs to create more abstract and ethereal representations. Through her "Negatives" and "Reduction" series, she explores the processes of visual perception and how we interpret architectural form. The exhibition, titled "Abstractions: Studies of the National Theatre," is on display at the National Theatre's Wolfson Gallery in London. [Extracted from the article]

The article evaluates the architectural designs of the Hackney New Primary School and 333 Kingsland Road housing in Great Britain, designed by architect Henley Halebrown.

The article presents the discussion on collaborative processes in architecture being the tools for social transformation in the face of patriarchal and colonial structures. Topics include participatory processes for the social production of human habitat showing the moments of critical reflection and collective action; and making agreements based on solidarity and the redistribution of power.

The brief was for 57 flats between existing blocks at Auckland Rise, utilising a former garage site and redundant outbuildings, as well as underused external space. Auckland Rise and Ravensdale Gardens are designed by HTA Design and demonstrate the Brick by Brick approach to local character, build quality and integration. Auckland Rise looks south-east towards Biggin Hill in Kent while Ravensdale Gardens looks north and west toward the City and Battersea. Auckland Rise and Ravensdale Gardens are the first developments from our first Smaller Sites Programme to complete. [Extracted from the article]

'One of the most striking aspects of Kamara's work is her consistent representation of African women and young people in public spax?e and public life' More than religión, the biggest thing Niger has in common with that región is the climate -- desert -- with earth as the main building material, and leading to similar design logics.'. [Extracted from the article]

A five-strong practice working mostly on community-led projects across the West Midlands area and specialising in heritage design and work for the third sector. After qualifying in London and working in small practice culture there, I moved back to my home city of Birmingham. I sit on Birmingham City Council's Design Review Panel and am the only female practice director on it, so I hope to be able to continue to provide an informed view of the importance of small practices. What effect has the Big City Plan had on Birmingham?. [Extracted from the article]

Richmond Green, Century House and Ludlow Lodge by Bell Phillips Architects are the first schemes in a wave of social housing being built by Sutton Council, the first the borough has undertaken for 30 years Following the award of the 2019 RIBA Stirling Prize to Mikhail Riches with Cathy Hawley's Goldsmith Street, Bell Phillips Architects(BPA) co-founder Hari Phillips is excited about the future of social housing, which is at the core of much of BPA's work. Only two brick stocks have been used: a yellow-toned brick for Century House, a pinker one for Richmond Green and a combination of both on Ludlow Lodge, where a band at the base is pink, capped by a yellower top half. Unusually, in all of the house types at Richmond Green and Century House, kitchens are separated from the living/dining spaces, departing notably from the trend for open plan living. [Extracted from the article]

In the drawings where McKenna set out the building we can see his awareness that it is not the absent architect but the builders of these churches who will be making key decisions about materials and form. PHOTO (COLOR): On the other other hand, the Dominican Chapel in Ibadan, by Nigerian architect Demas Nwoko and consecrated in 1973, deploys traditional materials, methods and motifs to fuse Christian and local values. [Extracted from the article]

The architecture of Paulo Mendes da Rocha speaks of the construction of America, a territory from the postcolonial time, a "New World" found in Brazilian anthropologist Darcy Ribeiro's 0 Povo Brasileiro from 1995. Mendes da Rocha points to an idea of modernity that -- despite being abandoned in the West around the 1960s onwards -- was seen by Brazilian architects as an essential tool to fight the dictatorship that commenced in Brazil in that decade. A continuation of Mendes da Rocha's consideration of the museum as a public space, the project is surrounded by a cobbled plaza that wraps around the site, overlooked by a cluster of historic buildings opposite. [Extracted from the article]

This is a house of sequences of roomsdivided by moments of compression underthick room-dividing beams, luring you toopenings placed on the diagonal, aroundcorners, and offering orchestrated glimpsesinto the courtyard. At the house's centre, as if emergingfrom the chambers in a system of caves,the kitchen opens up to the courtyard,where the planting consumes the mass ofsurfaces and is rapidly developing a senseof pre-history. This outdoor "room", usedas an external dining space, is a luscious,cool, green moment and a counterpoint tothe house's interior mass, which encasesthe courtyard as it addresses the sky. [Extracted from the article]

Carthage National Museum inTunisia CLIENT Tunisian Ministry ofCultureBUDGET TBCSECTOR CulturalDEADLINE 2 December The International Union ofArchitects (UIA) has launcheda competition to upgrade theByrsa Acropolis and CarthageNational Museum, a UNESCOWorld Heritage site in Tunisia.The single-stage competition - tobe held in line with UNESCOand UIA best practice guidance- seeks proposals to enhance andrevitalise the Byrsa Acropolisand nearby Carthage NationalMuseum, which both overlookthe Mediterranean city's ancientharbour. CLIENT Belfast City CouncilBUDGET £100 millionSECTOR CulturalDEADLINE Midday, 1 November Belfast City Council haslaunched an RIBA-runcompetition to select a teamto design its new £100 millionBelfast Stories visitor attraction. With more Malmöcontests on the horizon,the company organisingthe Limhamn competition,Atelier 01 arkitektur,has also hinted it willvery soon be launchinganother contest for a new34-storey tower - with55,000m² of floorspace - innearby Gothenburg. [Extracted from the article]

The article offers reviews for Brutalist Pimlico School designed by John Bancroft of the Greater London Council Department of Architecture and Civic Design in 1964-65 by previous buildings on the site.

The article discusses architectural design of new civic centre for the London Borough of Hounslow in West London, England designed by architect Sheppard Robson.

The article discusses architectural design of headquarter of Institute of Physics located in in London, England designed by TateHindle.

The article reviews the architectural design of the University of Manchester, remodeled on its 1970s streets-in-the-sky design.

The article reviews the architectural designs of various buildings in Great Britain, including No. 1 Spinningfield,

The article discusses the architectural design of the Norton Museum of Art designed by Foster + Partners which is located at West Palm Beach in Florida.

The article discusses the architectural design of the Carmody Groarke's Jetty Museum located at Windermere in England.

The article discusses the architectural design of the MK Gallery which is located at the top of Midsummer Boulevard in England.

The article discusses the architectural design of the Central European University in Budapest, Hungary that was designed by O'Donnell + Tuomey.

The article discusses the architectural design of the National Library of Qatar in Doha that was designed by Office for Metropolitan Architecture (OMA).

The article discusses the architectural design of the Stone Garden art gallery and apartment building in Beirut, Lebanon that was designed by Lina Ghotmeh.

The article reviews the architectural design of the Bloomberg London in England that was designed by Foster + Partners Ltd.

The article reviews the architectural exhibition which featured Yugoslavian architecture held at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City.

The article reviews the architectural design of the Rashid Karami Fairground located in Lebanon that was designed by architect Oscar Niemeyer.

The author discusses the different controversies associated with Danish architect Jorn Utzon, who designed the Sydney Opera House in New South Wales and Can Lis in Majorca, Spain. He explores the important role played by Utzon in the realization of the projects despite the different issues on how he carried out their development. The author also explains why Utzon was labeled as impractical genius with critics questioning his supposed incompetence.

The article focuses on the controversy associated with the Museum of Contemporary Art designed by Venturi, Scott Brown and Associates located in La Jolla, San Diego, California. It examines the factors that motivate plans to reconstruct the museum to maximize its uses and adapt with the contemporary design. It also explores the significant uses of the museum which shows how architects can evolve in a place without destroying it.

The article focuses on the life and works of Japanese architect Minoru Yamasaki based in Seattle, Washington. It offers brief overview of Yamasaki personal and educational background, and his inspiration in developing a passion in architecture. It also mentions Yamasaki's different works and his popularity due to his focus on Modernist beliefs such as structural determinism and functional aptness with humanist orientation.

The article reviews the architectural design of the Avasara Academy located in Marahasthra, India, designed by Case Design Inc.

The article presents an interview with architect Amin Taha in which he explains his practice's work which combines historical reference with constant experimentation. He cites his interest in using history, context, site and materials in the process of making architecture and his passion for clarity in design and detailing. He also argues that architects should stay at the centre of the construction process.

The article discusses the architectural design of the Kings Crescent Estate Phases 1 & 2 featuring several refurbished homes by Karakusevic Carson Architects and Henley Halebrown.

The article looks at the renovation and expansion of Site Gallery, a contemporary art space in Sheffield, England, by DRDH Architects Ltd. It states that the site's expansion includes a kitchen and servery, additional office space and ancillary storage, and a reception area and bookshop. It also mentions that the project sought to reorganise the access arrangements for neighbouring units to one end of the existing building, a bin store and escape routes.

The author reflects on the life and works of Dutch architect Rem Koolhaas. He explores Koolhaas' traits and skills as a person and as an architect, the quality and value of his different works, and his various projects and collaborations. The author also mentions Koolhaas' remarkable creations which lead to the recognition of his works.