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Blueprint Awards 2020 Judges Announced
20 May 2020The judging panel for the 2020 Blueprint Awards has been announced
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Rammed Earth: the building material of the past, present and future
29 April 2020With a new Thames & Hudson book calling for the return of the raw-earth building, we speak to Waugh Thistleton Architects' Andrew Waugh to discover more about this sustainable material
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Blueprint launches interactive virtual event, discussing collaboration
7 April 2020Taking place on Thursday 16th April, Blueprint’s special online event invites viewers to hear how six architects and designers view ‘collaboration’
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Fenix I Loft Apartments by Mei Architects and Planners
2 April 2020A historic dockyard warehouse in Rotterdam has been given a new lease of life as a mixed-use cultural and residential hub by Mei Architects and Planners, turning this once proud industrial building into a beacon of regenerative ambition.
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White City Living beckons new residents to White City
1 April 2020White City is transforming into an exciting west London neighbourhood, thanks to a multi-billion pound revitalisation. We find out about the district's new residential development, White City Living by St James, which is offering people the chance to become part of the new community.
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Metal heart: Oklahoma Contemporary by Rand Elliott Architects
31 March 2020New arts centre Oklahoma Contemporary, designed by Rand Elliott Architects, provides Oklahoma City with galleries, performance spaces and studios to support a growing local creative scene. But the building’s defining feature is its aluminium skin, which reflects the ever-changing sky of a state known for its extreme weather
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Hempcrete home: Flat House by Practice Architecture and Material Cultures
31 March 2020On a Cambridgeshire farm, a new home is made from the crop grown on the land around it. But this hempcrete house is part of an ambitious wider project exploring how natural materials can be used at scale in construction
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The struggle to save the Eames House
27 March 2020In order to save Charles and Ray Eames’ iconic home in California’s Pacific Palisades, Charles’ granddaughter Lucia Dewey Atwood has launched a long-term conservation project for the modernist monument in which she spent much of her childhood. But preservation does not mean a sealed museum, she insists
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A prison that's part of the neighbourhood
23 March 2020In Nanterre, LAN (Local Architecture Network) has delivered a surprising urban prison that’s part of the neighbourhood
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Playing with tradition: Bumpers Oast by ACME
13 March 2020In Kent, ACME has created an inventive, spacious and contemporary home inspired by the iconic local vernacular of oast houses