Buildings

The Tribeca brick: Made from earth and water but (crucially) no fire

London’s largest life sciences project is trialling the use of a low carbon earth brick for the basement walls of the first phase. It could be a game-changer for schemes looking to radically reduce their carbon footprint. Thomas Lane reports

How do you fix a grade I listed Oxford college built from RAAC?

All the roofs at St Catherine’s College were recently condemned thanks to the presence of RAAC. Thomas Lane reports on how the team came up with a solution that didn’t affect the historical significance of the Arne Jacobsen-designed campus

British Land’s resurrection of Norton Folgate

Blossom Street was the focus of a vitriolic planning battle. But British Land has confounded the fears of Spitalfields residents by sensitively restoring many of the old buildings

Does Roger De Haan’s Folkestone housing scheme deserve so much criticism?

Former Saga owner’s luxury Shoreline Crescent scheme has been completed following a string of headlines about its lack of affordable housing. Tom Lowe tours the building and is impressed by what he finds

In pictures

Richard Rogers: A life in buildings
In pictures: Adjaye’s Florida library campus
In Pictures: Fosters’ Roman antiquities museum
In pictures: Heatherwick plans £500m makeover of 1970s shopping mall in Nottingham
In pictures: Fit-out specialist completes finance firm’s new Shoreditch HQ
In pictures: Winners of 2021 RIAS awards announced
In pictures: Arup unveils images of James Bond-inspired underground car showroom for Aston Martins
In pictures: Twelve Architects unveils plans for Manchester High Line
In pictures: Arcadis moves into new City office
McAlpine starts on latest Stanhope White City office