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An excerpt from Form Follows Fuel by Barnabas Calder and Florian Urban. Through 14 case studies, this book shows that energy has been the biggest influence on the world’s architecture throughout the history of our species. 

We sat down with Hafsa Burt, Californian architect and founder of hb+a Architects to discuss the practice’s environmentally focused work. Spanning policy, prototyping, and practice, Hafsa has quietly and persistently pushed sustainability from the margins into the heart of architectural thinking. 

A vital constituent of a successful urban plan and one often overlooked or entirely missing, is the public toilet. For Studio Weave, this project shows how the humble toilet can elevate the city’s surroundings at the same time as offering a valuable and necessary addition to the public realm.

Designed by Mariam Issoufou Architects, Ghetto Gastro's Gourmega, describes itself as "a new kind of cultural table rooted in the legacy of Black and immigrant New York while pushing toward the future of food."

Adam Richards Architects reimagine school wellbeing design at Mayfield School, where St. Raphael’s Centre combines materials with historic sensitivity, setting a new benchmark for sustainable, student-focused architecture.

Armourcoat’s clay lime plasters give a wall presence. The material has body to it: softly chalky, gently uneven, with a depth that shifts as light moves across the surface. The resulting finishes are soft,…

Tipping Point East, the UK’s first Climate Futures Centre, unites RESOLVE Collective, Yes Make and Material Cultures and creates a space to store, process and redistribute reclaimed materials.

The Balearic Islands are driving an architecture revolution via IBAVI's low-impact housing. Alventosa Morell Arquitectes and Joan J. Fortuny's project is a model of this ethos. Using site-excavated stones and compacted-earth walls the building is an act of knowledge exchange for public building.

The Rammed Earth House in Wiltshire by Tuckey Design Studio reflects a slow, thoughtful approach to design. Commissioned by a couple, it’s shaped by how they live together, the sun’s arc, and the surrounding landscape.

Lebanese born and Paris based architect Lina Ghotmeh is rightly gaining a reputation for beautiful and considered architecture deeply rooted in the history, context and stories of place.

Hortus Collective is changing UK landscape design through nature, reuse of materials and close work with architects. In this interview, the studio talks about biodiversity, making places people feel good in and creating gardens that grow and change over time.

In a Birmingham house, Civic Square opens up the hidden layers of the housing crisis. Retrofit House uses natural materials and collective learning to link housing, health and climate, and to show how neighbourhoods might repair themselves.