The RIBA
‘A polite beige consensus’: are these really Britain’s best new buildings?
The six nominees for the 2023 RIBA Stirling prize shortlist are tasteful and well made – but a great many quirky buildings with a sense of fun have been overlooked
Oliver Wainwright
05, Sep, 2023 @11:01 PM
Architect Muyiwa Oki: ‘We need a diversity of people to solve the big issues of the day’
The youngest, and first black president of the RIBA wants to rebuild the profession with an accent on workers’ rights, the community and sustainability
Rowan Moore
27, Aug, 2023 @10:00 AM
‘This will not be swept away’: the bamboo homes helping Pakistan’s post-flood rebuild
A year on from devastating floods, a renowned architect is leading a project to build affordable and sustainable homes while empowering communities in the process
Zofeen T Ebrahim in Wasram
25, Jul, 2023 @6:00 AM
Riba launches Reinvention prize to encourage refurbishment over demolition
Shortlist of award for repurposed buildings rather than new-builds includes Wolverhampton School of Architecture and Museum of the Home in London
Roger Harrabin
19, Jul, 2023 @11:01 PM
Architect Yasmeen Lari: ‘The international colonial charity model will never work’
The winner of this year’s royal gold medal for architecture has gone from designing corporate buildings to self-build shelters. She talks about shedding her ego, and empowering people to rebuild in the climate emergency
Rowan Moore
07, May, 2023 @10:00 AM
Victorian architecture’s lost giant to regain rightful recognition
The designer of the glasshouses at Kew Gardens fell out of favour – but supporters of a new museum hope to change all that
Vanessa Thorpe
25, Feb, 2023 @4:00 PM
National Gallery entrance revamp row recalls King Charles’ ‘carbuncle’
Architects’ society forced to defend scheme to remodel entrance from ‘unjustified’ criticism
James Tapper
06, Nov, 2022 @10:00 AM
Cosy nooks in a thicket of books: time-straddling library is Britain’s best new building
Awash with light, boasting river views and fresh air indoors, this tall-chimneyed, Tudor-tinged book-lovers’ paradise in Cambridge is a worthy winner of the RIBA Stirling prize
Oliver Wainwright
13, Oct, 2022 @8:00 PM
‘Our time has come’ – Muyiwa Oki, first black president of RIBA, reveals his shakeup plans
Elderly white men in bow ties have tended to run the very grand and possibly even stuffy Royal Institute of British Architects. Muyiwa Oki, its youngest boss ever at 31, spells out his vision for unions, the climate crisis and island-buying oligarchs
Oliver Wainwright
12, Oct, 2022 @1:53 PM
Architect Nigel Coates: ‘I like spaces that made you wonder. I was trying to softly seduce people’
The architect says his struggles as a gay man armed him with a courage to break all the rules
Rowan Moore
26, Jun, 2022 @12:00 PM
Radical Rooms: Power of the Plan review – the house that Bess built
A playful exhibition puts three British buildings co-created by women centre stage, complete with dancing floor plans
Rowan Moore
01, May, 2022 @10:00 AM
Body set up to police UK housebuilding not representative, say critics
New Home Quality Board lacks representation from architects, ordinary homeowners and BAME communities, experts warn
Ben Quinn
04, Apr, 2022 @5:00 AM
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