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Disruption at UK Airports: Flights Cancelled and Delays Expected
The UK’s air traffic control system experienced a significant technical glitch on Tuesday, leading to widespread flight cancellations and delays that are expected to impact passengers until at least the weekend. The disruption has affected major airports, including HeathrowGatwickManchester and Birmingham causing chaos for travelers and airlines alike. The glitch, which occurred in the Nats flight processing system, has been described as a complex recovery by the air traffic control provider.
One-Aftr, South Korea
Modest and sensitive, the interventions of this practice extend the life of dilapidated buildings as Korean cities face population decline This area is reserved. Please register for a trial, or subscribe for full access to continue reading. If you are a subscriber, login here.
Materra-Matang, France
With built projects in Rome and Paris, this practice based in Montreuil bridges research, carpentry and material reuse This area is reserved. Please register for a trial, or subscribe for full access to continue reading. If you are a subscriber, login here.
Pihlmann Architects, Denmark
Driven by material curiosity, the Danish practice brings a pragmatism to site, and a will to make process visible This area is reserved. Please register for a trial, or subscribe for full access to continue reading. If you are a subscriber, login here.
Pihlmann Architects, Denmark
Driven by material curiosity, the Danish practice brings a pragmatism to site, and a will to make process visible This area is reserved. Please register for a trial, or subscribe for full access to continue reading. If you are a subscriber, login here.
Forest polis - The Architectural Review
Indigenous Amazonian landscape management demonstrates how urban environments can be woven out of the forest rather than defined in opposition to it This area is reserved. Please register for a trial, or subscribe for full access to continue reading. If you are a subscriber, login here.
Forest polis - The Architectural Review
Indigenous Amazonian landscape management demonstrates how urban environments can be woven out of the forest rather than defined in opposition to it This area is reserved. Please register for a trial, or subscribe for full access to continue reading. If you are a subscriber, login here.
September 2025: Forest
Rosenbaum | SALGADO | Rodríguez + De Mitri | Yasmeen Lari | Yen Partnership | Boeri Studio | Urbanitree | Daw Office | Seiler Linhart | Grafton Architects | Modus Studio This area is reserved. Please register for guest access, or subscribe for full access to continue reading. If you are a subscriber, login here.
Project Plum Grove in Mui Tsz Lam, Hong Kong by Thomas Chung with the CUHK School of Architecture
The renovation of two rammed-earth houses in a small village is part of a broader initiative of rural rejuvenation The Hakka people arrived in Hong Kong in the late 17th century. Qing Emperor Shunzhi had signed an edict forbidding the region’s inhabitation, forcing 16,000 Han Chinese to abandon their homes and move inland. When Emperor Shunzhi’s son lifted the edict around a decade later, only 10 per cent of the Han returned.
Hedeskov research centre in Rønde, Denmark by Djernes & Bell
Hedeskov research centre in Rønde, Denmark by Djernes & Bell Digital Edition: Hedeskov research centre in Rønde, Denmark by Djernes & Bell In primarily using materials found on-site, Djernes & Bell have transformed a former schoolhouse into a lab that will monitor the performance of its own building materials This area is reserved. Please register for a trial, or subscribe for full access to continue reading. If you are a subscriber, login here.
Hedeskov research centre in Rønde, Denmark by Djernes & Bell
Hedeskov research centre in Rønde, Denmark by Djernes & Bell Digital Edition: Hedeskov research centre in Rønde, Denmark by Djernes & Bell In primarily using materials found on-site, Djernes & Bell have transformed a former schoolhouse into a lab that will monitor the performance of its own building materials This area is reserved. Please register for a trial, or subscribe for full access to continue reading. If you are a subscriber, login here.
Szárító workshop in Debrecen, Hungary, by DMB Müterem and students
A sensitive student-led transformation turns an old tannery into a workshop and fabrication space This project was shortlisted in the AR New into Old awards 2025. Learn more about the full shortlist here. For more than two centuries, in the east of the Great Hungarian Plain, the city of Debrecen had been home to a thriving leather industry.
Szárító workshop in Debrecen, Hungary, by DMB Müterem and students
A sensitive student-led transformation turns an old tannery into a workshop and fabrication space This area is reserved. Please register for a trial, or subscribe for full access to continue reading. If you are a subscriber, login here.
Cannady Hall in Houston, US, by Karamuk Kuo - The Architectural Review
The terracotta-clad addition to the Rice School of Architecture in Texas remixes the eclectic architecture around it This area is reserved. Please register for a trial, or subscribe for full access to continue reading. If you are a subscriber, login here.
Cannady Hall in Houston, US, by Karamuk Kuo - The Architectural Review
The terracotta-clad addition to the Rice School of Architecture in Texas remixes the eclectic architecture around it This area is reserved. Please register for a trial, or subscribe for full access to continue reading. If you are a subscriber, login here.
Barn conversion in Sohland an der Spree, Germany by Dorschner Kahl Architekten
Cast-concrete additions inside an old barn transform the existing agricultural structure into a characterful family home This project was shortlisted in the AR New into Old awards 2025. Learn more about the full shortlist here When a young couple chose to convert a barn in the Oberlausitz region of eastern Germany into their new home, they drew inspiration from the legacy and methodology of their family business.
Barn conversion in Sohland an der Spree, Germany by Dorschner Kahl Architekten
Barn conversion in Sohland an der Spree, Germany by Dorschner Kahl Architekten Digital Edition: Barn conversion in Sohland an der Spree, Germany by Dorschner Kahl Architekten Cast-concrete additions inside an old barn transform the existing agricultural structure into a characterful family home This area is reserved. Please register for a trial, or subscribe for full access to continue reading. If you are a subscriber, login here.
Suetomi AOQ café stand in Kyoto, Japan by G Architects Studio
A micro-café for a confectionery brand experiments with soy sauce and copper to navigate the city’s stringent conservation rules This project was shortlisted in the AR New into Old awards 2025. Learn more about the full shortlist here Kyoto’s stringent conservation guidelines, meticulous enough to regulate exterior building colours via the Munsell colour system, aim to preserve the city’s unique architectural character.
Suetomi AOQ café stand in Kyoto, Japan by G Architects Studio
Suetomi AOQ café stand in Kyoto, Japan by G Architects Studio Digital Edition: Suetomi AOQ café stand in Kyoto, Japan by G Architects Studio A micro-café for a confectionery brand experiments with soy sauce and copper to navigate the city’s stringent conservation rules This area is reserved. Please register for a trial, or subscribe for full access to continue reading. If you are a subscriber, login here.
Thoravej 29 in Copenhagen, Denmark by Pihlmann Architects
The transformation of an ordinary 1960s building into the HQ of an NGO is a mirror to the organisation’s progressive evolution This project was shortlisted in the AR New into Old awards 2025. Learn more about the full shortlist here Early this year, the NGO Bikubenfonden moved into Thoravej 29, its new headquarters in northern Copenhagen, designed by Pihlmann Architects.
Revisit: Ladeira da Misericórdia in Salvador, Brazil by Lina Bo Bardi
Lina Bo Bardi’s transformation of colonial‑era buildings in Salvador da Bahia, Brazil, may be set to open to the public once more, but gentrification looms Ladeira da Misericórdia is a beautiful but dangerous street – steep, rugged and rich in history – that connects the Upper City and the Lower City of Salvador da Bahia.
Revisit: Accra Community Centre in Accra, Ghana by Fry, Drew & Partners
Designed by Maxwell Fry and Jane Drew during Ghana’s transition to independence, this building continues to evolve, adapting to the city’s needs The Accra Community Centre has stood as a symbol of change during Ghana’s first 68 years of independence, and continues to adapt to the city’s needs and changing circumstances.
Revisit: Accra Community Centre in Accra, Ghana by Fry, Drew & Partners
Designed by Maxwell Fry and Jane Drew during Ghana’s transition to independence, this building continues to evolve, adapting to the city’s needs The Accra Community Centre has stood as a symbol of change during Ghana’s first 68 years of independence, and continues to adapt to the city’s needs and changing circumstances.
Revisit: Hagia Sophia in Istanbul, Turkey by Isidore of Miletus and Anthemius of Tralles
Revisit: Hagia Sophia in Istanbul, Turkey by Isidore of Miletus and Anthemius of Tralles Digital Edition: Revisit: Hagia Sophia in Istanbul, Turkey by Isidore of Miletus and Anthemius of Tralles Built as a church and repurposed during its 1,500‑year history as a mosque, a museum and now a mosque once more, the Hagia Sophia is a mirror to political tumult This area is reserved. Please register for a trial, or subscribe for full access to continue reading. If you are a subscriber, login here.
Revisit: Hagia Sophia in Istanbul, Turkey by Isidore of Miletus and Anthemius of Tralles
Built as a church and repurposed during its 1,500‑year history as a mosque, a museum and now a mosque once more, the Hagia Sophia is a mirror to political tumult Visitors are no longer able to experience the full grandeur of the dome of the ancient Hagia Sophia – described shortly after its construction as appearing to be ‘suspended from heaven by a golden chain’.
Living with the Big Worm: the public functions of São Paulo's Minhocão
Under renewed threat of top‑down regeneration, São Paulo’s Minhocão is both road and well‑used public park When São Paulo inaugurated its Minhocão (‘big worm’) expressway in January 1971, it was a spectacle. There was a military parade, a blessing by the archbishop of São Paulo, and then crowds were allowed to pour onto the road surface for a few hours before the cars. From here, they could admire the astonishing transformation of the city.
Living with the Big Worm: the public functions of São Paulo's Minhocão
Under renewed threat of top‑down regeneration, São Paulo’s Minhocão is both road and well‑used public park When São Paulo inaugurated its Minhocão (‘big worm’) expressway in January 1971, it was a spectacle. There was a military parade, a blessing by the archbishop of São Paulo, and then crowds were allowed to pour onto the road surface for a few hours before the cars. From here, they could admire the astonishing transformation of the city.
Outrage: the Amazonian road to COP30
COP exacerbates practices of ecological destruction in its host city, but its failings reach much wider There are always infrastructure problems at COP, the UN’s annual climate change conference. Businesses and schools were temporarily closed for COP29, held in 2024 in Baku in Azerbaijan. Dubai’s COP28 the year before relied on exploited workers, while COP27, in Sharm el‑Sheikh in Egypt, was plagued by food and water shortages.
Outrage: the Amazonian road to COP30
COP exacerbates practices of ecological destruction in its host city, but its failings reach much wider There are always infrastructure problems at COP, the UN’s annual climate change conference. Businesses and schools were temporarily closed for COP29, held in 2024 in Baku in Azerbaijan. Dubai’s COP28 the year before relied on exploited workers, while COP27, in Sharm el‑Sheikh in Egypt, was plagued by food and water shortages.
Hebridean shelter: a room on the Isle of Raasay
‘You must stoop lower to enter,' the doorframe says, banging the top of your head should you not listen. Through the tiny window, the sea is roiling, lashing spray against the glass. The slates rattle like xylophone bars from the wind, wailing down the chimney and threatening to dout the fire. Mice scuttle behind the knotted pine panels. On a rack above your head, the moor is drying from your boots, flecked by peat and bracken.
BookWorm in Mumbai, India, by Nudes
A pop-up library in Mumbai’s Fort neighbourhood encourages children and young people to read and play This project was shortlisted in the 2024 AR Public awards. Read about the full shortlist here BookWorm, a deployable public library, first opened in November 2019 within the grounds of the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya (CSMVS) Museum in Mumbai’s Fort neighbourhood.
Résurgence de la Petite Saussaie by Paysarchitectures
In a Paris suburb, Paysarchitectures have revealed the source of a spring that had been piped and paved over for almost a century This project was shortlisted in the 2024 AR Public awards. Read about the full shortlist here Located in the commune of Vitry-sur-Seine in the south-eastern suburbs of Paris is the source of the Petite Saussaie spring.
Cultural centre and kindergarten in Tlatenchi, Mexico, by Taller CD
A new cultural centre and kindergarten in Tlatenchi helps repair the neighbourhood’s existing infrastructure Occupying two residual lots within the residential streets of Tlatenchi in the municipality of Jojutla, Mexico, a cultural centre and kindergarten are within a five-minute walk from each other. Mexican architects Taller CD aimed to unite the two separate buildings through a shared material language and structural system.
This gameworld is yours
The ways of seeing produced by open-world videogames owe much to colonial prospecting tools Open-world games have become the dominant videogame genre. Aesthetically, the worlds players can now explore vary widely.
Outrage: proptech
VC investment in ‘proptech’ accelerates, rather than tackles, the problems of an ailing property sector Venture capitalists (VCs) like to make grandiose claims about changing the world. Twitter account ‘VCBrags’, for example, chronicles investors boasting of discovering public transport, revolutionising biotech straight out of college and inventing the colour purple. It reveals a braggadocio‑plagued and hyper‑competitive culture – one whose latest target is property.
50 Pulasan Road (1950–): demolition postcard - Architectural Review
Chee Kien Lai writes a postcard to Singapore’s first co‑operative housing project One of six terrace houses, 50 Pulasan Road is part of Singapore’s first co‑operative housing, built in 1950. Its structure and spaces are intact, while the other five houses have been rebuilt and storeys added to them. Following the Second World War, when thousands of buildings were destroyed, most people lived in crowded and disease-prone homes without adequate provisions of light, ventilation or sanitation.
La Pyramide (1973–): demolition postcard - Architectural Review
Issa Diabeté argues that a new public use of a brutalist building in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire could save it from demolition La Pyramide in Abidjan is a notable brutalist structure, designed by the Italian architect Rinaldo Oliveri.
Kigali Central Prison (1930-): demolition postcard
Marie Amelie Ntigulirwa writes a postcard to a fired brick prison in Rwanda, built during Belgian colonial rule Built in 1930 during Belgian colonial rule, the central prison is one of Kigali’s oldest structures, and it has been sitting vacant since 2018, when the last group of prisoners were relocated to a new prison outside the city. It has since been the subject of many refurbishment proposals, from a hotel to a cathedral.
Streatham Ice Arena: demolition postcard
Akil Scafe-Smith writes a postcard to Streatham Ice Arena in South London, demolished in 2011 following a tragic shooting That everyone from Streatham can ice skate is a South London truism indebted to the mythical Streatham Ice Arena. Built in 1931, it supplied generations of Streathamites with ice carnivals, skating lessons, £5 Saturday night discos and the 2009 dance phenomena of ‘daggering-on-ice’. But its loss is difficult to mourn. Rising maintenance costs kept the building in decay.
Shannon Street Mosque: demolition postcard
Tanzeem Radak writes a postcard to a mosque in Kimberley, South Africa that was violently demolished in an attempt to erase a racially mixed community Demolition of buildings in townships has long been used as a tool in South Africa to forcibly remove and displace communities, to vacate valuable land under the guise of ‘slum clearance’. The Group Areas Act legitimised the demolition of buildings in order to relocate communities to segregated areas.
La Ricarda (1963–): demolition postcard - Architectural Review
Eva Flores and Ricardo Prats write a postcard to a modernist house and surrounding lagoon in Barcelona, threatened by the expansion of the city's airport La Ricarda is the name of a natural lagoon home to Casa Gomis, a modernist house located on the coast of Barcelona, in a pine forest, on sand dunes, by the sea.
223.5 billion square metres, Earth: demolition postcard
Charlotte Malterre-Barthes writes a postcard to the 223.5 billion square metres of building floor area on Earth that are currently, or could be inhabitable There are 223.5 billion square metres of building floor area on Earth – this constructed mass forms an immense portfolio of human habitat. Though distributed unevenly, this portfolio comprises all spatial volumes that are currently or could be inhabitable.
Río Piedras State Penitentiary (1933–2015): demolition postcard - Architectural Review
Cruz Garcia and Nathalie Franowski argue for the transformation of a prison in San Juan, Puerto Rico into a space that would benefit the public While fewer buildings need to be demolished, we argue for the destruction of settler-colonial, white-supremacist, heteropatriarchal monuments, infrastructures and spaces. In Puerto Rico, the Río Piedras State Penitentiary was a particularly contentious case.
Hall of Nations (1972–2017): demolition postcard - Architectural Review
Randhir Singh writes a postcard to India's Hall of Nations, demolished by the right-wing government in an attempt to rewrite history Commissioned by Indira Gandhi for the 25 years of Indian independence, the Hall of Nations was a complex of five truncated pyramids that was used as an exhibition ground, hosting innumerable trade fairs and events over its life.
Die Vlakte in Stellenbosch, South Africa: demolition postcard
Ilze Wolff writes a postcard to the site of Die Vlakte in South Africa, which was demolished in an act of spatial violence in 1969 South Africa is a demolition site of national proportions. The demolition of Black neighbourhoods and the forced relocation of people under the Group Areas Act of 1950 was an act of spatial violence which we have not fully reckoned with. The legacies continue to haunt us. Many are familiar with major sites, such as District Six in Cape Town.
Khaled Abu Hussein’s home (2018–2019): demolition postcard - Architectural Review
Noura Al Sayeh-Holtrop writes a postcard to the house that Khaled Abu Hussein was forced to demolish by the Israeli authorities In 2018, Khaled Abu Hussein received a demolition order from the Israeli authorities for the small structure he had built on land he inherited and that had been in his family for decades. When the Israeli military installed a checkpoint nearby, the Husseins’ ancestral land was designated as a ‘green zone’, with no permissible construction.
Nakagin Capsule Tower (1972–2022): demolition postcard - Architectural Review
Aric Chen sends a postcard to the iconic metabolist architecture of Tokyo’s Ginza district Anyone marvelling at Kisho Kurokawa’s Nakagin Capsule Tower in the last 15 years or so would have seen that this most iconic, singular example of metabolist architecture, completed in Tokyo’s Ginza district in 1972, was existing on borrowed time. Its 140 self‑contained living units hung off concrete cores with rusting bolts that had become seismically unsafe.
CF Fernando House (1954–2023): demolition postcard - Architectural Review
Sumayya Vally sends a postcard to Minnette de Silva's rammed earth house in Colombo, Sri Lanka The CF Fernando House, by Sri Lankan architect Minnette de Silva, was demolished so recently that the rubble is yet to be cleared. De Silva maintained that a building could be modern while honouring its context, and the use of rammed-earth technology alongside Indigenous building techniques in this house demonstrates this.
CH Fernando House (1954–2023): demolition postcard - Architectural Review
Sumayya Vally sends a postcard to Minnette de Silva’s rammed earth house in Colombo, Sri Lanka The CH Fernando House, by Sri Lankan architect Minnette de Silva, was demolished so recently that the rubble is yet to be cleared. De Silva maintained that a building could be modern while honouring its context, and the use of rammed-earth technology alongside Indigenous building techniques in this house demonstrates this.
Katrak Mansions (1887–): demolition postcard - Architectural Review
Yasmeen Lari sends a postcard to a British colonial mansion building in Karachi,Pakistan I am horrified to see the destruction of the courtyard and part of the original structure of Katrak Mansions, a notable British colonial building in Karachi. A 35‑storey tower is being constructed in its midst, irretrievably compromising the integrity of the historic building.
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