Our News: Empowering Your Architectural Journey
Why some Buildings Stay with Us
Writing for Architecture Today, Stephen Melvin reflects on the elusive qualities that allow certain works of architecture to capture the imagination and remain with us. From the Temple of Segesta to Therme Vals and the Leça da Palmeira Pools, he explores the role of landscape, atmosphere and sensory experience.
Echoes of Mývatn
Our paper, Echoes of Mývatn – In Search of Resonance in Architecture, has been published in the latest proceedings from the School of Collectively Building in Austria. It explores how landscape, atmosphere, memory and sensory experience can help architecture rebuild our connection with nature.
Regeneration Begins with Awareness
Our second submission to the Architecture Today Regenerative Architecture Index reflects how the Pioneer Nature Method has evolved over the past year. Across projects in Iceland, the UK and Uganda, it considers architecture as the expression of a deeper human and ecological purpose.
Stephen Melvin Joins the WAF Jury
Atelier Director Stephen Melvin has been invited to join the jury for the World Architecture Festival 2026. Having previously presented at the festival as a finalist, he returns this year to listen, question and engage with the ideas behind the projects.
Inner Retreat
AA+D are proud to share we are finalists in the Future Project Leisure category at the WAF25 World Architecture Festival 2025!
We will present live to an international jury and delegates at Miami Beach Convention Centre from November 12-14.
(SOCB) School of Collectively Building in Austria
Global Experts Unite at SOCB Conference to Rethink the Future of Climate, Cities and Culture. Three-day event sparks critical dialogue on balancing progress with heritage and sustainability.
From 11–13 August, the Conference brought together leading voices from across the world to tackle some of the most pressing questions of our time. Against the backdrop of a rapidly changing, fast-paced world, the conference explored how climate challenges, urban growth, and cultural heritage intersect and how they can be harmonised.
AA+D Presentation Title: Echoes of Myvatn: A Visionary Micro City for Sustainable Living and Wellbeing.
Discussions raised fundamental questions: Are we prioritising speed over sustainability? Are we learning from history or overlooking its lessons? Can modern cities match the timeless strengths of historic ones? Have culture and tradition been sidelined in the race towards development?
The event fostered deep, collaborative dialogue, generating actionable insights and paving the way for ongoing research and publication. Delegates left with a shared commitment: to shape a future where innovation and cultural identity thrive side by side.
We have been elected to the Regenerative Architecture Index, including runners-up for our contribution to the industry’s ‘co-evolving with nature’.
We see nature as a co-designer. Through site immersion, seasonal rhythm, and ecological curiosity, we seek to create buildings that feel inevitable – shaped by the land, not imposed on it.
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