Eleanor Beaumont

3 weeks ago | architectural-review.com | Eleanor Beaumont

The Arklow wastewater treatment plant in Ireland, designed by Clancy Moore, is an act of public serviceThe Irish Sea near the town of Arklow was once home to 90km of naturally occurring oyster reefs. During the 19th century, Arklow was the country’s main port for oysters – 40 million were harvested in 1863, with many exported to England, the colonial metropole.

3 weeks ago | architectural-review.com | Manon Mollard |Eleanor Beaumont |Kristina Rapacki

Herzog & de Meuron | Baas Arquitectura | Casa Solo Arquitectos | Nord Architects | 3RW Arkitekter | Witherford Watson Mann | Clancy Moore | Irene Barclay | Ecomimesis Soluções Ecológicas | Adamo FaidenFor most of us, life begins in a hospital and is likely to end in a medical facility too. We visit hospitals during our lives – if not for a broken arm or surgery, then for an unwell loved one. Although healthcare is a universal need, access is deeply unequal.

1 month ago | architectural-review.com | Manon Mollard |Eleanor Beaumont |Kristina Rapacki

Suad Amiry | Anne Lacaton | HAT Projects | Níall McLaughlin Architects | dMFK Architects | Lynch Architects | Designing Motherhood | The MAAK | Organizmo | Syn | Al BordeEarlier this year, Bangladeshi architect Marina Tabassum was announced as the designer of the next Serpentine Pavilion. Zaha Hadid might have designed the first London pavilion in 2000, but she was followed by many men; it took another 18 years for the next sole female architect to be commissioned.

2 months ago | architectural-review.com | Laurence Blair |Eleanor Beaumont

A team of volunteer architects converted a dilapidated historic home into a bare-bones cultural centre for a biennial – five years on, the project’s legacy is mixedIn much of Latin America, the working class builds uphill: consider the favelas of Rio de Janeiro or the comunas of Medellín. But in flat, landlocked Paraguay’s capital, Asunción, low-income residents and rural migrants have little choice but to settle in low, flood‑prone places.

2 months ago | architectural-review.com | Florence Wright |Manon Mollard |Eleanor Beaumont |Kristina Rapacki

‘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.