AJ 22.05.25: Out

AJ 22.05.25: OutOur special edition explores, spotlights and celebrates the LGBTQ+ communitys rich contribution to architecture, providing much affirmation and inspiration: the AJ is going Out. We present thought provoking discussions about queer culture, about whose voices are heard, who gets to occupy space and where. Space is political, and that feels especially so at present. The RCAs Gem Barton, who leads the Architecture LGBT+ Academic Champions Network, has a

An accompanying essay by RCKa’s Russell Curtis explores how homes can be delivered both at speed and at scale

We feature three examples of simple projects on modest budgets that have made a substantial impact: a skate bowl in Devon by IDK

Ellis Woodman on the crisis facing architectural book publishing

Mole Architects’ Fijal House in Cambridgeshire

and here’s to 2023

Warwick Street office and retail in Soho by Squire & Partners

Flooring: Barnaby by Built Works and Morrisstudio

Reiach and Hall and Michael Laird’s City of Glasgow College City Campus

There is so much talent and vision

the Bayes Centre at the University of Edinburgh by Bennetts Associates

IF_DO’s retrofit of Hastings’ Observer Building – once a vacant heritage asset

Toko Andrews and David Grandorge