Articles by Rupert Bickersteth

In this week’s comments update, readers are discussing whether energy savings from home insulation “vanish” after four years and Pelli Clarke & Partners’ Mexico City skyscraper. The US architecture studio has completed the 267-metre-tall Mitikah skyscraper, which is now the tallest in Mexico City. Mitikah is located in the low-rise neighbourhood of Benito Jaurez. In order

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In this week’s comments update, readers are discussing how Mikhail Riches has restored the “original beauty” of brutalist Park Hill estate in Sheffield. A palette of green, blue and purple animates the latest phase of the redevelopment of Park Hill estate in Sheffield, recently completed by Stirling Prize-winning studio Mikhail Riches. The London architecture studio created 195 contemporary homes

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In this week’s comments update, readers are discussing BIG’s completion of the tallest building in Quito, Ecuador. A facade of cascading balconies defines the concrete IQON tower near La Carolina park in Quito, which is Danish architecture studio BIG’s first completed project in South America The 133-metre-high skyscraper is now the tallest building in Ecuador’s capital. Comprising 20 residential

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In this week’s comments update, readers are discussing Denizen Works’ house with “a sense of drama” that overlooks a Scottish loch. Recycled and crushed TV screens cover the external walls of the large seven-bedroom house, creating a low-maintenance, grey pebbledash-like finish. The focal point of the interior is a central, double-height hall designed to accommodate

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