22nd January 2026
January news: Two Temple Place’s new flagship show, MOULD’s new book and a decade of O’DonnellBrown
A new exhibition explores art and mental health; CHYBIK + KRISTOF joins Zetteler; inside alma-nac’s Retrofit House; and MOULD write the book on architecture and climate.
Maureen Scott, Mother and Child at Breaking Point, 1970, oil on board. Courtesy of Bethlem Museum of the Mind.
Two Temple Place
Major new exhibition tackles mental health
Major new exhibition tackles mental health
The cultural calendar is starting off strong. This Saturday, Two Temple Place opens a major exhibition about mental health – thinking about the strains and stresses of life, from navigating the workplace to interpersonal relationships and wider societal change.
Big names including Lubaina Himid will feature alongside a major focus on the lesser-known artist John Wilson McCracken, who notably spent his career outside of London in Hartlepool after being hospitalised due to mental health while a student at the Slade School of Art.
The programme builds on curator Angela Thomas’ work at Hartlepool Art Gallery and their ongoing collaboration with suicide-prevention charity Andy’s Man Club on the connection between art and mental health. Community + curation = powerful art!
Visit for free
Big names including Lubaina Himid will feature alongside a major focus on the lesser-known artist John Wilson McCracken, who notably spent his career outside of London in Hartlepool after being hospitalised due to mental health while a student at the Slade School of Art.
The programme builds on curator Angela Thomas’ work at Hartlepool Art Gallery and their ongoing collaboration with suicide-prevention charity Andy’s Man Club on the connection between art and mental health. Community + curation = powerful art!
Visit for free
Winery Lahofer, Czechia by CHYBIK + KRISTOF.
CHYBIK + KRISTOF
Architecture practice renowned for creative reuse
Architecture practice renowned for creative reuse
One of Europe’s most forward-thinking practices, CHYBIK + KRISTOF has been leading the way on the ‘creative reuse of cities’ over the past 15 years. Committed to a regenerative approach to architecture that foregrounds community, cultural heritage and contextual sensitivity, the practice has built an ambitious portfolio that taps into much of what excites us about the possibilities of architecture today.
2026 is set to be a busy year for CH + K. With offices in London, Prague, Brno and Bratislava, the studio is active across Europe, working on a plethora of residential projects, mixed-use masterplans, cultural landmarks and large-scale transformations of public space. This year, you can expect to see some of its most impressive work yet.
Meet the team
2026 is set to be a busy year for CH + K. With offices in London, Prague, Brno and Bratislava, the studio is active across Europe, working on a plethora of residential projects, mixed-use masterplans, cultural landmarks and large-scale transformations of public space. This year, you can expect to see some of its most impressive work yet.
Meet the team
Tour photo courtesy of London National Park City.
London National Park City
Global grassroots movement to turn cities green
Global grassroots movement to turn cities green
The National Park City movement is a grassroots effort worldwide to make cities greener, healthier and wilder. The campaign is led by local residents in each city – with successes and learnings shared internationally – and fights for city-wide action to make life better for people, wildlife and nature.
London became the world's first National Park City in 2019, with dozens of other campaigns currently underway, including: Belfast, Glasgow, Rotterdam, Southampton and Cardiff.
Park life
London became the world's first National Park City in 2019, with dozens of other campaigns currently underway, including: Belfast, Glasgow, Rotterdam, Southampton and Cardiff.
Park life
Take A Bow Opportunity Centre in East Kilmarnock by O’DonnellBrown. Photo by David Barbour.
O’DonnellBrown
Community-centred architects celebrate first decade in Scotland
Community-centred architects celebrate first decade in Scotland
The award-winning Glasgow-based architects with a reputation for retrofit and a community-focused philosophy, O’DonnellBrown, are celebrating their 10-year anniversary in Scotland.
With particular strengths in retrofit and regeneration – exemplified by projects including New Olympia House and Pipe Factory – the eight-strong team is passionate about tackling societal and environmental challenges through architecture.
Architects with a master plan
With particular strengths in retrofit and regeneration – exemplified by projects including New Olympia House and Pipe Factory – the eight-strong team is passionate about tackling societal and environmental challenges through architecture.
Architects with a master plan
Photo from event with Fosters & Partners x Disordinary Architecture, courtesy of Disability Urbanism.
Disability Urbanism
Consultancy making cities accessible for all
Consultancy making cities accessible for all
Disability Urbanism knows how to connect the dots to drive meaningful change. Founded by Amanprit Arnold, who was born Deaf, the consultancy works with the big-hitters of the built environment – including the likes of the Crown Estate and the Greater London Authority, Foster + Partners and Urban Land Institute – to use real-world data and industry best practice to make our cities and spaces truly accessible for everyone.
Access all areas
Access all areas
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alma-nac’s 68 Erith Hub, offering a new shared public space to Erith’s community. Photo © Jim Stephenson.
alma-nac
Unveiling a new ‘third space’: 68 Erith Hub
Unveiling a new ‘third space’: 68 Erith Hub
A welcoming new ‘third space’ – somewhere open to the public that is neither home, work or school – has opened in south-east London: 68 Erith Hub, a multi-purpose community centre designed by alma-nac architects. Transforming a long-empty commercial unit owned by Bexley Council, alma-nac’s design explores various approaches to inclusivity, resulting in two distinct areas: the Square and the Living Room.
Now open and managed by local charity, the Greenwich Cooperative Development Agency (GCDA), the building seeks to support a wide range of neighbourhood uses – creating a welcoming space that people can gather, spend time, and use as they wish.
Step inside
Now open and managed by local charity, the Greenwich Cooperative Development Agency (GCDA), the building seeks to support a wide range of neighbourhood uses – creating a welcoming space that people can gather, spend time, and use as they wish.
Step inside
Graphic from Architecture is Climate, 2023. Image courtesy of MOULD.
MOULD
New book reshapes conversations about architecture and climate
New book reshapes conversations about architecture and climate
Launching at the tail end of last year, the new book by MOULD Collective, Architecture is Climate, caught the imaginations across the built-environment industry and beyond. Through eight key themes – knowledge, economy, land, resources, infrastructure, work, policy and culture – it explores how climate breakdown is reshaping every aspect of architectural thinking and doing.
Urgent and provocatively argued, the conversation it kickstarted is continuing to ripple through the industry.
Turn the page
Urgent and provocatively argued, the conversation it kickstarted is continuing to ripple through the industry.
Turn the page
Photography by Paul Stringer. Courtesy of CIVIC SQUARE.
CIVIC SQUARE
Behind the scenes in Birmingham’s Retrofit House
Behind the scenes in Birmingham’s Retrofit House
When Retrofit House in Birmingham was announced – a Victorian terraced house transformed to showcase an innovative retrofit with biomaterials – architects and journalists were excited. Countless articles in design magazines and mainstream newspapers were captivated – this was a vision of the future, manifesting at the scale of a neighbourhood.
CIVIC SQUARE, Material Cultures and Dark Matter Labs were leading the way by demonstrating what building better looked like, and crucially, were bringing the community along with them. Today, following a successful open day with residents, we’re delighted to share images of the house, and will have more information about future open days soon.
Welcome to the neighbourhood
CIVIC SQUARE, Material Cultures and Dark Matter Labs were leading the way by demonstrating what building better looked like, and crucially, were bringing the community along with them. Today, following a successful open day with residents, we’re delighted to share images of the house, and will have more information about future open days soon.
Welcome to the neighbourhood
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Graphic by Tom Sewell.
Zetteler
Announcing 26 for 2026
Announcing 26 for 2026
Every year, the Zetteler team comes together to create a list of the people and projects we’re excited to see and hear more from in the months ahead. Well, we’re proud to say it’s here once again: 26 people giving us hope in 2026.
Bringing together a diverse line-up of creatives and activists, the themes reflect what’s on our minds – everything from community empowerment to fighting the climate crisis, via digital citizenship and the future of libraries.
Read the round-up!
Bringing together a diverse line-up of creatives and activists, the themes reflect what’s on our minds – everything from community empowerment to fighting the climate crisis, via digital citizenship and the future of libraries.
Read the round-up!
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