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Put self-interest aside and focus on the future of the profession
The response in some quarters to the Future Architects Front’s concerns reflects a profession with work to do to improve its practices and image, writes Eleanor Jolliffe
Rethinking Design: How can we prepare schools for another pandemic?
Jordan Marshall reports on how architects are trying to future-proof school buildings while making new-builds net zero
The future standards initiatives imply action – but fail to provide key detail
Despite a huge response to its consultations the government has yet to give industry the guidance it needs for a national response to the climate crisis, Seb Laan Lomas and Joe Giddings write
50 Wonders | Christopher Lee: Moriyama House, Tokyo
The Serie Architects principal introduces the latest in our 50th birthday series
50 Wonders | Sarah Wigglesworth: Teatro Regio, Turin
The architect behind the influential Stock Orchard Street project introduces the latest in our series
WA100 2021: Brighter light on the horizon
The world is a different place from this time last year
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Put self-interest aside and focus on the future of the profession
The response in some quarters to the Future Architects Front’s concerns reflects a profession with work to do to improve its practices and image, writes Eleanor Jolliffe
The Coach: What got us here isn’t going to get us there
Working from home will be more complicated once lockdown eases and directors may have to take tough decisions, writes Louise Rodgers
Kids doing wheelies, and other ways of valuing land
Much work needs to be done in joining up the agendas of food, homes and health – but interesting things are happening, writes Flora Samuel
Unlocking the code with one of its authors
Writing exclusively for Building Design, David Rudlin, who worked on the new national model design code, argues it will give ammunition to planners
National Gallery contest is an amazing opportunity – which should be shared
If the director is serious about ‘healing the nation’ he needs to address that with a more diverse procurement process, writes Elizabeth Hopkirk
In the face of planning deregulation, the new design codes might be our last line of defence
Will they prove strong enough to save our high streets, asks Julia Park
Building Study: 22 Handyside Street, King’s Cross, by Coffey Architects
50 Wonders | Christopher Lee: Moriyama House, Tokyo
Building Study: Barts Square, London, by Sheppard Robson
50 Wonders | Sarah Wigglesworth: Teatro Regio, Turin
50 Wonders | Jeremy Dixon: Hill House Pergola, Hampstead
Projects of 2020: Triumph and tragedy
50 Wonders | Matthew Carmona: Pompidou Centre
Technical Study: Old Admiralty Building, London by BDP
50 Wonders | John Allan: Finsbury Health Centre
50 Wonders | Cindy Walters: Benedictine chapel, Las Condes, Chile
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Designing the road to recovery from the coronavirus crisis
Architects are playing their part in the country’s hour of need. Our Proud to Help campaign recognises your efforts
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Rethinking Design: How can we prepare schools for another pandemic?
Jordan Marshall reports on how architects are trying to future-proof school buildings while making new-builds net zero
The future standards initiatives imply action – but fail to provide key detail
Despite a huge response to its consultations the government has yet to give industry the guidance it needs for a national response to the climate crisis, Seb Laan Lomas and Joe Giddings write
The age of ostentation is over
Scrapping the Centre for Music and tinkering with the National Gallery mark the start of a quieter era, says former director Charles Saumarez Smith
‘It’s about justice’ – meet England’s first bishop for housing
The Church of England publishes a report on the housing crisis this weekend. Refugee-turned-bishop Guli Francis-Dehqani tells Elizabeth Hopkirk she is serious about turning recommendations into actions
Government’s Green Homes Grant fiasco is either bumbling incompetence or callous disregard
The failure to properly fund domestic retrofit puts a critical national programme further out of reach, writes Thomas Lane
Watch Phil Coffey talk about 22 Handyside Street
The founder of Coffey Architects explains the importance of light to the practice’s latest project
The vision behind the welfare state is a model for how to rebuild after covid
Government planning reforms are doomed to fail because they pit opposing goals against each other for reasons of expediency, writes Roland Karthaus
Here’s what a design code can’t do, minister
There are some fundamental issues the government must address before its new model design code can make any difference, writes Jas Bhalla
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WA100 2021: Digital edition
Building Design’s annual analysis of the state of play in architecture, listing all the top practices, identifying the leaders in different specialisms, markets and regions, and looking to the year ahead in architecture
Long reads
In defence of the Sainsbury Wing
From the BD archive: Denise Scott Brown wrote this essay when the project opened, but she chose not to publish it for 20 years to avoid ruffling feathers
Race, class and confidence: Architecture needs a bigger tent
The lack of racial diversity on Southwark’s ‘inclusive’ framework is a symptom of a wider problem, writes Richard Gatti, whose YAYA-winning small practice was one of the successful firms
Running on empty: Whatever happened to the Nightingales?
The Nightingale hospitals, built in record time, were a proud moment for the industry. But with patient numbers overwhelming the NHS, Elizabeth Hopkirk asks why they never fulfilled their original promise
Technical Study: Floating church, London
Denizen Works explains how VW Campervans and an organ bellows inspired a highly unusual place of worship
Edmund Fowles’ inspiration: Roosenberg Abbey, Flanders
The Feilden Fowles director on a remote Belgian monastery designed by a monk who devised his own version of the golden ratio
Technical Study: Pitzhanger Manor, London
How Julian Harrap Architects and Jestico & Whiles recreated a bit of Soane bling at his grade I-listed country house
Put self-interest aside and focus on the future of the profession
The response in some quarters to the Future Architects Front’s concerns reflects a profession with work to do to improve its practices and image, writes Eleanor Jolliffe
Nimtim Architects wins Becontree centenary competition
Public realm contest at Britain’s biggest council estate was aimed at diverse practices
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