Focus
How to get housing through planning: collaborate with the locals
Community-led schemes are getting quality designs built, says Tom Chance
We must stop young architects selling their souls for their careers
To end architecture’s Faustian Pact we need to teach students business skills, says Phil Coffey
Technical Study: Royal Opera House, London
Stanton Williams’ revamp of the Royal Opera House opens up the building to make it more accessible as a public space
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Technical Study: Royal Opera House, London
Stanton Williams’ revamp of the Royal Opera House opens up the building to make it more accessible as a public space
Building Studies
Building Study: South London Gallery, by 6a architects
Building Study: V&A Dundee, by Kengo Kuma & Associates
Building Study: Goldsmiths CCA, London, by Assemble
Building Study: Moor Courts, Surrey, by Coffey Architects
Building Study: Signal Townhouses, Greenwich, by AHMM
Building Study: Arhus harbour baths, Denmark, by Bjarke Ingels
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Winner of 2018 Carbuncle Cup announced
The award no one wants to win goes to town centre regeneration project in Stockport
Latest Digital Edition
BD Digital Edition - August 2018
Highlights from August in a magazine format
We must stop young architects selling their souls for their careers
To end architecture’s Faustian Pact we need to teach students business skills, says Phil Coffey
RIBA's good start on Hackitt
RIBA should be commended for being the first institution to embed the Hackitt Review’s recommendations into its guidance
Living in a shared house doesn’t have to be a last resort
There is nothing wrong with sharing a home providing it has been designed for the purpose and is affordable
Oxford’s failure to teach architecture is a disaster for architects and the country
Britain’s leaders are educated at Oxford – where they never meet an architecture student, writes Ben Flatman
Home is where the hearth is
An Englishman might think his home is a castle but language suggests we’re happier living less isolated lives
What is it about architects and urban design?
Architects love to break the mould – but you ignore the rules of urban design at your peril, says David Rudlin
Gaddafi's paranoia is alive and well in Fitzrovia
Gillian Darley finds herself under uncomfortable scrutiny at Facebook’s new home
Time for fresh thinking at Bishopsgate Goodsyard
As the key East End site comes back on stream, client and architects have a chance to redefine London’s City fringe
Inspirations
Phil Coffey's inspiration: Can Lis, Majorca
Jørn Utzon’s family home in Majorca perfectly sums up the fundamentals of architecture for Phil Coffey
How to get housing through planning: collaborate with the locals
Community-led schemes are getting quality designs built, says Tom Chance
RA show rightly casts Renzo Piano as pragmatist and dreamer
The first big architecture exhibition since David Chipperfield united the two halves of the Royal Academy is a hit
Old buildings bite back - but it's exactly those twists that make refurbs so rewarding
The thrill of repurposing a historic building is worth the inevitable headaches, argues Nicola Rutt
Classicism is in our DNA. Just look at any terraced street
Classicism has been accused of responsibility for the Holocaust and the Grenfell fire but a new generation of architects can see past the baggage
Who do we want to immortalise?
The memorials we erect say more about us than they do about the past, writes Duncan Wilson, as Historic England tries to start a national debate
'Florian’s legacy is assured'
Florian Beigel has inspired generations of architects with his ability to communicate through words, drawings and buildings, says Julian Lewis
World Heritage status - a blessing or curse?
After 30 years as a World Heritage Site, the Tower of London faces being delisted. Does it matter?
Why it's in all our interests to reinvent the almshouse after 1,000 years
While the last decade has seen significant progress in the quality and variety of housing for older people, there is still some way to go
Five of the best urban sun spots
Ike Ijeh searches out the five best UK roof gardens and public spaces to make the most of the summer sun
How Tadao Ando designs with light and darkness
In a skilled architect’s hands the most important building materials are free, says Mary Guzowski
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