Designing Social Value
When someone mentions value engineering, bring up social value
Investing in good design from the start reaps long-term social and financial benefits, writes Julia Park
Nick Deeming: Architects must find a way to measure their indirect social value
The biggest thing architects have to offer is still the hardest to quantify, says the Faulkner Browns partner
Ted Cullinan: Architect, builder, educator, storyteller
Peter Clegg pays tribute to the visionary architect who eschewed labels and did things his own way
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Buildings
Building Study: Walker’s Court, Soho, by Soda Studio
Technical Study: Stratford Pavilion by Acme
Building Study: Zayed Centre, Great Ormond Street, by Stanton Williams
Building Study: Marmalade Lane, Cambridge, by Mole Architects
Technical Study: Science Museum supporters’ centre, by Hat Projects
Building Study: The Twist, Norway, by BIG
Technical Study: Beaconsfield Mews cohousing, London, by Stolon Studio
Building Study: Tintagel Bridge, Cornwall, by William Matthews Associates
Technical Study: North West Cambridge housing by Stanton Williams
Building Study: James Simon Galerie, Berlin, by David Chipperfield
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BD Digital Edition - October 2019
Highlights from October in a magazine format
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Inspirations
Delvendahl Martin’s inspiration: Katsura Imperial Villa, Kyoto
Nikolai Delvendahl and Eric Martin explain how the modernist view of the imperial palace misses all the emotion
Making the world a better place - through design
Building Design has launched a new initiative placing social value at the heart of our coverage
When someone mentions value engineering, bring up social value
Investing in good design from the start reaps long-term social and financial benefits, writes Julia Park
Nick Deeming: Architects must find a way to measure their indirect social value
The biggest thing architects have to offer is still the hardest to quantify, says the Faulkner Browns partner
Chris Harding: We’re developing a practice-wide strategy on social value
BDP’s commitment to what it calls shared value has grown from its socially progressive roots, says the practice’s chair
We must listen or suffer the consequences
We need to start measuring how our projects affect the happiness of children and the loneliness of old folks, writes Martyn Evans
Specification
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How to use video to communicate more effectively with clients
Peter Dye advises architects on how to make films with impact. It’s simpler than you think
In a flap about fake Morley’s chicken shops
Three architects are exhibiting their photographs of a south London phenomenon. Jens Kongstad, Nick Blomstrand and William Molho explain why
Don’t call me a ‘conservation architect’!
Vitruvius’ principles are no less relevant when working with old buildings. Richard Griffiths calls for an end to a false distinction
Making sense of façade retention: How we rebuilt Spitalfields’ Fruit & Wool Exchange
As a new book is published attacking the 'creeping plague of facadism’, architect Rab Bennetts responds by recounting the story behind one scheme
Time is running out to save this Aalto-influenced masterpiece
It will be a tragedy if Bob Giles’ West London College is demolished next year, writes Tom Cordell
The verdict: Ike Ijeh on the 2019 Stirling Prize winner
BD’s architecture critic suggests the judges allowed populism to influence their decision more than architecture
It takes more than a design guide to produce quality council housing
Governance, procurement and culture are the real hurdles, says Claire Bennie
Look north: The Stirling Prize after Brexit
The prize’s overwhelming southern bias is symptomatic of what prompted many to vote leave, says Tom Brooksbank
Esther McVey is wrong about architecture in every dimension
Housing minister’s much-ridiculed discovery of ‘3D architects’ betrays a deeper misunderstanding, writes Robert Adam
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