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We need to talk about greenwash
Designing an airport that looks like a tree does not make it green. The profession needs to watch its language, says Rob Fiehn in a piece to mark Earth Day
The Coach: How to make a success of returning to the office
After so long at home the office could feel like sensory overload. Louise Rodgers suggests how to adjust well
Technical Study: Park Crescent, Regent’s Park, by PDP London
Amanda Birch talks to the architects who demolished and rebuilt a grade I-listed Nash crescent – for a second time
The dangers of white sky thinking
We should be wary of attempts to geo-engineer our way out of the climate crisis, writes David Rudlin
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50 Wonders | Murray Kerr: Brasilia
The Denizen Works founder feels small in the heroically scaled Brazilian city
50 Wonders | Jo Wright: Neues Museum, Berlin
The Arup director was beguiled by the masterful rebuilding of Berlin’s war-ravaged museum when she returned to the city where her career began
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Net Zero Live webinar | What are the implications of the Future Buildings & Homes Standards for the industry?
Net Zero Live webinar | Are traditional housebuilding methods holding back the carbon agenda?
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The Coach: How to make a success of returning to the office
After so long at home the office could feel like sensory overload. Louise Rodgers suggests how to adjust well
The dangers of white sky thinking
We should be wary of attempts to geo-engineer our way out of the climate crisis, writes David Rudlin
Too little too late for MMC research
Homes England’s study will be influencing housing delivery in several years’ time. We need it right now, Andrew Mellor says
Could our year of crafting revive the craft of building?
The whole country has gone mad for making and even housebuilders are talking about beauty. This is our moment – seize it, says Eleanor Jolliffe
The Coach: Turning off the mute button
After so long living a life of restrictions, emerging from this latest lockdown poses a new set of challenges. So take it slowly, writes Louise Rodgers
In the battle against austerity we need the Mighty Morphin Whalley Rangers
A new report for the Quality of Life Foundation focuses on what communities can do to shape their areas, writes David Rudlin
50 Wonders | Murray Kerr: Brasilia
Technical Study: Park Crescent, Regent’s Park, by PDP London
50 Wonders | Jo Wright: Neues Museum, Berlin
50 Wonders | Chris Harding: Ronchamp
50 Wonders | Nicholas Grimshaw: Bauhaus, Dessau
Barony Campus by Sheppard Robson: Scotland’s new super school
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
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‘Church could transform construction industry’
Taking a long-term view and demanding higher standards would set a new benchmark, argues chair of housing commission
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We need to talk about greenwash
Designing an airport that looks like a tree does not make it green. The profession needs to watch its language, says Rob Fiehn in a piece to mark Earth Day
Material shortages are beginning to look like a long-term issue
Short-term supply disruption could be an early warning of a longer-term problem for the UK’s construction sector, warns Simon Rawlinson
Review: Slogans and Battlecries by Paul Shepheard
Nicholas de Klerk enjoys a book that offers another way into architecture
Rethinking Design: How to make leisure and hospitality safe – and fun
Analysis: How will the leisure sector adapt to post-covid restrictions while satisfying our craving for excitement and social interaction? Debika Ray reports
Our suburbs are a messy, quirky patchwork. This makes radical thinking all the more important
Turn Nimbys into Yimbys by giving them a stake in the development process, argues Ben Derbyshire
Is this what you mean by transparency on viability, RBKC?
There is a desperate shortage of affordable housing in Kensington and the council is planning to build some beside Trellick Tower. But Emma Dent Coad has some unanswered questions
Designing out stigma from mental health facilities should start with demolishing walls
The time has come to integrate mental health facilities into the centre of our communities, writes Christopher Shaw
In pictures: Thirty years of Lacaton & Vassal
Gallery: Half a dozen of the Pritzker Prize-winners’ best projects
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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
Analysis: How the church can use its land to ease the nation’s housing crisis
What can one of the UK’s biggest landowners do to put its resources where its mouth is? Elizabeth Hopkirk reports
Angela Brady’s inspiration: Aarhus town hall, Denmark
The former RIBA president first went to Denmark as a student to study co-housing but fell in love with this gesamtkunstwerk
Building Study: 22 Handyside Street, King’s Cross, by Coffey Architects
The YAYA winner’s shimmering King’s Cross office more than justifies the developer’s decision to put its faith in emerging talent, writes Elizabeth Hopkirk
‘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
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
We need to talk about greenwash
Designing an airport that looks like a tree does not make it green. The profession needs to watch its language, says Rob Fiehn in a piece to mark Earth Day
HS2 seeks architects from diverse backgrounds for design panel
Railway also recruiting urban and landscape designers and sustainability specialists
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