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Civic acquires New Practice to expand place-based expertise

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New Practice has worked on a diverse range of projects for clients such as Grosvenor, Regal London, and LandsecU+I

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Planning permission granted for tor&co’s Portland waste energy facility

Scheme is expected to process up to 202,000 tonnes of waste per annum and generate 15 megawatts of electricity

  • Manufacturers must act in meeting the UK Net Zero Carbon Buildings Standard

  • What made this project… Triangle House by Artefact Studio

  • CPD 15 2024: Digital workflow technology

  • Bio-based buildings: “The route to market would be a cautious one”

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Have we learned the lessons of Grenfell? Architectural education is in the spotlight

Neal Shasore makes a call for deeper reform in how architects are trained and held accountable post-Grenfell

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  • On-demand case study: Alex Smith, Partner, Sheppard Robson on Pall Mall Court

  • On-demand case study: Stuart Fraser, partner, Make Architects on the New Bailey masterplan

  • On-demand case study: Michael Riley, architect director, BDP on Warwick University

Architect of the Year Awards 2024

  • What made this project… Monex HQ by Arquid

  • What made this project… Triangle House by Artefact Studio

  • What made this project… the London Institute for Healthcare Engineering by HLM Architects

  • AYA 2024 shortlists: Refurbishment and Reinvention Architect of the Year

  • AYA 2024 shortlists: Private Housing Architect of the Year

  • What made this project… Brighton Dome by Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios

  • AYA 2024 shortlists: One Off Small Project of the Year

  • AYA 2024 shortlists: Public and Social Housing Architect of the Year

  • AYA 2024 shortlists: Young Architect of the Year, sponsored by Ryno

  • AYA 2024 shortlists: WA100 International Architect of the Year

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Boomers to Zoomers

  • A triangular community: how Author brings generations together at King’s Cross

  • Teenagers collaborate on King’s Cross timber pavilion

  • Co-living: Where does it go from here?

  • LDA and Matt+Fiona collaborate with youth group on HS2 ‘meanwhile use’ community garden

  • From the ground up: Ackroyd Lowrie on a mission to turn school leavers into architects with real work experience

  • Creating communities for all: Jenny Buterchi on PRP’s vision for age-inclusive living

  • Building communities, not just homes: The case for intergenerational living

  • How Essex teenagers are shaping their community with a little help from MATT+FIONA

  • Housing providers and charities urge government to adopt accessibility standards for new-build homes

  • Meet Fern the diplodocus, star of a Natural History Museum garden redesign

In Pictures

  • Project Orange unveils vernacular-inspired housing scheme in Suffolk

  • Fosters completes ‘groundbreaking’ NYC headquarters with OXMAN

  • Canary Wharf showcases ‘green spine’ after teaming up with Eden Project

  • Haworth Tompkins unveils £14.5m transformation of London’s Warburg Institute

  • Fathom reimagines user experience at 2 Pancras Square

  • Fosters serves up completed Spanish winery project

  • BDP completes Cheltenham transport hub

  • UK’s largest Passivhaus school opens its doors to pupils

  • RSHP completes Arden Station as key element of Melbourne’s metro expansion

  • Bennetts Associates completes £30m theatre revamp in Hertford

Reviews

  • ‘A fantastic, informative, and in-depth resource’: new guide helps illuminate the architecture apprenticeship pathway

  • Playing the Game: Work-Life Balance in Architecture

  • How to make good cities

  • The Mexican connection: How Sordo Madaleno built a global practice across the generations

  • BD Film Club: Empire of Light revisited

  • Modern Buildings in Blackheath and Greenwich: London 1950-2000

  • Dhaka Architectural Guide: ‘A city changing at a dizzying speed’

  • Londoners Making London: ‘There is a gap in physical space that creative, determined people fill’

  • Inclusion Emergency: ‘An emergency that we can no longer afford to ignore’

  • Carlos Moreno’s 15-Minute City: Visionary urbanism or just recycled ideas?

WA100 2024

  • WA100 2024: Architects expect patchy international growth

  • WA100 2024: The big list

  • WA100 2024: Digital edition

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Why we need a built environment GCSE to inspire the next generation of professionals

2024-10-04T05:00:00+01:00By

We need a revolution in the way we attract talent to the industry, says RICS president Tina Paillet

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Have we learned the lessons of Grenfell? Architectural education is in the spotlight

2024-10-03T05:00:00+01:00By 2 comments

Neal Shasore makes a call for deeper reform in how architects are trained and held accountable post-Grenfell

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Can design codes help to create 1.5 million high-quality homes?

2024-10-02T05:00:00+01:00By

Design codes offer a pathway to sustainable housing development in line with new planning goals, writes Matilda Agace

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The same old story: steel, bollards, and a dash of green at Old Street

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A complicated project brings minimal joy – unless you’re a fan of bollards, writes Sophie Thompson

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Bio-based buildings: ‘Changes in materials are important, but so too is the milieu in which they emerge'

2024-09-30T05:00:00+01:00By Richard Francis

Richard Francis takes a look at how wider changes in ESG are further challenging regulation and conventional business practice, suggesting that bio-based materials and processes represent a risk-reducing, value-adding trajectory for the future

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Public Practice: Why the public sector is uniquely positioned to foster cross-disciplinary collaboration

2024-09-27T05:00:00+01:00By

Cross-disciplinary thinking in the public sector is key to addressing climate change, social justice, and urban development, writes David Chambers

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  • ‘A glimpse of new horizons’: Cooke Fawcett’s reworking of Cockpit’s craft incubator

  • A harmonious blend of context and concept: Mass Studies reimagines the Serpentine Pavilion

  • Under The Big Roof… Charity unites generations and nurtures skills that last a lifetime

  • London College of Fashion strikes a pose with new campus by Allies & Morrison

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