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Donald Insall dies aged 100
Conservation pioneer a leader in the protection of historic buildings since the 1950s
Satish Jassal Architects unveils transformation of former horse stable into a two-bed home
Retrofit scheme has retained 70% of building’s original structure
Let’s be specifc: Overheating Q+A with Stuart Smith, Zehnder Group UK
CPD 17 2026: Using XPS insulation below DPC level in cavity walls
EcoCocon straw wall system to feature at timber conference
Poignant Pangolin Shield installation looks backwards to colonial era – and forwards to an age of bamboo construction
CPD 16 2026: Fire safety and wall membranes: understanding their role in building performance
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From housing viability to AI and data centres: the key debates at Building the Future Conference
Hope again? Five key takeaways from Labour conference 2026
How Hastings Commons is building a self-renovating neighbourhood
Poignant Pangolin Shield installation looks backwards to colonial era – and forwards to an age of bamboo construction
Does the Temple Quarter enterprise campus mark a smart move east for Bristol University?
What does the industry need for Burnham’s technical education reforms to succeed?
Bermondsey Heights is a bold attempt to blend ‘beds and sheds’
Reform UK conference: Funding furore overshadows radical planning proposals
‘A distinctive legacy in a now fracturing and confused profession’… Adrian Gale, 1931-2026
270 Park Avenue: The blockbuster HQ that has busted the block
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Specification
Let’s be specifc: Overheating Q+A with Stuart Smith, Zehnder Group UK
Overheating is becoming an increasingly important consideration in building design, with rising summer temperatures adding to the challenge of creating comfortable, energy-efficient buildings. But addressing the risk is not simply a question of adding cooling.
What made this project… 20 Gresham Street by John Robertson Architects
Finalist for Interior Architect of the Year Award 2026, John Robertson Architects guides us through the specification challenges present at 20 Gresham Street
EcoCocon straw wall system to feature at timber conference
Ecological Building Systems will present a wall build-up combining straw and timber panels with wood fibre insulation and airtightness membranes at the Structural Timber Conference
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WA100 Digital Edition
Designing Tomorrow's Housing
Barnsley’s success is still no defence against populism
Happy days: The early 90s, Urban Splash and a time of creativity and risk
Book review: At Home in the City by Alan Power
My response to the new Design Planning Policy Practice Guidance
The long way home: why common parts still matter
We can afford to build greener houses – and there are many good reasons why we should
Remembering Kelvin Campbell: Probably the most influential urban designer of his generation
Where, then, do we really wish to live?
Allies and Morrison completes passivhaus student townhouses in Cambridge
Why we need to rediscover council housing
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Architect of the Year Awards 2025
What made this project… 20 Gresham Street by John Robertson Architects
What made this project… Studentville by Andre Kong Studio
What made this project… Montcalm Mayfair by Holland Harvey
What made this project… Health Sciences Library by HLM Architects
What made this project… Rolikstraat by Common Wonder
What made this project… Greenview House by Paper House Project
What made this project… Wetherby Pembridge School by HLM Architects
What made this project… Scottish Baronial Family Home by iKAD Architects
What made this project… Aquatic Gallery by INI Design Studio
What made this project… Clarkes Way by Greenaway Architecture
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Boomers to Zoomers
In pictures: HTA Design completes dinosaur-themed Crystal Palace Park playground
Intergenerational housing scheme gives students cheaper rent in exchange for befriending older neighbours
Book review: All To Play For – How to design child-friendly housing
Root And Erect’s new King’s Cross play area features sustainable construction, materials and lighting innovation
Designing cities for play: Why child-friendly spaces matter
In pictures: Stanton Williams completes inaugural later living scheme next to Hampstead Heath
This Stirling Prize winner is a model for how we can all live better
Break down the silos – young people won’t see the range of careers our sector offers unless we show them
Carmody Groarke completes ArtPlay Pavilion at Dulwich Picture Gallery
Barratt Redrow commits to accessible playgrounds on all new developments
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In Pictures
In pictures: BDP completes Greenheys research centre at Manchester Science Park
In pictures: HOK completes Merlin Place laboratory in Cambridge
In pictures: Pend’s stylish Canon Mews uses courtyards to maximise a constrained urban site
Fosters completes transformation of former Whiteleys shopping centre into upmarket homes and hotel
In pictures: Article 25’s Kao La Amani children’s village in Tanzania designed for dignity, community and climate resilience
In pictures: HTA Design completes dinosaur-themed Crystal Palace Park playground
In pictures: Haworth Tompkins refreshes Wales’ largest producing theatre
In pictures: Blight Rayner and Snøhetta’s Glasshouse Theatre, Brisbane – wavy glass wonder wall
In pictures: Campfield – adaptive reuse of Victorian market halls as tech hub and workspaces
In pictures: John Puttick Associates’ Preston Vault Youth Zone – fun foil to the city’s famous bus station, with striking interiors by Ben Kelly
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WA100 2026
WA100 2026: The big list
WA100 2026: The best get better
WA100 2026: Heading on up
WA100 2026: Digital edition
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Perhaps architecture needs more tradition, not less
Nigel Ostime has recently been appointed as the new master of the Architects Livery Company. He believes centuries-old institutions still have a valuable role to play in bringing people together around a shared profession
Planning reform alone will not deliver better places
Once the economic constraints lift, developers and local planning authorities must understand the role of design in the process of quality placemaking, argues Ben Derbyshire
Protection of what, exactly? On the title and function debate at AHMM
At a debate last week hosted by the Future Cities Project at AHMM, ahead of the Battle of Ideas Festival on 17 and 18 October, four architects and engineers debated whether an architect’s function, not just the title, should be protected in law. Oriana Fernandez reports
Why building safety cannot be left entirely to the free market: A history of building regulations (part III)
Eleanor Jolliffe considers attempts to reduce and simplify the regulations and how the Grenfell Tower tragedy changed everything
Architects must go beyond carbon in thinking about embodied value
Concerns about emissions have driven interest in adaptive re-use. But embodied carbon is only part of the story. Architects should consider what other forms of value are hidden within existing structures, says Studio Moren’s Dexter Moren
The most important commission a city can make is a vision
Judging this year’s UK Design Capital of the Year award has reminded Martyn Evans that the greatest act of civic design is not designing a building at all — it is deciding what kind of city you want to become
‘This year has been remarkable for London…’ How 10 Design’s Sabrina Klor is creating a new global hub in the capital
The chief executive of global practice 10 Design talks to Building Design about doubling its London headcount, pivoting towards retrofit and reuse, and why she finally felt at home when she landed in the capital
From housing viability to AI and data centres: the key debates at Building the Future Conference
Discussions on viability dominated the fourth annual meeting of construction professionals in London where talk focused on how projects can be delivered in a challenging market
Poignant Pangolin Shield installation looks backwards to colonial era – and forwards to an age of bamboo construction
The Pangolin Shield is one of the highlights of this year’s London Design Festival: an installation that speaks poetically of colonial legacies and ecological exploitation, but also offers a positive message about the transformative power of creativity – not to mention some practical lessons about the structural possibilities of bamboo
Bermondsey Heights is a bold attempt to blend ‘beds and sheds’
Maccreanor Lavington’s mixed-use scheme in south-east London weaves together housing and industrial space within a tight urban setting
‘A distinctive legacy in a now fracturing and confused profession’… Adrian Gale, 1931-2026
Matthew Lloyd looks back at the long life and career of his friend Adrian Gale, who died in July
UK Design Capital of the year: How Cardiff is rethinking its industrial heritage to drive regeneration
In the last of our UK Design Capital series, Joey Gardiner looks at how Cardiff has used placemaking to rebuild its future after a potentially existential decline with the collapse of the coal and steel industries
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How Hastings Commons is building a self-renovating neighbourhood
Does the Temple Quarter enterprise campus mark a smart move east for Bristol University?
Bermondsey Heights is a bold attempt to blend ‘beds and sheds’
270 Park Avenue: The blockbuster HQ that has busted the block
Cambridge South station offers a gentler model for growth on the science fringe
The Whiteley: Fosters transforms a piece of Bayswater history
How Studio Verve is keeping Harringay warehouse district alive
Olympia reborn: How London’s historic exhibition venue has been revitalised for the modern age
The Quentin Blake Centre for Illustration: Tim Ronalds Architects reanimates New River Head
Serpentine Pavilion 2026 – first ever brick pavilion, by Atelier LANZA, is subtle, intelligent and really very good
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Reviews
Book review: 100 21st-Century Buildings by the Twentieth Century Society
Book review: Palace of the Ether – Broadcasting House and the Architecture of the BBC 1922-32
Book review: Where We Live, by Jonathan Glancey
Book review – Royal Festival Hall: A Living Icon
Review - Roaming Britain: Gypsy and Traveller Homes at RIBA North
Book review: Totems: Selected Essays on Architecture, by Irénée Scalbert
Book review: At Home in the City by Alan Power
Caruso St John's Collected Works, Volume 3: ‘The book’s beauty is matched by its heft’
Book review: Case Studies in Architecture and Landscape: Expanding the Legacy of Peter Blundell Jones
The long way home: why common parts still matter
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