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50 Wonders | Dav Bansal: Lakeshore Drive Apartments
Dav Bansal recalls the thrill of visiting Mies’ influential Chicago towers for the first time
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The Coach: Let’s reflect, not ruminate, on 2021
As we look back on our year and prepare for the one ahead, Louise Rodgers explains how to shift from a closed-mind state to an open one with space for new thoughts and ideas
Creative thinking and collaborative tension can help solve a towering dilemma
High-rise blocks represent a huge challenge for the urban architect if they are to fulfil residents’ needs and have a positive impact on the environment. Eleanor Joliffe calls for some fresh thinking, from conception to construction
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Listen: Feilden Fowles and Webb Yates on reusing materials
The final Building Talks… Net Zero podcast visits Fergus Feilden and Edmund Fowles down on their farm | Webb Yates engineers on the barriers to reusing concrete and steel | Simon Wyatt of Cundall on heat pumps
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Webinar | Construction Innovation Hub’s 2021 round up
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Architect of the Year Awards
Feilden Fowles named Architect of the Year 2021
Ebba crowned Young Architect of the Year 2021
Winners of Stratford Design Challenge announced
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The Coach: Let’s reflect, not ruminate, on 2021
As we look back on our year and prepare for the one ahead, Louise Rodgers explains how to shift from a closed-mind state to an open one with space for new thoughts and ideas
Creative thinking and collaborative tension can help solve a towering dilemma
High-rise blocks represent a huge challenge for the urban architect if they are to fulfil residents’ needs and have a positive impact on the environment. Eleanor Joliffe calls for some fresh thinking, from conception to construction
What can we learn from designing for the sacred?
One small Ugandan practice reaches into the past to inform a contemporary monastic complex in the south of the country, writes Ben Flatman
If our training is changing, that must be a good thing
Arb has a new vision of architectural education. Well, bring it on, writes Matthew Lloyd
Why more architects should write children’s books
An understanding of the built environment and the careers it offers must be seeded at an early age, urges Siu-Pei Choi
Monday-Tuesday, happy days?
How do we decide whether and when WFH devotees should be forced into the office, asks Martyn Evans
We must make a better case for new housing
The prospect of new housing is almost always greeted with horror by local people. It is time that this changed, says David Rudlin
What’s stopping us from measuring embodied carbon?
Why isn’t an embodied carbon assessment done as standard on every project, asks engineer Anna Beckett
Heat and Buildings Strategy requires major commitment. Let’s hope it works
Property owners are advised to take a holistic approach to the retrofit of their buildings to meet future needs and emissions targets, writes Andrew Mellor
Manufacturers and suppliers, this message is (mainly) for you
Hitting sustainability targets is an exciting challenge, but Eleanor Jolliffe thinks it almost impossible without the full buy-in of client, design and construction teams
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50 Wonders | Dav Bansal: Lakeshore Drive Apartments
50 Wonders | Yasmin Al-Ani Spence: Villa Tugendhat
Building Study: St Hilda’s College, Oxford by Gort Scott
50 Wonders | John Tuomey: The Aran Islands, Ireland
Technical Study: Restoring Birmingham Selfridges’ cladding
50 Wonders | Terry Farrell: The Great Mosque at Córdoba, Andalucía
50 Wonders | Simon Allford: Notre-Dame de Raincy
50 Wonders | Deborah Saunt: Royal Vauxhall Tavern
Technical Study: Cutting 75% of emissions from Powell & Moya’s Wolfson College, Oxford
50 Wonders | Karen Cook: Place des Vosges, Paris
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Winners of Stratford Design Challenge announced
Judges of Building [Re]Design ideas competition award a first prize and a highly commended
Stratford Design Challenge finalists: part V
We showcase the best entries in our Building [Re]Design competition
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Future of the Profession
We need to talk about the future of the profession
Climate crisis, the Grenfell tragedy and the biggest professional shake-up for 60 years, not to mention a global pandemic and Brexit. Never has it been more critical to shape the way forward. Building Design invites you to join an urgent conversation
This changes everything! Why architects should embrace integrated project insurance
Cullinan Studio designed one of the first completed building projects to use the IPI model. Partner Peter Inglis explains how it works and its implications for architects
What are we trying to say when we get our buildings photographed?
Fine art or photojournalism: architects have a choice that cuts to the heart of the profession when they commission photography, says Daniel Elsea
Listen: Feilden Fowles and Webb Yates on reusing materials
The final Building Talks… Net Zero podcast visits Fergus Feilden and Edmund Fowles down on their farm | Webb Yates engineers on the barriers to reusing concrete and steel | Simon Wyatt of Cundall on heat pumps
Interview: Maria Smith on the rising tide of greenwash
Post-COP26: ‘I’m just as angry, just as hopeful, just as pessimistic’
Listen: Tees Valley mayor on scaling up hydrogen production
Podcast: Also hear from Maria Smith on policies to get us to net zero
Who is Sarah Allan?
Government’s new head of architecture has 25 years’ experience in public and private sectors
You downsized your practice in the pandemic. Here’s how to rebuild
Architectural recruitment specialist Martin Bennell on how to attract the best new staff
Tulip decision shows the new London Plan is working
Historic England chief executive Duncan Wilson explains why the government’s ruling should be welcomed
Views from COP26: The mood from industry leaders in Glasgow
This week the Building Talks… Net Zero podcast hears from major contractors at COP | Cundall’s Simon Wyatt explains the Greenhouse Gas Protocol
The pandemic has made designing offices more interesting
Covid has forced a new focus on how and where we work. We should rise to the challenge and opportunities, says Joe Morris
Tulip decision will hurt the hard-pressed City
Michael Gove’s decision to reject developer’s appeal is a missed opportunity, says Peter Murray
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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: What on earth is happening at the RIBA?
Many have tried to change it; many have come away bruised. Some even question its purpose. As Simon Allford prepares to take the reins, Elizabeth Hopkirk asks whether he stands a chance of getting the institute back on course
It’s all about finding the words: opening doors for deaf architects
The absence of agreed signs for architectural terms is a major barrier for deaf people seeking to enter the profession. Chris Laing tells Elizabeth Hopkirk how he plans to change that
Westminster’s heartbreaking work of staggering folly
The Marble Arch Mound is no laughing matter, writes Will Jennings
Shifting that stubborn needle on inclusion and prejudice
Architecture needs a sea change to improve diversity, writes Sarah Akigbogun
When neighbours are strangers
Can design strengthen community spirit, asks Tobi Sobowale
Museum of the Home, Hoxton by Wright & Wright Architects
After the planning hoo-ha that saw Chipperfield’s original proposals dropped, Wright & Wright has delivered a major expansion that visitors may not even notice, writes Richard Gatti
50 Wonders | Dav Bansal: Lakeshore Drive Apartments
Dav Bansal recalls the thrill of visiting Mies’ influential Chicago towers for the first time
Mayor of London launches hunt for new design advocates
City Hall offers £500 a day for architects keen to help shape capital’s future