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Technical Study: North West Cambridge housing by Stanton Williams
The architect’s first affordable housing creates a sense of intimacy while complying with tough daylight regulations, writes Elizabeth Hopkirk
Planning reform is not just about money
There are other ways to ease the pressures on planning capacity, says Nicholas Boys Smith of the Building Better, Building Beautiful Commission
Cities are complex. Developers need the courage to embrace that
If we are to make really interesting places it will take collaboration - and risk, says Martyn Evans
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BD Digital Edition - June 2019
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Building Studies
Building Study: James Simon Galerie, Berlin, by David Chipperfield
Building Study: Churchill College housing, Cambridge, by Cottrell & Vermeulen
Ike Ijeh’s verdict: Junya Ishigami’s Serpentine Pavilion
Building Study: Drayton Green Church, by Piercy & Company
Building Study: Bracken House, London, by John Robertson Architects
Building Study: The Ray, Farringdon, by AHMM
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Jamie Fobert: ‘Our AYA win feels like a new beginning’
Gallery: Pictures from BD’s Architect of the Year Awards
Jamie Fobert crowned Architect of the Year
Full list of winners from BD’s Architect of the Year Awards 2019
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Planning reform is not just about money
There are other ways to ease the pressures on planning capacity, says Nicholas Boys Smith of the Building Better, Building Beautiful Commission
Cities are complex. Developers need the courage to embrace that
If we are to make really interesting places it will take collaboration - and risk, says Martyn Evans
Theresa May’s attempt to create a legacy is too little, too late
But the departing PM’s eleventh-hour announcements on housing might have given us just enough to build on. So let’s get on with it, says Julia Park
It’s in your commercial interests – and a moral duty – to protect your staff’s minds
Too many practices still treat their greatest asset with contempt, says Eleanor Jolliffe
How to make planning a cause célèbre
Ordinary people are clueless about the faults of our planning system. We have to find a way to engage them, says Elizabeth Hopkirk
How the Hackitt consultation will affect your practice
BD’s expert columnist explains how the new hurdles to getting projects over the line will work
Technical Feature
Technical Study: North West Cambridge housing by Stanton Williams
The architect’s first affordable housing creates a sense of intimacy while complying with tough daylight regulations, writes Elizabeth Hopkirk
Inspirations
Amin Taha’s inspiration: Pergamon Altar, Museum Island, Berlin
The architect returns to a glorious Greek altar from his childhood and reflects on the questions its long history raises
Planning reform is not just about money
There are other ways to ease the pressures on planning capacity, says Nicholas Boys Smith of the Building Better, Building Beautiful Commission
What if Google built your house?
Flavio Tejada predicts a future in which emerging technologies transform the built environment – and construction
Why American universities are in thrall to the Oxbridge quad
Some questionable motivations lie behind the design staple, says the author of a new book on the subject
A new age of council housebuilding is dawning
Mark Swenarton on what we need to learn from the Homes Fit for Heroes programme a century ago
We need a spatial strategy to heal the pain behind Brexit
Britain’s failure to take regional planning seriously is a dereliction of duty that has led to our polarised economy, argues Tom Brooksbank
Where is architecture’s Stephen Fry?
We need a high-profile architect to speak out about their mental health struggles, says Virginia Newman
How to stop stack effect whistling through your buildings
Cold drafts, howling winds and banging doors can be avoided with careful planning
How to run the perfect design competition
Architectural contests are a minefield to get right. Alan Berman has been on both sides of the fence, as architect and advisor
Review: Architecture room at the RA Summer Exhibition 2019
Michael Collins on the exhibition which opens to the public next week
Office architects need to add anthropology and data science to their skillset
Our workplaces have never been more high-tech - and yet in some ways office design is turning full circle, says Aecom’s Nicola Gillen
Turns out buildings are even more interesting with people in them
The Saturday Ladies Architecture & Design Society finds going beyond glossy architectural photographs rewarding
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