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Housing Design Awards 2019: The winners
This year’s completed scheme winners and the Housing Design Awards 2019 overall winner
Ike Ijeh on the 2019 Stirling Prize shortlist
BD’s architecture critic on this year’s six contenders
Housing Design Awards 2019: Uncompleted scheme winners
This year’s winners take a smart approach to densification that shows how to provide quality living space in constrained sites
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BD Digital Edition - June 2019
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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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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
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Amin Taha’s inspiration: Pergamon Altar, Museum Island, Berlin
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Housing Design Awards 2019: The winners
This year’s completed scheme winners and the Housing Design Awards 2019 overall winner
Ike Ijeh on the 2019 Stirling Prize shortlist
BD’s architecture critic on this year’s six contenders
Housing Design Awards 2019: Uncompleted scheme winners
This year’s winners take a smart approach to densification that shows how to provide quality living space in constrained sites
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
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