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Bringing dignity and joy to later living: Mae’s Daventry House project sets a whole new standard
The Stirling Prize-winning practice is helping to define a new era for those who want to live independently as they get older
Housing group blasts ‘capitulation to NIMBYs’ as Gove prepares to scrap greenbelt targets
New planning rules expected to be announced this week
BSI approves new type of low carbon concrete
Meet CornWall: Organic waste transformed into climate-positive design
CobBauge: Bringing earth into the 21st century
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‘Nobody believes them anymore’… HOK’s Daniel Hajjar on what is wrong with UK politics and the planning system
After 20 years in the Middle East, Daniel Hajjar moved to the UK, where, eight years on, he finds the political ‘flakiness’ of the country has made it an infuriating place to build. Thomas Lowe reports
Specification
What made this project… The Life Without Limits Centre by EPR Architects
The judges for this year’s AYAs were impressed with EPR Architects’ body of work, as the practice was named a finalist for Office Architect of the Year.
Seratech launches carbon neutral brick prototype
According to the team, the brick uses a magnesium carbonate binder and allows CO2 emissions from industry flues to be permanently stored within the built environment
CobBauge: Bringing earth into the 21st century
CobBauge, a word amalgamation of cob and ‘bauge’ earth-building traditions in the UK and France, is a collaborative research partnership between these countries that brings earth construction into the 21st century.
The Building Talks podcast
Building Talks Creating Communities podcast: In conversation with Anna Mansfield at Publica
Building Talks Creating Communities podcast: In conversation with David Rudlin at BDP
Building Talks Creating Communities podcast: In conversation with Selina Mason at Lendlease
Building Talks Creating Communities podcast: In conversation with Jo Wright at Perkins & Will
Building Talks: Our new podcast season all about urban design and creating communities
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Architect of the Year Awards 2023
What made this project… Corner at Tate Modern by Holland Harvey
What made this project… Courier Media by SODA Studio
What made this project… Three Mills Studios by Gort Scott
What made this project… The Life Without Limits Centre by EPR Architects
What made this project… The Institute of Health and Wellbeing by Atkins
What made this project… Sky Innovation Centre by Atkins
What made this project… 50 & 65 Harbord Square by Patel Taylor
What made this project… Charles Folkard Mews by Shedkm
What made this project… Alscot Road by Greenaway Architecture
What made this project… Low Energy House by Architecture for London
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In pictures: Purcell’s restoration of Stowe House
In pictures: BIG’s new Copenhagen HQ
In pictures: The International Rugby Experience by Níall McLaughlin Architects
In pictures: The Spiral - BIG’s biophilic supertall New York skyscraper
In pictures: Charles Holland Architects completes Victorian terrace retrofit
In pictures: The Tannery by Coffey Architects
In pictures: Bindloss Dawes transforms Chelsea Mews House
In pictures: Maison Colbert by Chris Dyson Architects
In pictures: LOM’s 250 Bishopsgate retrofit
In pictures: The Featherstone Building Pavilion by Morris & Company
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Reviews
Review | Thrive: A Field Guide for Women in Architecture
Review | The Church Architecture of Richard Twentyman
Review | Housing Atlas: Europe 20th Century
Review | The Architecture of Sir Edwin Lutyens – Volume 1: Country Houses
Review | Chris Dyson Architects: Heritage & Modernity
Review | Upper Lawn, Solar Pavilion – ‘A book that reminds us what our profession is about’
Review | London of the Future
Review | The architecture of Kay Fisker: ‘These titles should be compulsory reading on every architecture course’
Review | Queer Nature at Kew Gardens
Review | RIBA Climate Guide
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In praise of slow working
We can all play our part in promoting a pace of work that promotes true wellbeing, writes Louise Rodgers
What’s stopping us from reusing materials (two years later)?
We need to change the way we work as an industry to make material reuse the norm, writes Anna Beckett
Tomorrow’s architect today: Why we need to proactively reach out to young people and open up new routes to qualifying
Peter Sofoluke on how alternative education routes are reimagining access to the architectural profession, improving diversity, and challenging the status quo
New developments alongside existing communities must deliver for those who live and work in and around them
The arrival of thousands of new homes and jobs alongside existing communities can sound daunting to existing residents. But developments such as Waterbeach and Oxford North, which support the thriving knowledge economies of Cambridge and Oxford, can enhance lives across the board, writes Jonathan Kendall of Fletcher Priest, masterplanner for ...
How strategic city frameworks could help resolve the tension between demolition and retention
Cities can lead the way in driving forward the reuse, conservation and net zero agendas, writes Dav Bansal
Climate change is a global crisis, but our profession can be provincial
The urgency of the climate crisis requires professional bodies to work across international borders to deliver change, writes Chris Williamson
‘Nobody believes them anymore’… HOK’s Daniel Hajjar on what is wrong with UK politics and the planning system
After 20 years in the Middle East, Daniel Hajjar moved to the UK, where, eight years on, he finds the political ‘flakiness’ of the country has made it an infuriating place to build. Thomas Lowe reports
Building Talks Creating Communities podcast: In conversation with Anna Mansfield at Publica
Episode 4: Anna Mansfield on the loss of shared spaces after covid and the importance of designing for the needs of women and young people
Interview | Eleanor Jolliffe talks to Nick Temple
In this interview Eleanor Jolliffe discovers how the opportunity to study in Rome changed the course of a renowned academic’s life
Building Talks Creating Communities podcast: In conversation with David Rudlin at BDP
Episode 3: David Rudlin talks about the importance of urban design and why planning needs to rediscover its capacity to create good quality places
How much worse is the UK housebuilding recession going to get?
With little prospect of a rapid reduction in interest rates to spur a recovery, many in the industry are now just looking to “survive until ’25”. Joey Gardiner looks at the prospects for residential developers doing so.
Building Talks Creating Communities podcast: In conversation with Selina Mason at Lendlease
Episode 2: Selina Mason talks about people-focused urbanism and the work she is doing on Birmingham’s Smithfield scheme
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