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Repurposing is key to unlocking the future of our city centres
In the latest in our Stratford Design Challenge series, BDP’s Nick Fairham considers the role retrofit and reuse can play
What does the decision to scrap EWS1 forms for some buildings mean?
Expect a period of limbo while owners wait for more government guidance – and for insurers to respond, writes Andrew Mellor
God is in the detail
Small things can matter greatly. Yet too often it’s no one’s job to care about them, writes Martyn Evans
Deadline extended for Stratford Design Challenge
Architects and students now have until July 30
50 Wonders | John Pawson: Le Thoronet Abbey, Provence
The designer of a Cistercian abbey in the Czech Republic and a number of other sacred buildings shares his choice for our 50th birthday series, #BD50Wonders
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What does the decision to scrap EWS1 forms for some buildings mean?
Expect a period of limbo while owners wait for more government guidance – and for insurers to respond, writes Andrew Mellor
God is in the detail
Small things can matter greatly. Yet too often it’s no one’s job to care about them, writes Martyn Evans
Housing secretary’s beautiful words need to be backed by long-term investment
Liverpool’s humiliation at the hands of Unesco shows how much we need highly skilled planning departments, writes Elizabeth Hopkirk
For many architects the cladding crisis is personal
Eleanor Jolliffe describes what it is like to design high-rises by day and navigate costly problems with your own home by night
London’s skyline is a mess. Should architects feel ashamed?
If the profession is unwilling to reject damaging projects it should at least speak up, writes Ben Flatman
Technical Study: Kingston Cycle Hub, Sarah Wigglesworth Architects
50 Wonders | John Pawson: Le Thoronet Abbey, Provence
50 Wonders | Anna Liu: Palace of Labour, Turin
50 Wonders | Keith Williams: Capitol Complex, Chandigarh, India
Antarctica: Designing for the planet’s most hostile continent
One Triton Square by Arup: a refurbishment with a difference
50 Wonders | Tara Gbolade: Benga Riverside, Mozambique
Let’s be honest, achieving true net-zero is still a huge challenge
50 Wonders | Robert Sakula: SESC Pompéia
Museum of the Home, Hoxton by Wright & Wright Architects
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Repurposing is key to unlocking the future of our city centres
In the latest in our Stratford Design Challenge series, BDP’s Nick Fairham considers the role retrofit and reuse can play
Deadline extended for Stratford Design Challenge
Architects and students now have until July 30
V&A East director joins Building [Re]Design judging panel
Claire McKeown leads on construction of museum’s new O’Donnell & Tuomey and Diller Scofidio & Renfro buildings
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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
Repurposing is key to unlocking the future of our city centres
In the latest in our Stratford Design Challenge series, BDP’s Nick Fairham considers the role retrofit and reuse can play
There are a lot of talented designers who could create a covid memorial
The news that ministers asked Heatherwick for ideas is yet another No 10 misjudgement, writes public art consultant Geoff Wood
Shifting that stubborn needle on inclusion and prejudice
Architecture needs a sea change to improve diversity, writes Sarah Akigbogun
Beautiful places and whopping great elephants
The new Office for Place has the potential to surpass Cabe, says Matthew Carmona – but there remain some unanswered questions
Time to put cars in their place – underground
The economy needs some big infrastructure projects. How about burying a few roads, asks Steve Webb
The Architecture of Belonging: What building back better should actually look like
In this piece for our Stratford Design Challenge series, Nick Moss considers how the pandemic has affected the relationship between people and the places we live and work
All our Building Safety Bill coverage in one place
Keep up to date with our Building Safety Bill news, opinion and expert analysis
Firms that ditch their offices permanently are taking a massive gamble
This month’s return to the office cannot come soon enough for Brendan Kilpatrick
The UK’s trade deals need to show more ambition on services
Post-Brexit agreements must not overlook the importance of services like architecture, Alan Vallance tells the government
Working with children: The best clients you’ve never had
What is good youth engagement and why should we do it, asks Dinah Bornat
Planning gateway 1: What’s changing from August
Five key points from fire safety experts at Building Designs’s Risk & Regulations event this week
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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
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Shifting that stubborn needle on inclusion and prejudice
Architecture needs a sea change to improve diversity, writes Sarah Akigbogun
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
It is time to talk again about protecting the function of architects
Making the golden thread a legal part of an architect’s role would have so many benefits. It’s about protection not protectionism, argues Jerry Tate
Interview: Designing Britain’s biggest infrastructure project
By any standards and on any scale, it’s a huge job – and one with plenty of critics. HS2’s design director Kay Hughes tells Elizabeth Hopkirk she is relishing the unprecedented challenge
Antarctica: Designing for the planet’s most hostile continent
A £100m Antarctic infrastructure programme presents some unique design challenges – like deflecting snow and elephant seals. Elizabeth Hopkirk hears about the hardships and rewards of building at the bottom of the world
David Adjaye: One of the most important storytellers of our time
In this essay written to coincide with his Gold Medal, Simone de Gale traces the architect’s significance from his early years to the present day
God is in the detail
Small things can matter greatly. Yet too often it’s no one’s job to care about them, writes Martyn Evans
Cullinan Studio appointed to revamp community sports facility
Every element at Marlborough Sports Garden will have multiple functions including a climbable cafe