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'The biggest single project since the pharaohs'
As the 100th anniversary of Armistice Day approaches, Glyn Prysor tells the story of the architects tasked with commemorating death on an unprecedented scale
If the prime minister is serious about building sustainable communities, here's how
Everyone agrees we should be producing better housing. What we need now are some more built success stories, says Ben Bolgar
Fred Scott: The double ecstasy of altering architecture
A decade after the designer’s seminal book, Peter Youthed argues he paved the way for the likes of David Chipperfield and Caruso St John
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BD Digital Edition - September 2018
Highlights from September in a magazine format
Technical Feature
Technical Study: The Gantry, Here East, London
Hawkins Brown has created a colourful new hub for artists using the open source WikiHouse construction system
Building Studies
Building Study: South London Gallery, by 6a architects
Building Study: V&A Dundee, by Kengo Kuma & Associates
Building Study: Goldsmiths CCA, London, by Assemble
Building Study: Moor's Nook, Surrey, by Coffey Architects
Building Study: Signal Townhouses, Greenwich, by AHMM
Building Study: Arhus harbour baths, Denmark, by Bjarke Ingels
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Winner of 2018 Carbuncle Cup announced
The award no one wants to win goes to town centre regeneration project in Stockport
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Going solo - Ecophon expands its acoustic cloud range
Acoustic specialist Saint-Gobain Ecophon has introduced the latest improvements to the Ecophon Solo™ family, its market leading portfolio of free hanging acoustic panels
What can we learn from 15 Clerkenwell Close?
Buildings shoud be signed off by planners as well as building control, suggests Julia Park
George Saumarez Smith is wrong – classical London is nothing but a thin veneer
Wren and Nash had a go at imposing classical masterplans on London but they failed spectacularly, argues Ben Flatman
It has its flaws but Bloomberg is a worthy winner
Fosters’ Stirling laureate is an environmental game-changer, argues Ike Ijeh
Inspirations
Carl Turner's inspiration: The High Line, Manhattan
This conversion of a redundant railway line into a linear park is a model for successful regeneration, says Carl Turner
'The biggest single project since the pharaohs'
As the 100th anniversary of Armistice Day approaches, Glyn Prysor tells the story of the architects tasked with commemorating death on an unprecedented scale
If the prime minister is serious about building sustainable communities, here's how
Everyone agrees we should be producing better housing. What we need now are some more built success stories, says Ben Bolgar
Fred Scott: The double ecstasy of altering architecture
A decade after the designer’s seminal book, Peter Youthed argues he paved the way for the likes of David Chipperfield and Caruso St John
Will driverless cars change our cities for better or worse?
Do electric private-hire driverless cars represent a huge opportunity to redesign our urban environment?
Architects are problem solvers. We should be able to solve an issue like education
We must work harder to tackle the ‘architecture time-bomb’
Architects have forgotten how to design for people
Step down from your ivory tower and design with your users’ wellbeing in mind, urges Ben Channon
Anni Albers, the Bauhaus and the pliable plane
Pushed into weaving because she was a woman, Albers became fascinated by the medium’s architectural uses says the curator of the Tate’s retrospective
How to get housing through planning: collaborate with the locals
Community-led schemes are getting quality designs built, says Tom Chance
RA show rightly casts Renzo Piano as pragmatist and dreamer
The first big architecture exhibition since David Chipperfield united the two halves of the Royal Academy is a hit
Old buildings bite back - but it's exactly those twists that make refurbs so rewarding
The thrill of repurposing a historic building is worth the inevitable headaches, argues Nicola Rutt
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