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Junior Wonders: Design your fantasy football stadium and win £100
To celebrate the return of the Euros, we’re inviting our younger readers to draw their dream stadium - and win art vouchers
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Intelligent stadium design is about more than football
As the Euros kick off, Christopher Lee of Populous considers how modern stadia are expected to build community outside the ground as well as excitement inside
How green infrastructure can create inclusive, resilient and biodiverse places
In the first of a series of thought leadership pieces that will run alongside our newly launched Building [Re]Design: Stratford Design Challenge, Phil Askew, who led the transformation of the 2012 Olympic Park, considers the power of landscape
Finally, clients are hungry for your ideas
Uncertainty reigns which puts innovative and confident designers in a strong position, argues Martyn Evans
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50 Wonders | Robert Sakula: SESC Pompéia
The Ash Sakula co-founder picks Lina Bo Bardi’s thrilling Brazilian cultural hub for #BD50Wonders
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Finally, clients are hungry for your ideas
Uncertainty reigns which puts innovative and confident designers in a strong position, argues Martyn Evans
The problem of shrinking cities
As the world approaches peak people, what does this mean for our cities, asks David Rudlin
What you need to know about planning gateway 1
Building Design’s regs columnist Andrew Mellor unpicks the first stage of the building safety process which comes into effect in August
Should we test architects’ competence through a) multiple choice or b) another method
For the second of her two-part look at the Future of the Profession, Eleanor Jolliffe takes the RIBA’s pilot health & safety test
My six-point plan to fix the profession
This is going to hurt but without radical reform architecture is doomed, writes Ben Flatman
The Coach: Let’s not lose the level playing field
The past year has not brought many positives but, for a lot of people, the ability to work from home was one. Louise Rodgers suggests ways to retain the benefits of a remote operation in a hybrid world
50 Wonders | Robert Sakula: SESC Pompéia
Museum of the Home, Hoxton by Wright & Wright Architects
50 Wonders | Melissa Dowler: National Theatre
Technical: Neue Nationalgalerie in Berlin, restored by David Chipperfield Architects
50 Wonders | Haziq Ariffin: Salinger House, Malaysia
50 Wonders | Murray Kerr: Brasilia
Technical Study: Park Crescent, Regent’s Park, by PDP London
50 Wonders | Jo Wright: Neues Museum, Berlin
50 Wonders | Chris Harding: Ronchamp
50 Wonders | Nicholas Grimshaw: Bauhaus, Dessau
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BUILDING [RE]DESIGN: THE STRATFORD DESIGN CHALLENGE
How green infrastructure can create inclusive, resilient and biodiverse places
In the first of a series of thought leadership pieces that will run alongside our newly launched Building [Re]Design: Stratford Design Challenge, Phil Askew, who led the transformation of the 2012 Olympic Park, considers the power of landscape
Building [Re]Design: The Stratford Design Challenge
Building Design invites you to imagine a visionary future for the place that never stands still
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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
Intelligent stadium design is about more than football
As the Euros kick off, Christopher Lee of Populous considers how modern stadia are expected to build community outside the ground as well as excitement inside
How green infrastructure can create inclusive, resilient and biodiverse places
In the first of a series of thought leadership pieces that will run alongside our newly launched Building [Re]Design: Stratford Design Challenge, Phil Askew, who led the transformation of the 2012 Olympic Park, considers the power of landscape
Architecture is like basketball: Kengo Kuma’s advice to young architects
It looked like covid might frustrate James Tait’s planned new book – until he realised lockdown had suddenly made architects all over the world much more available
Clients don’t come first, employees do
There are a lot of unhappy members of staff out there in urgent need of attention says Lindsay Urquhart
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
Legal: How to avoid becoming liable for errors you were not responsible for
A recent court ruling over a £12m loss is good news for architects as it confirms a duty of care is not owed by a third-party design consultant to a main contractor on a multi-party project
For the planning reforms to work architects will need to be involved from the start
Design tensions go to the heart of the new Planning Bill, says Hilary Satchwell
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
The fire safety scandal will not go away
The government defeated the Lords’ amendment to protect leaseholders from cladding costs. Now it must come up with a credible plan, writes Lord Best
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
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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
Long reads
Analysis: How the church can use its land to ease the nation’s housing crisis
What can one of the UK’s biggest landowners do to put its resources where its mouth is? Elizabeth Hopkirk reports
Angela Brady’s inspiration: Aarhus town hall, Denmark
The former RIBA president first went to Denmark as a student to study co-housing but fell in love with this gesamtkunstwerk
Building Study: 22 Handyside Street, King’s Cross, by Coffey Architects
The YAYA winner’s shimmering King’s Cross office more than justifies the developer’s decision to put its faith in emerging talent, writes Elizabeth Hopkirk
‘It’s about justice’ – meet England’s first bishop for housing
The Church of England publishes a report on the housing crisis this weekend. Refugee-turned-bishop Guli Francis-Dehqani tells Elizabeth Hopkirk she is serious about turning recommendations into actions
In defence of the Sainsbury Wing
From the BD archive: Denise Scott Brown wrote this essay when the project opened, but she chose not to publish it for 20 years to avoid ruffling feathers
Race, class and confidence: Architecture needs a bigger tent
The lack of racial diversity on Southwark’s ‘inclusive’ framework is a symptom of a wider problem, writes Richard Gatti, whose YAYA-winning small practice was one of the successful firms
Intelligent stadium design is about more than football
As the Euros kick off, Christopher Lee of Populous considers how modern stadia are expected to build community outside the ground as well as excitement inside
Haptic team wins £10,000 Davidson Prize
HomeForest chosen by Heatherwick, Fosters and Brooks chiefs