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City Hall appoints Hawkins Brown and East on Oxford Street pedestrianisation plan
Almost a mile of shopping street to be closed to traffic with specialists brought in from similar overseas schemes to advise on project
Designing Tomorrow's Housing
Beyond the quick fix: why permitted development needs strategic guidance
Building communities: why the Neave Brown Award matters
Inside the party conferences: why architects need to be in the room where housing policy is made
BDP turns disused garages into social housing in Bristol
London’s housing delivery in ‘major crisis’, HBF warns in damning report
Vacant to valuable: unlocking stranded assets for much-needed homes
The long road to regenerating the Carpenters Estate
How a transport investment shortfall threatens to scupper housing delivery in London
Unlocking MMC housing: why digital transformation and industry standardisation are essential
RIBA urges parliament to prioritise design quality in planning reform bill
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Workload confidence dips as smaller practices report growing strain, says RIBA
September 2025 RIBA Future Trends survey finds overall confidence slipping into negative territory for the first time since January, with smaller practices hit hardest by a subdued residential sector
CPD 18 2025: Understanding fire stopping and liability
Studio DERA retrofits disused college swimming pool to form learning hub
CPD 17 2025: Specifying fire-rated doorsets – navigating standards, legislation and best practice
HOK and ERRE’s Roig Arena in Valencia is ‘first with ceramic skin’
Acoustic spray systems improve inclusiveness and sound quality at Hackney music venues
The role of cladding in navigating fire safety in modern building design
There is no need to panic about new fire door regulations
CPD 16 2025: Leveraging BIM for strategic advantage
Mastering the detail: The Paper Garden with Jan Kattein Architects
What made this project… The Waterman by Fathom Architects
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CPD 18 2025: Understanding fire stopping and liability
Studio DERA retrofits disused college swimming pool to form learning hub
CPD 17 2025: Specifying fire-rated doorsets – navigating standards, legislation and best practice
HOK and ERRE’s Roig Arena in Valencia is ‘first with ceramic skin’
Acoustic spray systems improve inclusiveness and sound quality at Hackney music venues
The role of cladding in navigating fire safety in modern building design
There is no need to panic about new fire door regulations
CPD 16 2025: Leveraging BIM for strategic advantage
Mastering the detail: The Paper Garden with Jan Kattein Architects
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New towns. Old wisdom?
Nicholas Boys Smith celebrates the strengths and examines the flaws of the new towns task force’s recommendations and site list
Specification
Studio DERA retrofits disused college swimming pool to form learning hub
Studio DERA has transformed a disused college swimming pool into a sustainable multipurpose learning and wellbeing space for Waltham Forest College
Why Industry Foundation Classes is the future of construction collaboration
Andrew Norrie makes the case for open data standards, and argues Industry Foundation Classes has a vital role to play in data sharing, workflow streamlining and the shift to automated, model-driven 4D planning
The role of cladding in navigating fire safety in modern building design
Simon Buckmaster explores how Gateway 2 bottlenecks and evolving Building Safety Act requirements are reshaping external wall specification
CPD
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WA100 Digital Edition
Architect of the Year Awards 2025
What made this project… The Waterman by Fathom Architects
What made this project… West London HQ by dMFK
What made this project… The Corner House by Langstaff Day Architects
What made this project… Former Nestlé Factory by dMFK
What made this project… The Acre by Gensler
What made this project… Black and Stone by Mallett
What made this project… Hyde London City by Studio Moren
What made this project… Brewers’ Hall by dMFK
What made this project… Everton Stadium by BDP Pattern
What made this project… Plot R8 by Piercy & Company
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Boomers to Zoomers
This Stirling Prize winner is a model for how we can all live better
Break down the silos – young people won’t see the range of careers our sector offers unless we show them
Carmody Groarke completes ArtPlay Pavilion at Dulwich Picture Gallery
Barratt Redrow commits to accessible playgrounds on all new developments
Report calls for national play strategy to reshape neighbourhoods for children
Seventeen years on: why England needs a new National Play Strategy
England is failing to plan for its ageing population – the spending review must put that right
The quiet revolution in built environment education and engagement – starting with children
The Coach: Why age isn’t the issue – it’s the life stage that counts
2,000 young people, one mission: Rethinking access to architecture at the Festival of the Future
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In Pictures
Fosters completes JP Morgan Chase’s 423m-tall global headquarters in New York
Foster + Partners completes Techo International Airport terminal in Cambodia
NBBJ completes £200m Oxford University facility for advanced AI research
Wright & Wright completes passivhaus library on historic Corpus Christi College site in Oxford
In pictures: Zaha Hadid Architects’ 60,000-seat Xi’an football stadium
In pictures: Pend’s renovation of listed East Lothian farmhouse
In pictures: Haworth Tompkins’ new Court Theatre in Ōtautahi Christchurch
Purcell completes restoration of St Barts Hospital’s grade I-listed North Wing
BDP turns disused garages into social housing in Bristol
Purcell completes Shoemakers Museum in Somerset
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WA100 2025
WA100 2025: Hopes take a wobble
WA100 2025: Digital edition
WA100 2025: The big list
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The Coach: On letting go…
Taking inspiration from the changing seasons, Louise Rodgers explores how we can find strength and draw important lessons through letting go
Beyond the quick fix: why permitted development needs strategic guidance
Diego Calderon and Gianmaria Givanni make the case for how clear, community-led design guidance could enable permitted development to become a tool for coherent neighbourhood growth
Why botched retrofit work risks undermining public trust in the industry
The shock findings of last week’s NAO report into botched external wall insulation installations has damaged public confidence in the benefits of retrofit. Decisive action is needed to restore faith and prevent future waste, says Thomas Lane
New towns. Old wisdom?
Nicholas Boys Smith celebrates the strengths and examines the flaws of the new towns task force’s recommendations and site list
Fragmented by design: what happened to joined-up construction?
As the industry splinters into ever smaller specialisms, Eleanor Jolliffe asks how we can foster more effective collaboration and greater honesty about learning from mistakes
This Stirling Prize winner is a model for how we can all live better
Witherford Watson Mann’s Appleby Blue scheme shows how thoughtful design can help us age well, strengthen communities and rethink how generations live together, says Ben Flatman
Can cuts to affordable housing targets revive London’s flatlining residential development sector?
Joey Gardiner asks whether simply reducing expectations for affordable housing will be enough to get construction going again
Why they won: A closer look at all the Architect of the Year Awards 2025 winning entries
The winners of the Architect of the Year Awards were announced at a ceremony last night. Here is more detail about all the winning entries
Too good to waste: how Make recycled an old building to create a new one
Thomas Lane reports on how 30 Duke Street reuses steel, glass, aluminium and Portland stone from the building there before
AYA 2025 shortlists: Young Architect of the Year
In a series celebrating BD’s Architect of the Year Awards finalists, we look at the Young Architect of the Year shortlist
AYA 2025 shortlists: WA100 International Architect of the Year
In a series celebrating BD’s Architect of the Year Awards finalists, we look at the WA100 International Architect of the Year shortlist
AYA 2025 shortlists: Social Value Architect of the Year
In a series celebrating BD’s Architect of the Year Awards finalists, we look at the Social Value Architect of the Year shortlist
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From discontented planners to a glorious summer: Van Heyningen and Haward’s Leicester Cathedral extension
Bradford Live: how Tim Ronalds Architects helped residents save their historic cinema and turn it into a 3,800-capacity music venue
76 Upper Ground: Denys Lasdun’s 1960s South Bank vision is realised at last
Designing, building and growing the natural way: Wolves Lane community centre unveiled by Studio Gil and Material Cultures
Unpacking the museum: the V&A Storehouse in Stratford opens its doors
A Serpentine Pavilion for anxious times – but is that enough?
Bennetts’ timber and straw robotics lab pilots new net zero carbon building standard
From complexity to clarity: The Sainsbury Wing transformed
A cauldron on the Mersey: how Everton built their new stadium in just five years (Manchester United take note)
Designing from first principles: Inside David Kohn Architects’ Gradel Quadrangles
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Reviews
Concéntrico and the art of everyday urban invention
The art of architecture on film: Eric Parry and the question of posterity
William Butterfield: A builder and experimenter
The Manifesto House: Buildings that changed the future of architecture
Form Follows Love: Anna Heringer on building with empathy, intuition and mud
Nuts, bolts and preservation: High Tech as heritage
RA Summer Exhibition: with no designated space, architecture is overshadowed
Surface Reflections: a quieter, more thoughtful London Design Biennale
Architecture and Social Change: Shaping an Impactful Practice
Beyond the optics: identity, class and the politics of equality in architecture and the arts
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