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Barnet council refuses two major JTP schemes in the space of a week
Plans for a combined 1,800 homes rejected on grounds of height and bulk
Designing Tomorrow's Housing
Come with me to Clamart: a postcard from a Parisian regenerative development that really works
Britain’s lost builders: making housing viable again for SMEs
Good housing starts with good urban design
Beyond the quick fix: why permitted development needs strategic guidance
New towns. Old wisdom?
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
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Ailing commercial and residential sectors holding back London output growth, consultant says
Inflation and tax rises hitting sectors but infrastructure and private industrial work showing signs of growth, cost consultant adds
CPD 21 2025: Rainscreen cladding and insulation retrofits
CPD 23 2025: Landscaping mixed-use developments – balancing aesthetics and functionality
Reglazing National Maritime Museum courtyard delivers cooling benefits
Homegrown timber innovation on display in dRMM’s V&A show
Best of clay brick: Brick Awards 2025 winners
The paradox of simplicity – achieving invisible luxury in super-prime homes
In pictures: Threshold House – Studio McW’s sharp steel and brick extension
In pictures: House of Porphyry – from party house to crafted sanctuary
In pictures: green oak visitor centre at Hambledon wine estate
CPD 17 2025: Specifying fire-rated doorsets – navigating standards, legislation and best practice
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Jack Pringle: ‘If the RIBA didn’t exist, you’d have to invent it’
RIBA chair Jack Pringle reflects on his role in stabilising the institute’s finances, implementing governance reforms and positioning architects to reclaim leadership in construction through the principal designer role
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Best of clay brick: Brick Awards 2025 winners
The annual Brick Awards have shown again this year the range and quality of buildings being constructed from clay bricks. Here’s our pick of some of the worthy winners…
Homegrown timber innovation on display in dRMM’s V&A show
A new exhibition at the V&A explores how better use can be made of British hardwood in construction. dRMM: Building from Forests presents innovative architectural models and prototype engineered components that build on the practice’s years of research into the performance and properties of timber from UK woodland
What made this project… The School of Science, Engineering + Environment (SEE) by Sheppard Robson
Finalist for Higher Education Architect of the Year Award 2025, Sheppard Robson guides us through the specification challenges present at the School of Science, Engineering + Environment (SEE)
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Architect of the Year Awards 2025
What made this project… The School of Science, Engineering + Environment (SEE) by Sheppard Robson
What made this project… MacFarlane Place by Maccreanor Lavington
What made this project… The Jackson Library by Nex
What made this project… The British Academy by Wright & Wright Architects
What made this project… Edith Road by Satish Jassal Architects
What made this project… Lambeth Palace Masterplan by Wright & Wright Architects
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
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Boomers to Zoomers
In pictures: Stanton Williams completes inaugural later living scheme next to Hampstead Heath
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
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EH Smith opens new Digbeth design centre
In pictures: Stanton Williams completes inaugural later living scheme next to Hampstead Heath
In pictures: Lumi, Europe’s highest LEED rated building
In pictures: ZMMA completes Poole Museum redevelopment
Adjaye Associates unveils completed Princeton University Art Museum
Fosters transforms Paris building on Champs-Élysées into luxury gallery and restaurant
In pictures: Fletcher Priest-designed Oxford North innovation district officially opens
In pictures: Sanei + Hopkins’ Suffolk Housestead
Fosters completes JP Morgan Chase’s 423m-tall global headquarters in New York
Foster + Partners completes Techo International Airport terminal in Cambodia
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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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What’s stopping us from reducing the cost of sustainable design?
Anna Beckett argues that while steel reuse and ambitious retrofit strategies remain more costly than conventional construction, the industry can no longer rely on goodwill alone and only clear regulation on embodied carbon will create the level playing field needed to make reuse mainstream
Engineering the future: What biodiversity means for the next generation of design
The BNG requirement was meant to be a positive not a problem for developments. Design teams must take the lead to make sure it works as intended, Agata Lo Certo writes
Why I believe the ARB’s reforms are dumbing down architecture
As the ARB moves to overhaul the structure of architectural training, Austin Williams warns that the proposed changes will weaken standards and erode architects’ professional standing
Public-sector procurement in Scotland is a mess – and architects are paying the price
Given the high proportion of public sector projects and the number of small practices operating on tight margins, attempts by the RIAS to improve an unsustainable situation are most welcome, Rab Bennetts writes
Why AI won’t replace architects – it will make them better
Dr Stephen Hamil argues that AI’s true value lies in liberating architects from administrative tasks, allowing them to focus on creative problem-solving while machines handle technical groundwork and compliance checking
AI could force us to re-imagine how public consultation in planning works
Local residents are increasingly using AI tools to craft letters of objection to schemes en masse. We need to think about how technology could help us to create a better planning system, writes Paul Smith
Frank Gehry: from LA experimentalist to the architect of the Bilbao effect
Ben Flatman examines how Gehry’s work evolved from local, materially driven invention into one of the most recognisable architectural vocabularies of his generation
How the viability crunch is putting Britain’s housing ambitions – and design quality – under strain
Mary Richardson examines how Britain’s viability crisis is squeezing design quality and stalling the creation of real places to live
Jack Pringle: ‘If the RIBA didn’t exist, you’d have to invent it’
RIBA chair Jack Pringle reflects on his role in stabilising the institute’s finances, implementing governance reforms and positioning architects to reclaim leadership in construction through the principal designer role
Building Safety Regulator’s backlog blitz: will it work?
After delays and mounting frustration, the regulator unveiled a bold strategy to clear thousands of stalled projects. Joey Gardiner explores whether the reforms and new leadership can overcome early missteps
Barr Gazetas: designing a culture of sustainability
Ben Flatman discovers how Barr Gazetas is redefining what a sustainable practice can be – from its commitment to retrofit and social value to a culture of openness and long-term responsibility within the team
The architecture of adaptation: 44 inspiring ideas from the Venice Biennale
As the Venice Biennale draws to a close, Mary Richardson picks some of her favourite exhibits from the inspiring international exhibition in the Corderie at the Arsenale, which was a celebration of human ingenuity and innovation
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Designed to change the world: Inside Oxford University’s new £200m Life and Mind Building
Dulwich College by alma-nac: a new lower school library and the refurbishment of its emblematic Charles Barry block
Backstage at The Old Vic: Haworth Tompkins crafts a contemporary counterpoint to a Georgian icon
Oxford opens its doors: Hopkins’ Stephen A Schwarzman Centre for the Humanities
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?
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Reviews
King Charles III: 40 Years of Architecture
Review: Cosmos, Memory, Scale at the SOAS Gallery
British Interior Design Since 1925
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
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