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Best of 2025: building studies
Our pick of the best building studies from the past 12 months
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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Best of 2025: analysis
Our pick of the best Building Design features from the past 12 months
Root And Erect’s new King’s Cross play area features sustainable construction, materials and lighting innovation
Silen office pods now available to rent
CarbonCure technology that locks CO₂ into concrete mix being trialled in Greenwich
In pictures: House in a Walled Garden
Cladding at the forefront: the evolving landscape of residential building design
CPD 24 2025: Navigating the Building Safety Act
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
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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
Specification
What made this project… Room for All Stages by BanfieldWood
Winner of the One Off Small Project of the Year Award 2025, BanfieldWood guides us through the specification challenges present at Room for All Stages
The future of high-rise: why restoring public trust means redefining value
Dr Danilo Gomes argues the future of high-rise housing depends as much on building in social value as it does on overcoming regulatory bottlenecks
What made this project… Elizabeth Mews by Trewhela Williams
Finalist for Young Architect of the Year Award 2025, Trewhela Williams guides us through the specification challenges present at Elizabeth Mews
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Architect of the Year Awards 2025
What made this project… Room for All Stages by BanfieldWood
What made this project… Elizabeth Mews by Trewhela Williams
What made this project… Berners & Wells by Emrys Architects
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
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Boomers to Zoomers
Root And Erect’s new King’s Cross play area features sustainable construction, materials and lighting innovation
Designing cities for play: Why child-friendly spaces matter
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
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In Pictures
In pictures: House in a Walled Garden
In pictures: Threshold House – Studio McW’s sharp steel and brick extension
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
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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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We must encourage the building of urban one-home wonders
The National Planning Policy Framework includes a specific allowance for single houses in rural areas that are “truly outstanding” where they would otherwise be refused. An equivalent provision is needed in urban areas, writes Russell Curtis
Why I have decided I will no longer be called an architect
We need a new system of registration which focuses on the competence of all built environment professionals if we are to ensure buildings are safe and of high quality, Chris Williamson explains
The government’s ‘build, baby, build’ agenda cannot succeed unless architects are involved from the start
Only around 6% of UK homes are designed by architects, but getting them involved early is one of the most effective ways of ensuring that homes are built to last, to support community life, and are easier to live in over time, says Simon Vernon-Harcourt at City & Country
Signs of progress and goodwill at this latest Grenfell landmark
This Sunday marks another significant date for the community of bereaved relatives and concerned residents in Kensington and Chelsea, but this year it takes place amid changed circumstances, writes Emma Dent Coad
Designing cities for play: Why child-friendly spaces matter
Children are the benchmark of an area’s liveability. They tell us whether it is healthy and inclusive. If it does not work for them, it is failing, writes Lendlease’s Nick Watson
How architects can unlock ‘difficult’ sites across the UK
Constrained and underused land can be transformed into a catalyst for sustainable, connected urban growth with some pragmatic, design-led thinking, writes Louise Scannell, a design director at WW+P
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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‘They’re a demanding group of people’… Keeping the scientists happy at the University of Cambridge’s new Ray Dolby Centre
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
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Reviews
Book review: The English House by Dan Cruickshank
Book review: Henley Halebrown, Building for Society 2010-2022
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
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