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Housing that hits the heights of mediocrity
David Rudlin considers how we should respond to today’s National Housing Audit
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Should architects be paid more?
Building Design’s client columnist looks at how this might actually happen in the real world - and it involves relationships
The housing legacy of the 2010s
Julia Park manages to find a few things to cheer as she looks back over the last decade
The fight to save Kolkata’s heritage is part of the wider struggle over India’s identity
It’s about much more than bricks and mortar, writes Ben Flatman
Our first forays into delivering social value
Andrew Mellor outlines how local consultation altered a regeneration project in Truro
Our adversarial procurement system is not fit for collaborative construction
Design & build contracts de-skill architects and make accidents more likely, argues Eleanor Jolliffe
How design aspiration withers in the face of private-sector cunning
Building Design’s social value columnist Flora Samuel examines the story of one estate
How the success of our cities goes some way to explaining the election result
Cities once led regional growth. Now they grow at the expense of their region, writes David Rudlin
What we can learn from Frank Dobson and Octavia Hill
Don’t feel defeated by the election result, Gillian Darley exhorts community activists and volunteers
WA100 2020: The action moves to China and the US
With employment at the world’s biggest architects static, they seem to be battening down the hatches. But there are exceptions, writes Thomas Lane
WA100 2020: The action moves to China and the US
With employment at the world’s biggest architects static, they seem to be battening down the hatches. But there are exceptions, writes Thomas Lane
‘The level of ambition is worryingly low’
Building Design columnist Julia Park examines what the election result means for housing
Good ideas – and how to stifle them
It’s all a question of your appetite for risk, writes Martyn Evans
Imagine a neighbourhood where social value is part of its DNA
What would the characteristics of such a place be, asks Flora Samuel
We need to talk about money
Eleanor Jolliffe looks at the rise and fall of fee scales
How to do ornament that’s not a crime
Gillian Darley on the delight of a well-crafted detail
Plasticine and power: Modelling the social value of urban design
Social value is easy to pursue when working for enlightened clients – but what about all those other projects?
Robin Nicholson: To tackle the climate emergency we need new values
Architects have a great deal to contribute but only if everyone is involved, says the Cullinan Studio partner
David Morley: Social value is tangible – and measurable
The practice founder says linking indoor and outdoor spaces with nature improves crime rates, health and social cohesion
When someone mentions value engineering, bring up social value
Investing in good design from the start reaps long-term social and financial benefits, writes Julia Park
Nick Deeming: Architects must find a way to measure their indirect social value
The biggest thing architects have to offer is still the hardest to quantify, says the Faulkner Browns partner
Chris Harding: We’re developing a practice-wide strategy on social value
BDP’s commitment to what it calls shared value has grown from its socially progressive roots, says the practice’s chair
We must listen or suffer the consequences
We need to start measuring how our projects affect the happiness of children and the loneliness of old folks, writes Martyn Evans
Charles Campion: How we put people at the heart of the creative process
Design charrettes empower stakeholders, create goodwill and build consensus, says the JTP partner
Alison Brooks: This is not a fake
With the world facing multiple crises, the founder of Alison Brooks Architects makes the case for optimism
Simon Erridge: Architecture’s social purpose has seldom felt more relevant
Nor has it felt more under threat, says the Bennetts director
Hazel York: Why social value is important to architects
Hawkins Brown partner says Social Value Act has empowered architects and clients to discuss broader benefits of good design
Can we burn our way out of the urban waste crisis?
Why one Kenyan architect thinks burning trash is the answer to east Africa’s waste crisis
We need a multi-dimensional approach to social value
Introducing Flora Samuel, Building Design’s new social value columnist
Ben Derbyshire: Why social value matters
The immediate past president of the RIBA and chair of HTA Design lends his support to Building Design’s new campaign
Diversity in architecture has come a long way – but we’re not there yet
Eleanor Jolliffe considers how to get everyone a seat at the table
There is much in the Grenfell inquiry report that still requires clarity
Andrew Mellor looks at what Martin Moore-Bick’s recommendations mean for architects
The incremental destruction of Basildon’s brave new world
Gillian Darley examines the current regeneration of the Essex new town as it turns 70
Motherhood and apple pie without the teeth
The new National Design Guide won’t have an impact unless it has teeth, writes David Rudlin
