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‘The level of ambition is worryingly low’
Building Design columnist Julia Park examines what the election result means for housing
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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
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
What you leave behind is not what is engraved in stone monuments. Discuss
Mark Middleton considers architectural legacy
It takes decades to build a place’s character. Can developers ever short-circuit that process?
Set aside your branding and logos, advises Martyn Evans
Esther McVey’s ignorance can’t go unchallenged
Julia Park skewers the government’s muddled thinking on housing design and planning
It’s time the Stirling loosened up
How can you possibly assess a railway station against a private house, asks Ben Flatman
Architectural education is a problem of degrees
The profession’s unprofessional origins might have something useful to say about its future, writes Eleanor Jolliffe
What the Future Homes Standard means for you
Andrew Mellor explains how to future-proof schemes in a fast-moving regulatory landscape
Charting the contours of history
From school atlas to GPS, maps are the key to understanding ourselves, says Gillian Darley
Back to planning school
In his first lesson from an illuminating new lecture series, David Rudlin learnt that the 70s was the decade when the post-war planning consensus died
Designing green buildings is important, but what about the bigger picture?
So-called sustainable developments are often anything but, argues Ruth Richardson
The Labour Party has a problem with private schools. Does architecture too?
Ben Flatman asks what we should conclude from the schools attended by Norman Foster and Amanda Levete
