All Analysis articles – Page 6
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AnalysisWhat score do you give Breeam?
Architects are growing frustrated with the system for certifying green buildings — but big changes are on the way
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AnalysisAndrés Duany and the new enlightenment
Andrés Duany is trying to import his radical view of urbanism from Miami to the Moray Firth. Ellis Woodman met him
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AnalysisAre libraries living on borrowed time?
Britain’s public libraries grew out of an age of civic pride and self-improvement. Now, adrift in a privatised digital world, their architectural presence needs celebrating more than ever
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AnalysisArchitects count cost of asbestos
Legal claims from workers exposed to dangerous materials can come decades after the event. BD investigates a worrying trend
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AnalysisPeabody gobbles up rival Gallions
Housing association in need of architects as framework grows
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AnalysisHow to start a practice: J - R
More of BD’s A to Z guide of how to start an architecture practice
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AnalysisHot desks, cool spaces
Technology companies are leading the charge away from traditional office design
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AnalysisCharles Correa: ‘Globalisation — that’s a joke’
A ‘cookie-cutting’ approach to working internationally only diminishes architects, says Charles Correa
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AnalysisIs this the end of the architectural style wars?
Last week’s debate saw a tentative rapprochement between classical and modern
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AnalysisIan Simpson: How I lost millions in unpaid fees
When the recession hit, one of the UK’s leading architects had to battle to keep his best projects. Now he’s firmly back on track – with a notable Urban Splash recruit in tow
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AnalysisFive facts about free schools
How do free schools get built? Is there work in free schools for architects like you? Find out with our quick guide and special report …
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AnalysisFree schools teach a hard lesson
Though architects played a large part in the first wave of free schools, cost-cutting has seen good design sidelined.
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AnalysisDubai: Bloodied but unbowed
After a tumultuous five years, Dubai is again emerging as a safe haven for investors
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AnalysisLet’s raise a glass to our local heritage
With 18 pubs closing each week, part of the UK’s street history is vanishing. Yet many of the finest documented by Ian Nairn are still there to be celebrated
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AnalysisReconstructing post-war Iraq
10 years after the invasion or Iraq, Llewelyn Davies Yeang is one of the first UK practices to venture into the devastated region around the northern city of Mosul with an expansive new masterplan says project director Robert Powell.
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AnalysisDoes London have that Riviera touch?
All eyes may have been on London last week at Mipim, but many in Cannes feared the capital could be set to overheat.
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AnalysisIs it time for a new self-build revolution?
A new approach to this under-utilised method could be a key part of solving the housing crisis