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AnalysisMay Design Series preview: Three days in May
The May Design Series focuses on the key trends and issues affecting interior design - and explores them in a compelling conference and seminar programme
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AnalysisWhat has the coalition done for architecture?
Ike Ijeh assesses the impact the coalition has had on architecture and how design has fared through the age of austerity
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AnalysisHow biophilic design brings in human benefits
Designer, writer and television presenter Oliver Heath says companies should be embracing a design approach that puts the wellbeing of office workers at its core
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AnalysisPower in the Union
It seems increasingly possible that the UK will vote to leave the EU in 2017. For many sustainability professionals, this would be a nightmare scenario
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AnalysisThe shape of things to come
We can’t predict the future, but we can detect certain trends. Here are four that will fundamentally change the way we live
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AnalysisGet happy: Wellbeing in buildings
There is a strong body of evidence of the tangible ways that building design can improve wellbeing. Now an increasing number of major clients are realising that this is not just good for employees’ health – it’s good for business. Katie Puckett reports
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AnalysisMove over, Guggenheim
Missed out on that shortlist? No problem. As Helsinki embarks on its biggest building programme in 200 years the opportunities for architects are far bigger than any single project, Elizabeth Hopkirk reports
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FeaturesChasing tigers: Opportunities in South-east Asia
China and India might be the big beasts of the East but huge untapped potential lies waiting in their smaller neighbours, finds Iain Withers in South-east Asia
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AnalysisHome economics
The recovery is still moving at a slow pace, driven mainly by housing, but August saw a year-on-year increase in construction awards. Michael Dall presents highlights of Barbour ABI’s latest monthly Economic Construction Market Review, with a special focus on the commercial and retail sector
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AnalysisWill the Hammersmith 'flyunder' take off?
The latest tunnel project for west London will need to overcome enormous economic and infrastructural obstacles before it is delivered, says Ike Ijeh
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Analysis‘It’s not just a breathing space, it’s a social space’
Landscape architect James Corner has created a promenade of public play spaces dotted around the main venues of the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park. Ike Ijeh speaks to the designer as the park re-opens to the public
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AnalysisCustom build: Give us the tools
Once trumpeted as a way of raising housing output by as many as 50,000 homes a year, custom build was responsible for barely a fifth of that figure last year. So what’s the hold-up and can anything be done to reinvigorate the market?
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AnalysisPeter Rees: 'I'm a one-off'
Peter Rees’ 29 years as head of planning in the Square Mile have been nothing if not controversial. In his first interview since announcing his departure, he talks about his legacy of transforming the City
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AnalysisOn the waterfront: Royal Docks green design competition
Ecobuild and the Landscape Institute launched a competition for ideas on how to turn the Royal Docks into a green infrastructure space for east London. Thomas Lane reports on some of the top proposals
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AnalysisWhere are architecture’s Bravehearts?
Talk of independence omits Scotland’s built environment
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FeaturesWA100 2014: When global meets local
As Aecom’s 2016 Rio Olympics masterplan becomes a reality, the firm explains the benefits it has gained from partnering with a local Brazilian architect
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Analysis2014 preview: a slow start for the new landmarks
The legacy of the recession means the new year will be about architectural beginnings rather than completions
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AnalysisCan your practice get a kick out of Qatar?
Here’s how British architects can share in the Doha boom
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AnalysisDoha shoots for World Cup goal
Qatar’s hotel-building boom is good news for architects, but how long can it last?