Briefing – Page 16
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FeaturesThe pandemic has made designing offices more interesting
Covid has forced a new focus on how and where we work. We should rise to the challenge and opportunities, says Joe Morris
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FeaturesTulip decision will hurt the hard-pressed City
Michael Gove’s decision to reject developer’s appeal is a missed opportunity, says Peter Murray
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FeaturesBuilding Design at COP26: The view from Glasgow, part 2
Tom Lowe is covering the vital final days of the climate crisis conference. This is his latest despatch
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FeaturesLean, low-tech architecture is the future. The question is how we scale it
The days of high-tech are over. We need to make each building element work as hard as possible, says Edmund Fowles
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FeaturesBuilding Design at COP26: The view from Glasgow, part 1
Tom Lowe is covering the vital final days of the climate crisis conference. This is his first despatch
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FeaturesInnovative energy-saving buildings carry a heavy carbon cost
The failure to take embodied carbon seriously will have far-reaching consequences, writes Anthony Thistleton
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MultimediaWatch: Michael Squire on designing social value
Squire & Partners founder discusses the process of designing the practice’s new office
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FeaturesCountdown to COP26: We need a wholesale transformation of almost every aspect of society
Building the necessary political pressure to change the world will not be done simply by pitching good ideas, says Tom Bennett
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FeaturesAnalysis: Does the Heat and Buildings Strategy stand up to scrutiny?
Thomas Lane dives deep into a government initiative that promised much but has delivered rather less – and then compares it with LETI’s retrofit guide
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FeaturesCountdown to COP26: Sumita Singha & Richard Waterhouse
As the global climate summit approaches, we ask leading figures in the profession and wider industry to share one idea they think could help save the planet
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FeaturesCountdown to COP26: Gary Clark & Robin Nicholson
As the global climate summit approaches, we ask leading figures in the profession and wider industry to share one idea they think could help save the planet
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FeaturesValue Engineering: The new Grenfell play should be required viewing
Richard Norton-Taylor’s dramatisation of the Grenfell Inquiry shines an uncomfortable light on the construction industry, writes Elizabeth Hopkirk
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FeaturesCountdown to COP26: Rachel Hoolahan & Hugh McEwen
As the global climate summit approaches, we ask leading figures in the profession and wider industry to share one idea they think could help save the planet
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FeaturesInterview | Simon Allford: ‘Architecture will emerge stronger’
The new president of the RIBA talks to Elizabeth Hopkirk about knocking the institute into shape, the pressure architects are facing – and boxing. Photography by Jean Goldsmith
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FeaturesStirling Prize 2021: The verdict
Grafton’s only completed UK work has plenty to teach us, writes Richard Gatti
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FeaturesCountdown to COP26: Barbara McFarlane and Suzy Nelson
As the global climate summit approaches, we ask leading figures in the profession and wider industry to share one idea they think could help save the planet
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FeaturesLay off the plasterboard and cladding
Cutting out the layers can make buildings more sustainable, argues Steve Webb
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FeaturesCan we design out sexual violence from our towns?
In the latest for our Building [Re]Design series, Pam Alexander outlines how digital tools can help designers and placemakers create safer streets and parks
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FeaturesAnalysis: How to build 5,000 homes in Middle England – and keep the neighbours happy
Urban & Civic is only 12 years old but this private equity-backed property start-up is turning heads with its approach to master development. Elizabeth Hopkirk visited a former RAF base in Cambridgeshire to see the business model in action
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FeaturesCountdown to COP26: Maria Smith & Jerry Tate
As the global climate summit approaches, we ask leading figures in the profession and wider industry to share one idea they think could help save the planet