Briefing – Page 19
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FeaturesThe age of ostentation is over
Scrapping the Centre for Music and tinkering with the National Gallery mark the start of a quieter era, says former director Charles Saumarez Smith
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Features‘It’s about justice’ – meet England’s first bishop for housing
The Church of England publishes a report on the housing crisis this weekend. Refugee-turned-bishop Guli Francis-Dehqani tells Elizabeth Hopkirk she is serious about turning recommendations into actions
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FeaturesGovernment’s Green Homes Grant fiasco is either bumbling incompetence or callous disregard
The failure to properly fund domestic retrofit puts a critical national programme further out of reach, writes Thomas Lane
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MultimediaWatch Phil Coffey talk about 22 Handyside Street
The founder of Coffey Architects explains the importance of light to the practice’s latest project
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FeaturesThe vision behind the welfare state is a model for how to rebuild after covid
Government planning reforms are doomed to fail because they pit opposing goals against each other for reasons of expediency, writes Roland Karthaus
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FeaturesHere’s what a design code can’t do, minister
There are some fundamental issues the government must address before its new model design code can make any difference, writes Jas Bhalla
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FeaturesBeauty is in the eyes of the beholders
What happens when a community have different ideas about what their local design code should say, ask Nisha Kurian and Holly Lewis
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FeaturesExplainer: How the proposed Future Buildings Standard will affect the way you design
Thomas Lane highlights the most important points in the government’s long-awaited proposals to make non-domestic buildings greener
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FeaturesOpening a new chapter in the history of the urban
As we reimagine our material and social infrastructure post-pandemic we could learn from cities that have been through worse, argues Clare Melhuish
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FeaturesExplainer: Five things you need to know about the Future Homes Standard
The government has published the draft version of Part L which comes into force next year. We outline what it means for the industry
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FeaturesRunning on empty: Whatever happened to the Nightingales?
The Nightingale hospitals, built in record time, were a proud moment for the industry. But with patient numbers overwhelming the NHS, Elizabeth Hopkirk asks why they never fulfilled their original promise
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FeaturesWhat the Brexit deal means for architects
RIBA’s Lucy Monks unpacks how the future-relationship agreement will change everything for the profession, from visiting clients to recognition of qualifications
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FeaturesScrapping Erasmus is a tragedy for the next generation of architects
Britain’s exit from the exchange programme has needlessly destroyed something of enormous value, writes Oliver Bayliss
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FeaturesMutant algorithm? Call in the superheroes
Development has all gone a bit Marvel, says Danny Crump
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FeaturesGrenfell Inquiry explainer: How rival insulation firms covered up fire-safety data
As module two is suspended till next year, Jim Dunton looks at the spotlight it has placed on product manufacturers so far
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FeaturesLearning from lockdown: Is there a future for the office?
Covid-19 may have emptied our cities and changed the way some people do their jobs for ever, but reports of the death of the office are premature, writes Dave Rogers
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FeaturesBishopsgate Goodsyard is a tonic that will help London recover from covid
The hugely controversial Shoreditch proposals have finally been recommended for planning. This is a good thing for London, argues Eric Parry, one of the architects involved
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FeaturesGrenfell Inquiry digest | Module one: How experts blamed key players for ‘shambles’
As the first part of the phase two hearings concludes, Jim Dunton examines the evidence so far and finds a litany of major failures, incompetence and buck-passing
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FeaturesImagine a future where we don’t have to choose between economy and ecology
Two pieces of legislation currently heading for the statute books seem to pit the built and unbuilt environments against each other
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FeaturesGo wild in the cities to help save the planet
A rewilding policy is not just for rural areas. We should be designing urban environments that safeguard our future, argues Ruth Richardson