Briefing – Page 12
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FeaturesBeyond the chaos: key talking points from the Conservative Party conference
Architectural editor Ben Flatman had a ringside seat at this month’s Conservative Party conference. This is what he saw and heard
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FeaturesCan we make demolition greener?
With refurbishment rather than new-build seen as climate friendly, demolition firms need to clean up their act – and some are doing just that
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FeaturesThe second Elizabethan age: eight decades in architecture
Source: National Gallery Sainsbury Wing Ben Flatman takes a look back over a remarkable reign as seen through some key buildings
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FeaturesRemembering Doreen Adengo - an architect with a passion for African urbanism
Former colleagues of the leading Ugandan architect remember her generosity and her passionate belief in Africa’s ability to generate its own architectural discourse
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FeaturesInterview | Chris Dyson: ‘Listen to what the site and place have to say’
From James Stirling to Spitalfields, Chris Dyson opens up to Ben Flatman about the importance of place and how he grew his practice organically
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FeaturesInterview | Jo Bacon: ‘I’m not going to give you promises that are unrealistic’
Allies & Morrison’s Jo Bacon on why she is standing to be RIBA’s next president and her priorities for the institute if elected
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FeaturesInterview | Sumita Singha: ‘I have the experience to change the RIBA’
Presidential candidate Sumita Singha explains how she would tackle the issues facing architects including education, sustainability, climate change and PI insurance
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OpinionBoris Johnson may be going, but his built (and unbuilt) legacy will live on
More than any of his predecessors, Boris Johnson was a PM obsessed with big building projects, writes Ben Flatman
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NewsInterview | Muyiwa Oki: ‘There was this opportunity to actually do the things that I want. And I thought this opportunity might not come again’
In an exclusive interview with Building Design, Muyiwa Oki explains why he is standing to be the next RIBA president and what he plans to change
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Building StudyBuilding study: Technique by Buckley Gray Yeoman
Buckley Gray Yeoman’s refurb and extension of a former Clerkenwell gin distillery is a fine example of how to revitalise an old industrial building and repair the wider urban fabric.
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FeaturesThe Burrowing Duke of Cavendish Square
Iceberg homes are nothing new. Todd Longstaffe-Gowan tells the little-known story of a mysterious West End excavation and its reclusive mastermind
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Building StudyBuilding study: A new campus for the RCA by Herzog & de Meuron
In its scale and singularity this flagship building by Herzog & de Meuron strikes the right balance, writes Richard Gatti
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Building StudyBuilding study: the Elizabeth line – a welcome civic legacy designed to last 120 years
From the contextual to the finely detailed, the new Elizabeth Line is an eclectic and ultimately uplifting addition to the capital’s ever expanding transport network, writes Ben Flatman
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FeaturesA temple to post-covid working culture: designing Google’s global headquarters
Google’s newly completed Bay View campus in Silicon Valley opened to staff last week. Tom Lowe spoke to Heatherwick group leader Eliot Postma about how the concept was developed
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FeaturesBarbican Centre at 40: how an international arts venue took shape
The pioneering scheme is celebrating its 40th birthday. Former managing director Nicholas Kenyon explains how the initial plans for a residential development evolved
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FeaturesRough poetry
An extraordinary period of creative flourishing was forged in the crucible of postwar trauma, writes Jane Alison, curator of a new exhibition opening today, the Barbican’s 40th birthday
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FeaturesCities across the world are waking up to the value of riverside regeneration projects
The great riverside revival is key to reconciling economic growth with environmental recovery, writes Jeremy Farrington in Singapore
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Building StudyBuilding study: Learning from Denise Scott Brown
As Selldorf Architects unveils £30m proposals to reconfigure the National Gallery and Venturi Scott Brown’s landmark Sainsbury Wing, Elizabeth Hopkirk meets the women leading the project
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FeaturesHanging out with the Smithsons, the Eameses and the Banhams
Peter Cook arrived in London at the dawn of the Sixties and found himself drawn into a glittering social circle. But what was discussed at these Hampstead salons?
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FeaturesHow to design timber buildings that will be insured
An explainer for architects on the insurance industry perspective of mass timber