Briefing – Page 12
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FeaturesHow Wilford took the firm he built with Stirling to new heights… and then walked away
After the death of Sir James Stirling in 1992, his partner Michael Wilford stepped up to steer the practice forward. Then Wilford suddenly walked out.
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FeaturesTime for Plan BEE: helping architectural education break out of its silo
A cross-disciplinary course seeks to engender collaborative working and greater levels of professional competence. Ben Flatman finds out more
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Features‘We should get on and build it.’ John Armitt makes the case for cracking on with HS2
The chair of the National Infrastructure Commission on why politics can never be taken out of building and why we should stop dithering
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FeaturesBuilding archives: Dodging falling bricks at the Natural History Museum construction site, 1876
An account of what visitors found when being shown round the half-completed building by its architect Alfred Waterhouse
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Building StudyManchester’s new joy division: Factory International
Manchester’s Factory International mega‑venue aims to encourage artists to push the boundaries – as the designers themselves have done
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FeaturesBuilding archives: The opening of Clifton Suspension Bridge, 1864
The Builder reports on the opening of Brunel’s historic bridge, which was finally completed more than a century after plans were first laid.
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FeaturesBuilding archives: The clearance of London’s worst slum, 1843 - 1846
Letters and news items chart the construction of a new road through the centre of the notorious St Giles slum, the “haunt of the drunkard and the debauchee”
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FeaturesWhat the second staircase mandate might mean for high-rise architecture
Michael Gove announced plans just before Christmas for mandatory second staircases in towers over 30m. But what impact is this likely to have?
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FeaturesThis could run and run: HS2 angst and its budget of billions
‘Nothing to see here,’ was the gist of the chancellor’s comments last week as he denied Euston would be axed to save cash. But is it really that simple for a job like HS2?
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FeaturesCan demolition ever be better than retention?
A 1920s facade’s poor condition left the project team wondering whether it would have been less carbon intensive to knock it down and start again
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FeaturesBankside Yards: Setting new standards for net zero in London
Native Land’s scheme will be the UK’s first major mixed-use net zero development thanks to an ambient heat network. Thomas Lane reports
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FeaturesBuilding archives: Benjamin Disraeli’s proposal to hang architects, 1847
“Really delightful”: In a series of archive pieces celebrating the 180th anniversary of Building Design’s sister publication Building, we give you the magazine’s reaction to the 19th century prime minister’s idea to publically execute architects who design boring buildings
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FeaturesThe Civic Art of Neave Brown
In this edited excerpt from the introduction to a new book on Neave Brown, Patrick Lynch explores the enduring relevance of the architect’s work
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FeaturesSuccession and global ambitions: Three generations of partners look to the future at Allies and Morrison
Firm founded in 1984 has built a reputation for understated and sensitive design. It has also been slowly building an international business, writes Ben Flatman
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FeaturesBD’s most read news stories of 2022
Take a look at BD readers’ top ten stories over the past year
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FeaturesBD’s most read opinion of 2022
We brought together some of the most stimulating and thought provoking comment pieces in 2022 - take a look at what our columnists had to say
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FeaturesBD’s most read building studies of 2022
We reviewed some of the most significant new buildings in the UK and overseas in 2022 - take a look at what we had to say
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FeaturesBD’s most read interviews of 2022
Some of architecture’s biggest figures spoke to BD this year - take a look at what they had to say
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FeaturesHow Grimshaw is planning to ride out recession and grow its way to diversity
Mark Middleton, global managing partner, talks about the practice’s vision, different ways of working and his new three-year business strategy
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FeaturesWhy everyone’s getting excited about the new energy efficiency taskforce
Jeremy Hunt has announced plans to set up a team to drive a programme of energy efficiency improvements to the UK’s buildings, with an ambitious new target. After a series of past blunders, could it actually work this time?