Briefing – Page 14
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FeaturesLearning from lockdown: What now for universities?
Covid has thrown the previously booming higher education sector into turmoil. It could be an opportunity, writes Nicola Hewes of Purcell
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FeaturesLet’s eat out – but what if you don’t have space?
Parklets could help solve the space issue, says Neil Manthorpe
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FeaturesWhat public engagement teaches us about housing design
People want different things from their homes at different stages of their lives. But some things are universal, writes Sarah Weir
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FeaturesCheck your (cycle) privilege
We need to start designing cycling infrastructure for disadvantaged communities, writes Tim Burns
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FeaturesThe Grenfell Inquiry transcripts should be compulsory reading
We owe it to those who died to learn the lessons from the disaster now
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FeaturesThe young are facing a crisis and we must help them
Brendan Kilpatrick makes the moral and pragmatic case for finding ways to invest in the next generation
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FeaturesArchitects need to embrace the reality of permitted development
If the nation is going to build build build, architects should get their boots on, argues Simone de Gale
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FeaturesThe profession faces a Gordian knot
Tackle the thorny issue of procurement and everything else will unravel, argues Nick Moss
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FeaturesWhy relaxing the 2m rule is a game-changer for public transport
Nowhere is the challenge of social distancing more pronounced than on our transport networks. Ali Mowahed on how to adapt stations
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FeaturesRip up the RIP notices: We’ll be back in the office soon
Reports of the death of the office are premature, says Brendan Kilpatrick
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FeaturesLearning from lockdown: Don’t blame density for problems caused by poverty
Healthy housing should not be the privilege of the wealthy. Earle Arney prescribes ’extreme measures for extreme circumstances’
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FeaturesIn a world that’s keeping us apart, let’s work together
Collaboration with communities and other firms can weave social value directly into projects, writes Lorna Reed
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FeaturesWhy more architects should work for contractors
Architect Siu-Pei Choi studied at the Bartlett and worked in practice before moving client-side. She explains why she has no regrets
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FeaturesHeatherwick salutes an inspirational craftsman and collaborator
Thomas Heatherwick pays tribute to his friend the fabricator Bill Tustin who was instrumental in some of his studio’s key projects
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FeaturesIt’s time to turn words into action
There are things all of us can – and should – do to make the profession more diverse, writes Alfonso Padro
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FeaturesClimate emergency: Can we learn from the covid-19 response?
Architects have responded to the pandemic with imagination – but been far slower to act on climate change
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FeaturesWe must act now to stop cars taking over our cities
The government’s £250m for redesigning our roads should be targeted at residential areas as well as town centres, says Giulio Ferrini
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FeaturesGrounded: Is there a future for airport terminals?
Ike Ijeh surveys aviation’s architectural gems and asks what will become of them if the pandemic sinks the sector
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FeaturesWe must not let short-term thinking dictate our long-term future
While we are having to adapt on our feet, it’s important to start planning with hope, writes Tim Gledstone
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FeaturesLessons from China: Our covid experience became a blueprint for the whole practice
Broadway Malyan’s Shanghai studio was the first to enter lockdown. Director Sean Li explains how they continue to share their experiences