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OpinionDesigning buildings for good mental health requires real changes to policy
Alex O’dell urges the building industry to do more to create places that promote health and wellbeing
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FeaturesWhat made this project… Leicester Cathedral by van Heyningen and Haward Architects
The judges for this year’s AYAs were impressed with van Heyningen and Haward Architects’ body of work, as the practice was named a finalist for two awards including Net Zero Architect of the Year. In this series, we take a look at one of the team’s entry projects ...
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NewsIn pictures: HOK delivers BBC Studios Comedy Productions workspace in London
The vintage-inspired workspace mirrors the spirit of the team behind popular comedies like Trying, Good Omens, and A Whole Lifetime with Jamie Demetriou
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NewsNearly 600 tall buildings queuing up in London’s high rise pipeline
New London Architecture report finds demand for office space is driving growth in towers despite slowdown in tall residential schemes
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NewsFeilden Clegg Bradley Studios wins RIBA West Midlands Building of the Year
Firm’s refurbishment of a grade I-listed Shrewsbury mill described as “nothing short of exemplary”
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OpinionHow we perfected our tactical ‘bible’ for unlocking backland sites
James Dowen shares his practice’s insights into how to make the most of these challenging sites
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Features‘We wouldn’t be doing it if it wasn’t wanted’: Duchy of Cornwall project team defends 2,500-home Faversham scheme
The project team behind plans for a ‘Poundbury-style’ development tell Tom Lowe why the scheme has been unfairly maligned in news reports
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NewsPLP’s Savile Row rebuild plans set for refusal on heritage grounds
Planning officers recommend scheme for refusal despite supporting demolition of site’s existing 1940s building and overwhelming local backing
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NewsCamden council to ‘robustly defend’ its decision on DSDHA’s Bloomsbury tower amid High Court challenge
Decision to approve controversial 19-storey scheme was “sound”, council insists
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NewsSPPARC adds hive-like extension to Fitzrovia townhouse
Scheme provides office space for a homelessness charity and for client’s own use
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OpinionWhat’s stopping us from looking beyond embodied carbon?
Measuring and reducing our embodied carbon is still the best tool that we have to limit our impact on the planet, but it shouldn’t be the only factor that we’re considering, writes Anna Beckett
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NewsFormer Voysey factory given new lease of life by dMFK
Building’s original occupant, Sanderson Design Group, will return following extensive retrofit
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OpinionLet’s avoid the green belt becoming a giant cul-de-sac
Labour says it wants to build housing on the ‘grey belt’, but how can architects help ensure this doesn’t end up as just more suburban sprawl, asks Chloë Phelps
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NewsIn Pictures: Eavesdrop by Tom Dowdall Architects
Paragraph 84 house in West Sussex is designed to integrate with the surrounding landscape
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NewsGreen light for Fosters’ £1bn Blackfriars towers scheme
Project finally gets nod after delays caused by Historic England intervention
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NewsGSS masterplan for £500m mixed-use campus in Newcastle gets thumbs up
Outline approval granted for 24 separate developments plots on former General Hospital site
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OpinionWhy is our heritage on fire… again?
The fire at Copenhagen’s historic stock exchange is a reminder that we need to value traditional building skills as much as the buildings themselves, writes Liz Smith
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NewsFirm behind rejected plans for ‘bonkers’ Birmingham tower to draw up new proposals
Marrons says it will work with council on new design for 80 Broad Street site
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NewsKnight Architects wins planning for new Oxford cycle and footbridge
Bridge forms part of wider transport and growth plan for the city