All Buildings, design and specification articles – Page 51
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OpinionRome reminds us that cities store memories. But who decides what is remembered and what gets forgotten?
The Italian capital is often desribed as a palimpsest. What can we learn from its layers of remembering and forgetting, asks Eleanor Jolliffe
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OpinionUrban living solutions must be more than meets the eye
Kyriakos Papanagiotou, founder of KP Acoustics Group, addresses the acoustic considerations that architects and property developers should be aware of with the rise of micro apartments
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FeaturesWhat made this project… Manchester Jewish Museum by Citizens Design Bureau
Citizens Design Bureau’s body of work impressed the judges at last year’s AYAs, as the practice took home the award for Public Building Architect of the Year. In this series, we take a look at one of the team’s award-winning projects and ask the firm’s director, Katy Marks, to break ...
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FeaturesDesigning for the mind
With the right design approach, you can improve the quality of life for neurodivergent individuals, says Karen Wilding
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NewsPrior & Partners lodges plans for £1.9bn Birmingham Smithfield regeneration
Lendlease scheme includes plots designed by Haworth Tompkins and dRMM
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Building StudyHanover: Exemplary collaboration and placemaking
A new over-station development on Hanover Square shows how major infrastructure projects can catalyse the delivery of excellent placemaking, writes Ben Flatman
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NewsBalkrishna Doshi dies aged 95
The Pritzker Prize and RIBA Gold Medal winner passed away in India earlier today following a 70-year career
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NewsBattlelines drawn as Historic England rips into Herzog & de Meuron’s updated Liverpool Street plans
Major heritage fight on cards after government watchdog remains unmoved by revised proposals
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FeaturesSoundproof and serious about happiness: In a pod with Framery
Open plan offices are the modern workplace norm but with many hybrid workers saying they’re more productive at home, Framery is offering a solution
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NewsIn pictures: Morris + Company completes Featherstone
The design team adopted modern methods of construction and biophilic design elements to create an office space for the future
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FeaturesPragma research explores companies’ position on ESG
Research by Pragma found limited knowledge and understanding of ESG is hindering its integration into the sector
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NewsGreen light for Sheppard Robson's plans to double size of 1970s Glasgow office
Work will see 150,000 sq ft of space created
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FeaturesProtecting the Basilica of San Marco, Venice
Pilkington Optiwhite glass offers a damage defence barrier while preserving unobstructed views of one of Italy’s most monumental piazzas
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NewsIn pictures: Waugh Thistleton’s timber office building opens in east London
Black & White Building in Shoreditch is one of the tallest mass timber buildings in London
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NewsGrafton Architects beats other Stirling winners for latest Kingston University scheme
Work on London establishment’s next building set to start in 2026
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FeaturesBuilding with sustainable timber should become “new normal”
Norwegian wood producer spoke out on the imperative step needed to address the global challenge of deforestation
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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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NewsJames Corner Field Operations’ Camden Highline plans set for approval this week
Revised scheme to be presented to planning committee on Thursday
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FeaturesUK turf grower urges industry to end use of plastic netting turf
The majority of UK turf growers use some kind of plastic turf netting in some or all of their products, leading to soil pollution and possible water contamination
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NewsNiall McLaughlin Architects lodges plans for Oxford student accommodation scheme
Practice working on 12,000sq m Hertford College scheme with landscape architect Kim Wilkie