All Designing Social Value articles – Page 4
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OpinionThe dial has moved: the age of automatic demolition and rebuild has come to an end
Attitudes have shifted irrevocably in favour in conservation and retrofit, writes Henrietta Billings
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OpinionIt’s time to liberate our streets by handing back control to local communities
Why do we massively subsidise on-street parking when there are so many other good uses for our streets, asks Samuel Hughes
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OpinionOxford's 15-minute city debate risks turning into a ‘gridlock of stupid’
Seemingly innocuous proposals to reduce traffic in Oxford are being framed as a socialist version of the Truman Show, writes David Rudlin
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OpinionMaking public consultation meaningful remains a huge challenge
We know that proper engagement with local communities can improve design, but getting the model right is difficult, writes Flora Samuel
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ReviewHome Truths by Ben Derbyshire
A new book by former RIBA president Ben Derbyshire offers a thought provoking analysis of the issues facing architecture and housing design, writes Catherine Burd
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ReviewOn the Street by Edwin Heathcote
Nicholas de Klerk reviews a new book by Edwin Heathcote that explores the way in which we invest meaning into our public spaces through inhabiting them.
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OpinionWhat next for the future of housing design?
We need to work harder to make our housing and communities more sustainable, writes Adam Darby
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OpinionWhat’s stopping us from sharing our ideas?
We need to collaborate more to ensure we come up with the best solutions, writes Anna Beckett
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OpinionWe all have a role to play in building the diverse workforce needed to confront the climate crisis
Mentoring can help build a more diverse workforce that is better placed to confront the sustainability challenge, writes Hero Bennett
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OpinionArchitectural graduates can earn more at McDonald’s. That’s bad for diversity and the profession
Ludicrously expensive education, low-pay and structural barriers to career progression are hindering efforts to diversify the profession, writes Naomi Fisher
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OpinionA single School of Place won’t fix placemaking. We need better urban design teaching across the board
A School of Place may be no bad thing, but what we really need is a core curriculum for all urban design courses, which can be rolled out everywhere, writes David Rudlin
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NewsSequel to Grenfell Tower Inquiry play set to be staged
Follow-up 2021’s “Grenfell: Value Engineering” will probe ministers’ failings and product-manufacturers’ disregard for public safety
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OpinionWhy retrofit first should not be retrofit only
Treating retrofit first as an inflexible dogma is not going to help the environment. In the case of the Marble Arch M&S, replacement is the more sustainable option, writes Fred Pilbrow
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ReviewReview | Building for Change – The Architecture of Creative Reuse
Nicholas de Klerk is stimulated and inspired by Ruth Lang’s book on creative reuse
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OpinionWhat’s stopping us from standing up for what we believe in?
We have a responsibility to speak up about projects that are ethically questionable. Only by challenging the status quo can we achieve change, writes Anna Beckett
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OpinionWhy the M&S public inquiry matters
We must seize this opportunity to change the course of construction, writes Henrietta Billings
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OpinionWhy we need foundational change in how we engage young people with the built environment
Youth centres have been closed across the UK and fewer and fewer children are studying design for GCSE. Fiona MacDonald and Matt Springett make a rallying cry for change
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OpinionWhy do we struggle to densify suburbia?
For centuries settlements densified organically over time, but our suburbs stubbornly hold out against such change. We need a new approach that allows suburbia to mature, writes Samuel Hughes
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OpinionWhat record shops can teach the high street
Our high streets are struggling, but the spirit of the independent record shop could point the way towards recovery, writes David Rudlin
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OpinionConservation and the climate emergency
Our built heritage has an important role to play in addressing the climate emergency. We must allow it to adapt, writes Laura Baron