Designing Social Value – Page 15
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NewsLacaton and Vassal win 2021 Pritzker Prize
French architects have built a reputation for imaginative reuse
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NewsSpheron Architects chosen to remodel Peckham Library square
’We’ll be working with a very famous friend,’ says co-founder Tszwai So
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News‘Church could transform construction industry’
Taking a long-term view and demanding higher standards would set a new benchmark, argues chair of housing commission
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FeaturesAnalysis: How the church can use its land to ease the nation’s housing crisis
What can one of the UK’s biggest landowners do to put its resources where its mouth is? Elizabeth Hopkirk reports
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OpinionHow far do you go to embed ESG principles in your work?
We can always do better but the key is to set clear goals and be relentless in pursuing them, writes Martyn Evans
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NewsRIBA may require all overtime at chartered practices to be paid
‘Deeply concerned’ president urges trainee architects to report all exploitative behaviour
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NewsWe Made That and Fletcher Priest land seaside gig
Architects will develop a ‘place plan’ for Folkestone
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FeaturesFurther education colleges have a vital role to play in rebuilding the economy after covid and Brexit
Alfonso Padro offers some advice for how best to use the funding announced with the Jobs for Skills white paper
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OpinionPut self-interest aside and focus on the future of the profession
The response in some quarters to the Future Architects Front’s concerns reflects a profession with work to do to improve its practices and image, writes Eleanor Jolliffe
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NewsNimtim Architects wins Becontree centenary competition
Public realm contest at Britain’s biggest council estate was aimed at diverse practices
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FeaturesThe future standards initiatives imply action – but fail to provide key detail
Despite a huge response to its consultations the government has yet to give industry the guidance it needs for a national response to the climate crisis, Seb Laan Lomas and Joe Giddings write
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NewsLibeskind wins planning for Hampstead Maggie’s
Royal Free Hospital will be second north London instiution to ‘get a Libeskind’
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FeaturesThe age of ostentation is over
Scrapping the Centre for Music and tinkering with the National Gallery mark the start of a quieter era, says former director Charles Saumarez Smith
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NewsChurch calls for urgent 20-year cross-party housing strategy
Landmark report says Church of England must re-use its own land for affordable housing
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OpinionKids doing wheelies, and other ways of valuing land
Much work needs to be done in joining up the agendas of food, homes and health – but interesting things are happening, writes Flora Samuel
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NewsChurch’s report ‘could shake up housebuilding’, says developer
Igloo founder says new bishop for housing could be a turning point
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Features‘It’s about justice’ – meet England’s first bishop for housing
The Church of England publishes a report on the housing crisis this weekend. Refugee-turned-bishop Guli Francis-Dehqani tells Elizabeth Hopkirk she is serious about turning recommendations into actions
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Building StudyBuilding Study: 22 Handyside Street, King’s Cross, by Coffey Architects
The YAYA winner’s shimmering King’s Cross office more than justifies the developer’s decision to put its faith in emerging talent, writes Elizabeth Hopkirk
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OpinionAddressing the problems of public procurement
A newly published government green paper has the potential to profoundly impact UK architectural practice, writes Eleanor Jolliffe
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FeaturesOpening a new chapter in the history of the urban
As we reimagine our material and social infrastructure post-pandemic we could learn from cities that have been through worse, argues Clare Melhuish