Designing Social Value – Page 19
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FeaturesHow to save historic buildings in the real world
As Historic England calls for more of our heritage to be repurposed, Richard Griffiths on the social value and economics of reusing old buildings
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Building StudyMaggie’s Centre at the Royal Marsden, Sutton, by Ab Rogers Design
For his first building the designer has gone head-to-head with his father – but he was more intimidated by Rem Koolhaas, he tells Elizabeth Hopkirk
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OpinionWhat is it like to live in a 13sq m former office?
Julia Park meets a young woman whose childhood in temporary accommodation has left her determined to end permitted development
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NewsHackitt attacks industry for ‘excuses’ she hears over slow pace of change
Standard practices are ’gob-smacking’, says chair of board behind building safety regulator
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Features‘Architects are rarely at the table when crucial decisions are being made’
Shelley McNamara and Yvonne Farrell of Grafton Architects discuss hope and fear with Elizabeth Hopkirk
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OpinionProphets who inhabit liminal spaces
Architects’ ability to handle uncertainty will help the profession survive uncertain times, writes Eleanor Jolliffe
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NewsRIBA attacks proposed homes efficiency standards
Government’s Future Homes Standard is not ambitious enough, says institute
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FeaturesEvolve and diversify. How flexible thinking can sustain high streets
The most successful high streets are those that look beyond a narrow retail focus, writes Fiona Scott
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OpinionCan the language of social value cross continents?
Flora Samuel explores universality through the lens of two cities in Britain and the Philippines
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OpinionOn the eve of Brexit we urgently need a more humane development system
The beauty commission’s report is full of welcome ideas, writes Elizabeth Hopkirk. Now the government needs to act on them
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NewsBeautiful schemes should be fast-tracked, urges commission
Building Better, Building Beautiful Commission also calls for ’minister of place’ in cabinet
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NewsBuilding Regs changes ‘not fit to meet net-zero target’
Architects warn Part L and Part F proposals ‘could have disastrous unintended consequences’
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FeaturesYour planet needs you
Kat Scott explains why she is working with the Architects Climate Action Network – and how you can get involved
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NewsBuilding Design columnist wins £100,000 award
David Rudlin and Manchester architecture lecturer to study 100 high streets
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NewsHousebuilders lambasted for producing overwhelmingly bad designs
Bartlett’s national housing audit finds ‘unethical’ housebuilders designing just 26% of homes well
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OpinionShould architects be paid more?
Building Design’s client columnist looks at how this might actually happen in the real world - and it involves relationships
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OpinionOur first forays into delivering social value
Andrew Mellor outlines how local consultation altered a regeneration project in Truro
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FeaturesHow apprenticeships are pioneering diversity in the profession
Architectural apprentice Katherine Birkett asks why more practices and students aren’t seizing the new route into architecture
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OpinionOur adversarial procurement system is not fit for collaborative construction
Design & build contracts de-skill architects and make accidents more likely, argues Eleanor Jolliffe
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OpinionHow design aspiration withers in the face of private-sector cunning
Building Design’s social value columnist Flora Samuel examines the story of one estate