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FeaturesBishopsgate Goodsyard is a tonic that will help London recover from covid
The hugely controversial Shoreditch proposals have finally been recommended for planning. This is a good thing for London, argues Eric Parry, one of the architects involved
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CPD 13 2020: Steel and assessing embodied carbon
This Steel for Life sponsored CPD explains the assessment methods and standards for the embodied carbon impact of buildings and how they apply to steel
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CPD 12 2020: Bespoke structural glazing solutions for commercial daylight design
This CPD, sponsored by VELUX Commercial, explains the considerations to be weighed when specifying structural glazing for commercial buildings, the opportunities it creates for designers and the benefits for employers and their staff
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Grenfell Inquiry digest | Module one: How experts blamed key players for ‘shambles’
As the first part of the phase two hearings concludes, Jim Dunton examines the evidence so far and finds a litany of major failures, incompetence and buck-passing
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CPD 11 2020: Heating and ventilation in the light of emissions targets
This CPD, sponsored by Glen Dimplex Heating Ventilation, explains the potential impact on heating and ventilation schemes of the Climate Change Committee’s latest report
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CPD 10 2020: Daylight design for commercial buildings using structural glazing
This CPD, sponsored by VELUX Commercial, explains how the maximising of daylight through bespoke structural glazing can improve wellbeing and productivity of a building’s occupants as well as cutting energy costs, and sets out the specification considerations
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Imagine a future where we don’t have to choose between economy and ecology
Two pieces of legislation currently heading for the statute books seem to pit the built and unbuilt environments against each other
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Go wild in the cities to help save the planet
A rewilding policy is not just for rural areas. We should be designing urban environments that safeguard our future, argues Ruth Richardson
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Offsite manufacturing will encourage more women into the industry
A fixed workplace close to home, flexible shift patterns and job security would all attract women to jobs in construction, Rosa Turner Wood writes
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Get ready for an agile future
Investing in staff training will help create business resilience, writes Graphisoft UK managing director Adrian Girling
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Richard Rogers’ greatest legacy is not a building but his activism
As Richard Rogers retires from the practice he founded more than 40 years ago, former colleague Sarah Gaventa considers his legacy
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Learning from lockdown: Norman Foster on the future of cities
The pandemic could accelerate significant change, the Foster Partners founder told more than 40 city leaders
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My interpreter role: Helping designers and builders speak the same language
Laurence Reilly on his switch from contractors to an architecture practice
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CPD 9 2020: Understanding the Passivhaus Standard
This Kingspan sponsored CPD takes a close-up look at the requirements of Passivhaus and how offsite approaches are making it increasingly viable and cost effective - DEADLINE TO COMPLETE: 13 November 2020
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Radical ideas to improve young people's life chances through better housing
Damien Sharkey explains how HUB's recent design competition set out to defy traditional housing models and help the next generation thrive
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Brits don’t have the appetite to return to the office, at least not full time
Clients seem divided on what do with their office space, but most think the pandemic will permanently change how and where staff work, says Jack Pringle
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How social distancing should change the way you design places
Aoife Hunt on what you need to consider when designing retail, leisure and office spaces
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Learning from lockdown: Is the roar of a capacity crowd too much to hope for?
Scott Brownrigg’s Neil MacOmish dreams of ways to give sports fans the experience they crave
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The right to build up is a useful weapon in our arsenal
The upward permitted development right can help tackle the housing crisis, argues Gary Hoban
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If one door shuts open another
When covid struck Alma-nac was working with 8 schools to repurpose Dulwich Pavilion. That was paused but the firm realised it had something useful to offer
