All Features articles – Page 30
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FeaturesBuilding Design at COP26: The view from Glasgow, part 2
Tom Lowe is covering the vital final days of the climate crisis conference. This is his latest despatch
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FeaturesLean, low-tech architecture is the future. The question is how we scale it
The days of high-tech are over. We need to make each building element work as hard as possible, says Edmund Fowles
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FeaturesBuilding Design at COP26: The view from Glasgow, part 1
Tom Lowe is covering the vital final days of the climate crisis conference. This is his first despatch
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FeaturesCPD 11 2021: How to avoid brick stains and efflorescence
This Vandersanden sponsored CPD explains how salt, lime and gypsum efflorescence can stain brick facades and the options for prevention and correction. DEADLINE TO COMPLETE: 10 December 2021
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FeaturesInnovative energy-saving buildings carry a heavy carbon cost
The failure to take embodied carbon seriously will have far-reaching consequences, writes Anthony Thistleton
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FeaturesCountdown to COP26: We need a wholesale transformation of almost every aspect of society
Building the necessary political pressure to change the world will not be done simply by pitching good ideas, says Tom Bennett
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FeaturesAnalysis: Does the Heat and Buildings Strategy stand up to scrutiny?
Thomas Lane dives deep into a government initiative that promised much but has delivered rather less – and then compares it with LETI’s retrofit guide
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FeaturesCountdown to COP26: Sumita Singha & Richard Waterhouse
As the global climate summit approaches, we ask leading figures in the profession and wider industry to share one idea they think could help save the planet
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FeaturesCountdown to COP26: Gary Clark & Robin Nicholson
As the global climate summit approaches, we ask leading figures in the profession and wider industry to share one idea they think could help save the planet
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FeaturesValue Engineering: The new Grenfell play should be required viewing
Richard Norton-Taylor’s dramatisation of the Grenfell Inquiry shines an uncomfortable light on the construction industry, writes Elizabeth Hopkirk
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FeaturesCountdown to COP26: Rachel Hoolahan & Hugh McEwen
As the global climate summit approaches, we ask leading figures in the profession and wider industry to share one idea they think could help save the planet
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FeaturesInterview | Simon Allford: ‘Architecture will emerge stronger’
The new president of the RIBA talks to Elizabeth Hopkirk about knocking the institute into shape, the pressure architects are facing – and boxing. Photography by Jean Goldsmith
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FeaturesStirling Prize 2021: The verdict
Grafton’s only completed UK work has plenty to teach us, writes Richard Gatti
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FeaturesCPD 10 2021: Structural Steel and the circular economy
This CPD module, sponsored by Steel for Life, examines steel’s credentials on its ability to be reused, recycled and multi-cycled, its structural efficiency, and its alignment to circular economy principles. Deadline to complete: 26 November 2021.
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FeaturesCountdown to COP26: Barbara McFarlane and Suzy Nelson
As the global climate summit approaches, we ask leading figures in the profession and wider industry to share one idea they think could help save the planet
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FeaturesLay off the plasterboard and cladding
Cutting out the layers can make buildings more sustainable, argues Steve Webb
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FeaturesStratford Design Challenge finalists: part V
We showcase the best entries in our Building [Re]Design competition
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FeaturesCan we design out sexual violence from our towns?
In the latest for our Building [Re]Design series, Pam Alexander outlines how digital tools can help designers and placemakers create safer streets and parks
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FeaturesStratford Design Challenge finalists: part IV
We showcase the best entries in our Building [Re]Design competition
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FeaturesAnalysis: How to build 5,000 homes in Middle England – and keep the neighbours happy
Urban & Civic is only 12 years old but this private equity-backed property start-up is turning heads with its approach to master development. Elizabeth Hopkirk visited a former RAF base in Cambridgeshire to see the business model in action