All Features articles – Page 35

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Can we design out sexual violence from our towns?

2021-10-08T06:00:00Z

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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Stratford Design Challenge finalists: part IV

2021-10-08T06:00:00Z

We showcase the best entries in our Building [Re]Design competition
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Analysis: How to build 5,000 homes in Middle England – and keep the neighbours happy

2021-10-07T06:00:00Z

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
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Stratford Design Challenge finalists: part III

2021-10-05T06:00:00Z

We showcase the best entries in our Building [Re]Design competition
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Countdown to COP26: Maria Smith & Jerry Tate

2021-10-04T08:21:00Z

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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Stratford Design Challenge finalists: part II

2021-10-01T06:00:00Z

We showcase the best entries in our Building [Re]Design competition
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Stratford Design Challenge finalists: part I

2021-09-29T06:00:00Z

We showcase the best entries in our Building [Re]Design competition
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When neighbours are strangers

2021-09-27T06:00:00Z

Can design strengthen community spirit, asks Tobi Sobowale
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Rethinking the high street takes creativity and intent

2021-09-24T06:00:00Z

We might be entering a post-retail, post-pandemic age, but that does not have to mean the end of the high street, writes Michael Holt in the latest in our Stratford Design Challenge series
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A ‘mountain of priorities’ in Gove’s in-tray

2021-09-20T10:36:00Z

Planning reform, building safety and housing numbers will compete for attention from new housing secretary Michael Gove
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Michael Gove: his stance on housing, planning and the environment

2021-09-20T09:57:00Z

A few pointers to the new housing secretary’s views on key policy areas
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CPD 9 2021: Decarbonising existing homes

This Kingspan Insulation sponsored CPD explains why, to achieve the reductions needed in home energy use, new technology such as heat pumps must be accompanied by measures like insulation. DEADLINE TO COMPLETE: 29 October 2021
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It’s all about finding the words: opening doors for deaf architects

2021-09-06T05:00:00Z

The absence of agreed signs for architectural terms is a major barrier for deaf people seeking to enter the profession. Chris Laing tells Elizabeth Hopkirk how he plans to change that
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Living with Beauty promised much but its delivery is falling dangerously short

2021-08-23T06:00:00Z

The government’s planning reforms are inherently contradictory and risk confusing beauty with popularity, writes Ben Derbyshire
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Switch ‘working from home’ to ‘working near home’

2021-08-20T06:00:00Z

We don’t have to make a binary choice between the old commute and working in isolation. There is a third way, says Matt Driscoll
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Social value is not just for PQQs but should infuse your whole culture

2021-08-19T06:00:00Z

Michael Squire explains how moving to Brixton from King’s Cross triggered a new approach to community engagement for his practice
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Interview: Nicholas Boys Smith on design, deregulation and the Office for Place

2021-08-18T06:00:00Z

There are few topics more controversial than planning reform and placemaking and few people more passionate about them than the chair of the new Office for Place. He talks to Joey Gardiner
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Westminster’s heartbreaking work of staggering folly

2021-08-17T06:00:00Z

The Marble Arch Mound is no laughing matter, writes Will Jennings
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Designers can prevent new homes overheating, so why do we have a problem?

2021-08-11T09:39:00Z

For too long we have lacked legislation to support good design, but the Future Homes Standard offers some hope
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CPD 08 2021: Passive fire protection for structural steel

This CPD, sponsored by ROCKWOOL, explains the options for fire protection on steel-framed buildings as well as the relevant product standards and building regulations. DEADLINE TO COMPLETE: 14 September 2021