All Features articles – Page 37
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Why students didn’t vote in the RIBA election – and what to do about it
Turnout was ‘pitiful’ but the next election could be won or lost on campuses, argues Simeon Shtebunaev
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Beauty, privacy and cupboards. What do the people really want?
Ben Derbyshire asks how we should approach a nationwide design code
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Now it’s safe to go back in the water…
Swimming pools have reopened in time for the summer holidays. Christopher Beanland, author of a new book on open-air pools, dives in to lido culture
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Ten things you need to know about the planning white paper
Government’s planning white paper sets out to radically reform the system
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Learning from lockdown: What now for universities?
Covid has thrown the previously booming higher education sector into turmoil. It could be an opportunity, writes Nicola Hewes of Purcell
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Let’s eat out – but what if you don’t have space?
Parklets could help solve the space issue, says Neil Manthorpe
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What public engagement teaches us about housing design
People want different things from their homes at different stages of their lives. But some things are universal, writes Sarah Weir
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CPD 8 2020: Specifying acoustic architectural glazing
This TECHNAL sponsored CPD explains what designers need to consider when specifying architectural glazing packages that involve increasingly demanding acoustic requirements - DEADLINE TO COMPLETE: 31 August 2020
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Check your (cycle) privilege
We need to start designing cycling infrastructure for disadvantaged communities, writes Tim Burns
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The Grenfell Inquiry transcripts should be compulsory reading
We owe it to those who died to learn the lessons from the disaster now
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The young are facing a crisis and we must help them
Brendan Kilpatrick makes the moral and pragmatic case for finding ways to invest in the next generation
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Architects need to embrace the reality of permitted development
If the nation is going to build build build, architects should get their boots on, argues Simone de Gale
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The profession faces a Gordian knot
Tackle the thorny issue of procurement and everything else will unravel, argues Nick Moss
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Why relaxing the 2m rule is a game-changer for public transport
Nowhere is the challenge of social distancing more pronounced than on our transport networks. Ali Mowahed on how to adapt stations
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Rip up the RIP notices: We’ll be back in the office soon
Reports of the death of the office are premature, says Brendan Kilpatrick
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Learning from lockdown: Don’t blame density for problems caused by poverty
Healthy housing should not be the privilege of the wealthy. Earle Arney prescribes ’extreme measures for extreme circumstances’
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In a world that’s keeping us apart, let’s work together
Collaboration with communities and other firms can weave social value directly into projects, writes Lorna Reed
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Why more architects should work for contractors
Architect Siu-Pei Choi studied at the Bartlett and worked in practice before moving client-side. She explains why she has no regrets
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Heatherwick salutes an inspirational craftsman and collaborator
Thomas Heatherwick pays tribute to his friend the fabricator Bill Tustin who was instrumental in some of his studio’s key projects
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It’s time to turn words into action
There are things all of us can – and should – do to make the profession more diverse, writes Alfonso Padro