All Features articles – Page 9
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FeaturesWomen in Construction: Sarah Ball, principal, Woods Bagot
Jordan Marshall talks to the Woods Bagot principal leading the practice’s Adelaide and Aukland studios as part of a Women in Construction special produced by our sister title Building in conjunction with Gleeds
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FeaturesHigh-rise living with Pyroguard
Building Design takes a look at the Deanston Wharf Development and speaks to Andy Lake regarding considerations needed when specifying glass for winter gardens on high-rise residential buildings
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FeaturesWhat made this project… Haberdashers’ Boys’ School by NVB Architects
The judges for last year’s AYAs were impressed with NVB Architects’ body of work, as the practice took home the trophy for Education Architect of the Year. In this series, we take a look at one of the team’s entry projects and ask the firm’s director, James McGillivray, to break ...
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FeaturesPhoenix: the 3D-printed concrete bridge
Circular by design, Phoenix stands solely through compression without reinforcement, with blocks that can be easily disassembled and recycled
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FeaturesPlans for 150,000 homes but no water to supply them. Does Gove’s vision for Cambridge stand a chance?
The housing secretary wants to build nearly three times as many homes as the target set by Cambridge’s own planners. Is there something he knows that they don’t? Daniel Gayne reports
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FeaturesBuilding archives: Planning the postwar New Towns, 1945-46
The Builder reports on the development of a vast new wave of housing to replace the homes destroyed by wartime bombing
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Features‘Recession is a change agent’: Why Gensler is launching itself into the UK housing market
In the second of our interviews with senior Gensler executives, global co-chief executive Julia Simet and co-managing principal for Europe Duncan Swinhoe talk to Tom Lowe about turning towards office-to-residential conversions, how the UK planning system needs to change and why the world’s biggest practice doesn’t have targets
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FeaturesInterview: Gensler’s Diane Hoskins on how to keep growing in a time of crises
The co-chair of the world’s largest architecture practice tells Tom Lowe about the firm’s journey over the past few turbulent years and why they decided to write a survival guide for architects
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FeaturesInside Shou Sugi Bangers by Unknown Works
The room within a room required a level of technical detailing unlike most typical structures, with the primary focus on acoustic isolation
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FeaturesSchool buildings crisis: What can the next government do to save our schools and colleges?
Public capital spending on education was less last year than at any time since Labour’s Building Schools for the Future programme got up to speed 17 years ago. As part of Building’s election focus, Joey Gardiner asks what can be done to stop our schools falling further into disrepair
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FeaturesWhat made this project… Newson’s Yard by Stiff+Trevillion
Finalist for Refurbishment Architect of the Year Award 2023, Stiff+Trevillion guides us through the specification challenges present at Newson’s Yard
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FeaturesWomen in Construction: Kimberly Dowdell on how Detroit inspired her to become an architect and make a difference
Jordan Marshall talks to the AIA president and HOK director of strategic relationships about her path into architecture and commitment for positive change
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FeaturesWho would back a ‘retrofit only’ mandate? RICS debate airs range of industry views
Former RIBA president Sunand Prasad and Save Britain’s Heritage director Henrietta Billings among Industry experts which discussed how much weight should be given to retrofit schemes by the planners and regulators. Tom Lowe reports
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FeaturesToxin-absorbing clay plasters by Clayworks
Combining centuries-old knowledge, the company hopes to provide a healthier alternative to traditional plaster
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Features‘Like a Zaha Hadid building with traditional materials’ … How do you rebuild the Crooked House pub?
South Staffordshire Council has ordered the owners of Britain’s wonkiest pub to recreate it as it was before its unlawful demolition. Donald Insall Associates and Purcell explain how they would approach what has become one of the country’s most unlikely - and high profile - restoration projects
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FeaturesExtended Q+A: Combining fabric with low and zero carbon technologies in new homes
After an unprecedented number of questions, we joined David Adams, Jamie Bursnell and Steven Heath for an extended question-and-answer session
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FeaturesTurning trash to treasure: Smile Plastics commitment to a circular economy
Recycled-plastic manufacturer expands production with new Wales factory
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FeaturesWhat does the High Court’s ruling mean for M&S’ Oxford Street plans? Lawyers give their views
Developers offered “welcome reset” on planning policy, but full clarity is some way off, writes Tom Lowe
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FeaturesSuzanne Hall on living and learning in Rome
Eleanor Jolliffe talks to Suzanne Hall about studying in Rome, and the lessons she learned there about the coalescence of social and spatial practices