All Building Design articles in February 2021 – Page 5
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Norman Foster calls for post-covid offices to be converted to housing
Architect says office buildings abandoned during the pandemic could become ’residential towers of the future’
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Architect slams RSHP’s British Library extension as ‘acoustic cover of Wilson’s high-tech power ballad’
Controversial plans to be lodged in May will also see the demolition of Long Kentish’s conservation centre
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Grenfell inquiry: Fire tests ‘kept secret’ says Kingspan technical adviser
Kingspan manager who advised on combustible K15 reveals he had not seen test reports, as inquiry resumes after two months
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Campaigners launch fight to save Finch’s Brixton office tower
International House was part of Lambeth’s listed 1980s recreation centre project
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Architects demand laws to crack down on embodied carbon in construction
Climate network calls on ministers to introduce regulations urgently amid ’national scandal’
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AHMM scales back plans for Lasdun’s IBM building
Practice tables ‘sensitive’ restoration and upgrade after brutalist South Bank offices get grade II listing
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The vision behind the welfare state is a model for how to rebuild after covid
Government planning reforms are doomed to fail because they pit opposing goals against each other for reasons of expediency, writes Roland Karthaus
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You have no authority here: Should planning decisions be left to local councillors?
There is a serious side to the viral video from Handforth Parish Council committee meeting, says Martyn Evans
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LDA's Cambridgeshire new town gets planning approval
Proposals by RLW Estates for 4,500 homes will be located next to Urban Civic’s scheme
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Council concerned about impact of Chipperfield’s Chinese embassy on Tower of London
Early designs revealed in council documents
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Whittam Cox appointed on first phase of £5bn Brent Cross Town project
Practice lands executive architect role on 6,700-home regeneration scheme
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Here’s what a design code can’t do, minister
There are some fundamental issues the government must address before its new model design code can make any difference, writes Jas Bhalla
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Beauty is in the eyes of the beholders
What happens when a community have different ideas about what their local design code should say, ask Nisha Kurian and Holly Lewis
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Diller Scofidio & Renfro beats Heatherwick to second major European scheme
US practice scoops projects in Milan and Madrid in less than a week
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Architect drafted in to rethink Scottish Police estate post-covid
GT3 Architects to create a post-pandemic pilot workspace
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Gallery: Zaha Hadid Architects unveils Chinese arts centre
Complex includes four different cultural institutions
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Opinion
Addressing the problems of public procurement
A newly published government green paper has the potential to profoundly impact UK architectural practice, writes Eleanor Jolliffe
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Further blow for Simpson Haugh’s £1bn Seifert hotel as ministers wade in
Kensington Forum scheme set for public inquiry despite twice receiving GLA approval
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Explainer: How the proposed Future Buildings Standard will affect the way you design
Thomas Lane highlights the most important points in the government’s long-awaited proposals to make non-domestic buildings greener