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Council unanimously approves plans to redevelop half of BBC Elstree Studios
French investment giant Axa IM Alts behind UMC Architects-designed development at historic studio site
Reed brands housing planning approval figures ‘unacceptable’ amid delivery crisis
Housing secretary promises ‘acceleration package’ to speed up planning reforms as new data shows lowest approvals for at least 45 years
CPD 15 2025: Fire safety and the building envelope
EEA report highlights need for architects to prioritise acoustic performance in window specification
THISS Studio completes Butterfield house extension in Stoke Newington
Raising the bar: How the government’s green paper will transform timber specification
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Stop faulting the Stirling Prize for regional disparities and start questioning where Britain invests
Critics say the Stirling Prize ignores architecture beyond the South East, but as Eleanor Jolliffe points out, the shortlist reflects where the money is
Specification
What made this project… Hyde London City by Studio Moren
Studio Moren guides us through the specification challenges present at Hyde London City
House of Lords pushes for bird-safe glass requirement in England’s new buildings
Peers back cross-party amendments to the Planning and Infrastructure Bill to mandate wildlife-friendly building features, including glazing to prevent bird collisions
Mass timber rooftop and breathable facades define DLA’s Mayfair retrofit
21–25 Bruton Place reinstated as a high-performance workspace through deep retrofit and material innovation
CPD
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WA100 Digital Edition
Architect of the Year Awards 2024
What made this project… Black and Stone by Mallett
What made this project… Hyde London City by Studio Moren
What made this project… Brewers’ Hall by dMFK
What made this project… Everton Stadium by BDP Pattern
What made this project… Plot R8 by Piercy & Company
What made this project… Meadow Road by Studio Bark
What made this project… Undershed by George Lovesmith Architecture
What made this project… Manor Lodge by IID Architects
What made this project… Melamar by Paper Igloo
What made this project… De Valera Library and Súil Gallery by Keith Williams Architects
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Boomers to Zoomers
Carmody Groarke completes ArtPlay Pavilion at Dulwich Picture Gallery
Barratt Redrow commits to accessible playgrounds on all new developments
Report calls for national play strategy to reshape neighbourhoods for children
Seventeen years on: why England needs a new National Play Strategy
England is failing to plan for its ageing population – the spending review must put that right
The quiet revolution in built environment education and engagement – starting with children
The Coach: Why age isn’t the issue – it’s the life stage that counts
2,000 young people, one mission: Rethinking access to architecture at the Festival of the Future
More than a masterplan: the people power behind Earls Court’s next chapter
The built environment belongs to everyone – so why are young voices so often excluded?
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In Pictures
Carmody Groarke completes ArtPlay Pavilion at Dulwich Picture Gallery
Anish Kapoor’s Naples Metro station unveiled
Bennetts Associates completes redevelopment of Glasgow’s Citizens Theatre
In pictures: Architecture for London reinstates Camden townhouse as family home
In pictures: Work completes on Howells-designed Birmingham tower
In pictures: Pend completes Catalog House
Donald Insall Associates completes £7.6m refurbishment of John Rylands Library
Bindloss Dawes converts French hamlet into wellness retreat
Hugh Broughton Architects lifts the lid on Parliament Street toilet refurbishment
BDP unveils images of completed refurbishment of Topshop’s former Oxford Circus store
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WA100 2025
WA100 2025: Hopes take a wobble
WA100 2025: Digital edition
WA100 2025: The big list
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The circular logic still distorting housing targets
Looking back at research from the 1990s and comparing it with today’s data, David Rudlin explores the persistent failure of site allocations to deliver housing
Stop faulting the Stirling Prize for regional disparities and start questioning where Britain invests
Critics say the Stirling Prize ignores architecture beyond the South East, but as Eleanor Jolliffe points out, the shortlist reflects where the money is
Nicholas Grimshaw and the optimism of British high tech
Sir Nicholas Grimshaw, who has died aged 85, helped shape British high tech with buildings that embodied structural clarity, adaptability and a spirit of optimism
How Britain squandered its nuclear lead, surrendered energy security and betrayed the environment
Jason Boyle argues that Britain’s 35-year halt in nuclear construction was a catastrophic, self-inflicted blow to the nation’s climate, economy and energy security
Marketing your architecture practice: why it matters and how to do it well
Stephen O’Reilly sets out what effective marketing really looks like
What’s stopping us from designing the most sustainable building?
For structural engineer Anna Beckett, the challenge of sustainable building lies not just in materials and construction methods, but in questioning the assumptions we start with
AYA 2025 shortlists: Individual House Architect of the Year
In a series celebrating BD’s Architect of the Year Awards finalists, we look at the Individual House Architect of the Year shortlist
Hugh Strange’s choreography of construction
Hugh Strange’s striking Hastings House has just been shortlisted for the 2025 Stirling Prize. Earlier this year Oriana Fernandez went to the Barbican to hear him set out his construction-centred approach and the balance he seeks between prefabrication, craft and site conditions
AYA 2025 shortlists: Housing Architect of the Year
In a series celebrating BD’s Architect of the Year Awards finalists, we look at the Housing Architect of the Year shortlist
AYA 2025 shortlists: Higher Education Architect of the Year
In a series celebrating BD’s Architect of the Year Awards finalists, we look at the Higher Education Architect of the Year shortlist
AYA 2025 shortlists: Education Architect of the Year
In a series celebrating BD’s Architect of the Year Awards finalists, we look at the Education (nursery - 6th form) Architect of the Year shortlist, sponsored by Swisspearl
AYA 2025 shortlists: Creative Conservation Architect of the Year
In a series celebrating BD’s Architect of the Year Awards finalists, we look at the Creative Conservation Architect of the Year shortlist
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Bradford Live: how Tim Ronalds Architects helped residents save their historic cinema and turn it into a 3,800-capacity music venue
76 Upper Ground: Denys Lasdun’s 1960s South Bank vision is realised at last
Designing, building and growing the natural way: Wolves Lane community centre unveiled by Studio Gil and Material Cultures
Unpacking the museum: the V&A Storehouse in Stratford opens its doors
A Serpentine Pavilion for anxious times – but is that enough?
Bennetts’ timber and straw robotics lab pilots new net zero carbon building standard
From complexity to clarity: The Sainsbury Wing transformed
A cauldron on the Mersey: how Everton built their new stadium in just five years (Manchester United take note)
Designing from first principles: Inside David Kohn Architects’ Gradel Quadrangles
Industrial remix: how Hawkins\Brown retuned Wakefield’s Tileyard North for the creative economy
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Reviews
The Manifesto House: Buildings that changed the future of architecture
Form Follows Love: Anna Heringer on building with empathy, intuition and mud
Nuts, bolts and preservation: High Tech as heritage
RA Summer Exhibition: with no designated space, architecture is overshadowed
Surface Reflections: a quieter, more thoughtful London Design Biennale
Architecture and Social Change: Shaping an Impactful Practice
Beyond the optics: identity, class and the politics of equality in architecture and the arts
Faith, reuse and surveillance: Birmingham’s mosques through Mahtab Hussain’s lens
Between colonialism and nation-building: rethinking African modernism
Speedos, lidos and lost pools: a stylish look at swimming’s social past
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