Focus
Your planet needs you
Kat Scott explains why she is working with the Architects Climate Action Network – and how you can get involved
Housing that hits the heights of mediocrity
David Rudlin considers how we should respond to today’s National Housing Audit
Should architects be paid more?
Building Design’s client columnist looks at how this might actually happen in the real world - and it involves relationships
Advertisement
Buildings
The world’s hottest projects in 2020
Building Study: Auckland Tower, County Durham, by Niall McLaughlin
Building Study: Walker’s Court, Soho, by Soda Studio
Technical Study: Stratford Pavilion by Acme
Building Study: Zayed Centre, Great Ormond Street, by Stanton Williams
Building Study: Marmalade Lane, Cambridge, by Mole Architects
Technical Study: Science Museum supporters’ centre, by Hat Projects
Building Study: The Twist, Norway, by BIG
Technical Study: Beaconsfield Mews cohousing, London, by Stolon Studio
Building Study: Tintagel Bridge, Cornwall, by William Matthews Associates
- Previous
- Next
Latest CPDs
- Previous
- Next
Advertisement
Entries open for Architect of the Year Awards 2020
Deadline for AYAs is February 7
Advertisement
Inspirations
Jane Kennedy’s inspiration: Manchester Town Hall
The Purcell partner on a building that had a guiding influence at the start of her career and has continued to delight ever since
Making the world a better place - through design
Building Design has launched a new initiative placing social value at the heart of our coverage
Housing that hits the heights of mediocrity
David Rudlin considers how we should respond to today’s National Housing Audit
Should architects be paid more?
Building Design’s client columnist looks at how this might actually happen in the real world - and it involves relationships
The housing legacy of the 2010s
Julia Park manages to find a few things to cheer as she looks back over the last decade
The fight to save Kolkata’s heritage is part of the wider struggle over India’s identity
It’s about much more than bricks and mortar, writes Ben Flatman
Our first forays into delivering social value
Andrew Mellor outlines how local consultation altered a regeneration project in Truro
Specification
- Previous
- Next
Your planet needs you
Kat Scott explains why she is working with the Architects Climate Action Network – and how you can get involved
How apprenticeships are pioneering diversity in the profession
Architectural apprentice Katherine Birkett asks why more practices and students aren’t seizing the new route into architecture
Living cheek by jowl can be good for you
Mark Marshall of Daykin Marshall Studio explores different styles of communal living
The Social Value Act has thrown architects a lifeline – and we must grasp it
Ben Derbyshire explains how the profession can haul its way back up the foodchain
We need to harness the green equity in our buildings
This urgently needed measure can help us combat climate change, writes Fernando de Roda
Social infrastructure must be designed into new communities right from the start
In a divided world, we need architects’ innovative thinking to create places that bridge social divides, says Darryl Chen
What happens when an anthropologist spends six months in an architect’s office?
Durham academic Thomas Yarrow turns the spotlight on a profession more accustomed to doing the listening
Election watch: Housing must be about quality as well as quantity
RIBA president Alan Jones looks at the parties’ pledges on housing, in the last of a series scrutinising the manifestos
Election watch: The next government needs to get an urgent grip on fire safety
Former RIBA president Jane Duncan looks at how the Grenfell tragedy is addressed in the manifestos
Sponsored content
- Previous
- Next
