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You can’t programme public space, however much you’d like to
Open spaces are different from buildings and require a humbler approach from designers, says David Rudlin
Technical Study: Hill House, Helensburgh, by Carmody Groarke
Ike Ijeh explains how a chainmail shed is protecting a Charles Rennie Mackintosh mansion from water ingress
Pride is a reminder for us all to be a bit more humane
Thoughtless language and design can exclude people who are different, says Martyn Evans
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BD Digital Edition - May 2019
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Building Studies
Building Study: Drayton Green Church, by Piercy & Company
Building Study: Bracken House, London, by John Robertson Architects
Building Study: The Ray, Farringdon, by AHMM
Building Study: Windermere Jetty Museum, Cumbria, by Carmody Groarke
Building Study: Royal College of Pathologists, London, by Bennetts Associates
Building Study: Dancy House, Marlborough, by Allies and Morrison
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Jamie Fobert: ‘Our AYA win feels like a new beginning’
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Jamie Fobert crowned Architect of the Year
Full list of winners from BD’s Architect of the Year Awards 2019
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You can’t programme public space, however much you’d like to
Open spaces are different from buildings and require a humbler approach from designers, says David Rudlin
Pride is a reminder for us all to be a bit more humane
Thoughtless language and design can exclude people who are different, says Martyn Evans
Those vying to be PM must look beyond their party and engage with a country crying out for real change
Centralised control has infantilised us and eroded the built environment. It’s time to put the government into special measures
Lessons from a loose researcher
Never trust other people’s statistics, says Julia Park. There’s always a risk someone put a decimal point in the wrong place
Does the RIBA really need to tell architects this stuff?
Eleanor Jolliffe takes issue with the way the new code of conduct infantilises the profession
Send MPs to the tower – 22 Bishopsgate, that is
Protecting a building as significant as Parliament requires tough decisions and a dose of humility, says Elizabeth Hopkirk
Inspirations
Sadie Morgan's inspiration: Plymouth Lido
The art deco pool has a place in the heart of the dRMM co-founder and BD Female Architectural Leader for many reasons, including a rather personal one
Technical Feature
Technical Study: Hill House, Helensburgh, by Carmody Groarke
Ike Ijeh explains how a chainmail shed is protecting a Charles Rennie Mackintosh mansion from water ingress
How to stop stack effect whistling through your buildings
Cold drafts, howling winds and banging doors can be avoided with careful planning
How to run the perfect design competition
Architectural contests are a minefield to get right. Alan Berman has been on both sides of the fence, as architect and advisor
Review: Architecture room at the RA Summer Exhibition 2019
Michael Collins on the exhibition which opens to the public next week
Office architects need to add anthropology and data science to their skillset
Our workplaces have never been more high-tech - and yet in some ways office design is turning full circle, says Aecom’s Nicola Gillen
Turns out buildings are even more interesting with people in them
The Saturday Ladies Architecture & Design Society finds going beyond glossy architectural photographs rewarding
Churches that defined the Twentieth Century
The last century produced some staggering places of worship but many are misunderstood and under threat, warns Elain Harwood
Demolishing Richmond House for a temporary Commons would be an act of philistinism
Short-term thinking must not be allowed to rob us of Whitfield’s gem, argues Catherine Croft
Examining the legacy of Pei's pyramid and Foster's Reichstag
Thirty years on, Ike Ijeh compares the influence of the seminal Louvre Pyramid and other radical restorations of its era on current practice
Tomorrow never quite came
60 years after the Whitechapel Gallery first asked architect-artist collaborators to predict the future the mood is much gloomier, says Daniel Elsea
AYA 2019 shortlists: Female Architectural Leader of the Year
A look at the eight individuals who have been shortlisted for the AYA female leader category
An international design contest could be a disaster for Notre Dame
Anglo-French architect David Deroo cautions against the hasty rush to rebuild the cathedral
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