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
Election watch: Parties commit to climate action, but words are not enough
The RIBA’s Adrian Dobson compares the three main parties’ policies on climate
How to design well for people with dementia
Architects need to include safe outdoor spaces when they design senior living schemes, writes Robin Callister
What architects should know about planners
Victoria Hills hits back at Amin Taha’s remarks on the poor architectural knowledge of planners
What every architect should know about loneliness
Social isolation is as deadly as smoking. How can design bring people together in meaningful ways?
Good placemaking is more about economics than design
Graham Haworth argues that social value is one of the ways to create real communities
A beginner’s guide to the Social Value Act
It’s the act you’ve been waiting for if you want to do good, says Guy Battle
Ted Cullinan: Architect, builder, educator, storyteller
Peter Clegg pays tribute to the visionary architect who eschewed labels and did things his own way
Can architects help children want to go to school in the morning?
The first step is to listen to them, says Murray Hudson, co-editor of a new book on school design
Architects should embrace a modular future
The profession ought to be cheering the government’s support for modern methods of construction, not knocking it, argues HTA’s Simon Bayliss
How to use video to communicate more effectively with clients
Peter Dye advises architects on how to make films with impact. It’s simpler than you think
In a flap about fake Morley’s chicken shops
Three architects are exhibiting their photographs of a south London phenomenon. Jens Kongstad, Nick Blomstrand and William Molho explain why
Don’t call me a ‘conservation architect’!
Vitruvius’ principles are no less relevant when working with old buildings. Richard Griffiths calls for an end to a false distinction
Making sense of façade retention: How we rebuilt Spitalfields’ Fruit & Wool Exchange
As a new book is published attacking the 'creeping plague of facadism’, architect Rab Bennetts responds by recounting the story behind one scheme
Time is running out to save this Aalto-influenced masterpiece
It will be a tragedy if Bob Giles’ West London College is demolished next year, writes Tom Cordell
The verdict: Ike Ijeh on the 2019 Stirling Prize winner
BD’s architecture critic suggests the judges allowed populism to influence their decision more than architecture
It takes more than a design guide to produce quality council housing
Governance, procurement and culture are the real hurdles, says Claire Bennie
Look north: The Stirling Prize after Brexit
The prize’s overwhelming southern bias is symptomatic of what prompted many to vote leave, says Tom Brooksbank
Esther McVey is wrong about architecture in every dimension
Housing minister’s much-ridiculed discovery of ‘3D architects’ betrays a deeper misunderstanding, writes Robert Adam
In pictures: Why we need to keep fighting for our modern heritage
As C20 Society celebrates its 40th anniversary Catherine Croft looks at some of the treasures we might have lost
How to design a good school dining room
Tom Waddicor looks at pitfalls and solutions in designing spaces for learners who lunch
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Interviews
Alan Jones: We need to talk
The profession is facing huge challenges. The new president of the RIBA tells Elizabeth Hopkirk how he plans to tackle them
‘It’s just the same whether you are designing a building or a bike’
The architect who broke the men’s world cycling speed record at 174mph tells BD how he did it - and admits he was ‘absolutely terrified’
Interview: Lee Polisano on towers and ten years of PLP
As the 10th anniversary of PLP and the looming storm of Brexit approach, Lee Polisano looks into the future
Interview: Marie-José Van Hee
Hugh Strange talks to Marie-José Van Hee about her approach to architecture and the importance of the domestic in projects of all scales
Interview: Roger Zogolovitch and Simon Allford
What happens when two of the biggest names in architecture collaborate?
'Inside this strict format, anything can happen'
Hugh Strange talks to Barcelona practice MAIO about the challenges of practising architecture in Spain
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More interviews
'Surrealism sounds very far away, but it’s not at all'
Hugh Strange talks to Jan de Vylder of architecten de vylder vinck taillieu about playing with building elements, the beauty of raw finishes and why Belgian architects have to deal with strange realities
Interview: Neave Brown on Grenfell, Thatcher and the future of housing
As he receives his Royal Gold Medal at the RIBA today, the celebrated architect tells Elizabeth Hopkirk how to get housing right
'The creative act is making the rules up until they break'
Hugh Strange talks to Wicklow-based architect Tom de Paor about his most significant projects, his polymathic approach to architecture and his ‘paradise garden’ on an abandoned farm
'We're very happy with the term magic realism'
Job Floris and Sandor Naus of Monadnock talk to Hugh Strange about the mixed legacy of the Superdutch generation and the importance of creating new stories from old traditions
'Buildings are used, mis-used, re-used, and they get old, decay, are worn out –watching that happen is the most exciting thing'
Tom Emerson of 6a Architects talks to Hugh Strange bout incorporating the passage of time into the practice’s work and the joy of watching buildings take on a life of their own
Helen Hayes MP: The politics of planning
Helen Hayes is the Labour MP for Dulwich and West Norwood in south London and she is also the only planner sitting in Parliament. Switching to politics in 2010 she shares her views on communities, Brexit and Trump.
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