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2024-04-26T03:00:00+01:00By Alex Lynes
We need to design buildings with flexibility and long-term maintenance in mind, and then look after them, writes Alex Lynes
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2024-04-25T09:00:00+01:00By Emma Dent Coad3 comments
Emma Dent Coad reports from the recent RIBA conference on the Building Safety Act
2024-04-24T05:00:00+01:00By Ben Flatman3 comments
Modernism’s stripped back aesthetic could be seen as inclusive, but is it actually an impediment to diversity, asks Ben Flatman
2024-04-23T09:30:00+01:00By Eleanor Jolliffe1 comments
Eleanor Jolliffe delves into the evolving role of Artificial Intelligence, where innovation collides with questions of authenticity and the architect’s role in the design process
2024-04-22T06:00:00+01:00By Clare Masters, Jamie Quinn, Nuno Correia, Jane Wakiwaka and Nils Rage
Industry leaders share their ESG practices, offering crucial insights for navigating a sustainable future
2024-04-19T05:00:00+01:00By Andy Robinson
UK fire crews play a vital role in saving lives – so the design of their station facilities has to work hard to minimise any further risks. With the nature of the job meaning smoke exposure, facilities need more than just showers for clean-up operations.
2024-04-19T01:22:00+01:00By Marc Seligmann
An alphabet soup of terminology can often obscure the real objectives around sustainability, writes Marc Seligmann
2024-04-18T06:16:00+01:00By Paul Smith
As the Duchy of Cornwall proposes a new 2,500-home Poundbury-style scheme in Kent, Paul Smith argues greater competition is the real key to improving housing design
2024-04-17T09:13:00+01:00By Ben Flatman
The shadow levelling-up secretary has taken flak for exercising her right to buy, but Labour has a long history of dalliance with the concept of selling council homes, writes Ben Flatman
2024-04-17T05:00:00+01:00By Chris Fogarty1 comments
When Chris Fogarty’s daughter expressed an interest in becoming an architect, it led him to a deeper understanding of how the US and UK education systems differ
2024-04-17T05:00:00+01:00By Chris Fogarty1 comments
When Chris Fogarty’s daughter expressed an interest in becoming an architect, it led him to a deeper understanding of how the US and UK education systems differ
2024-04-16T05:00:00+01:00By Eve Pope1 comments
With a growing population and a rapidly expanding construction sector to match, Eve Pope explores the use of CO2-derived materials to prevent house building from damaging our climate
2024-04-15T04:00:00+01:00By Jimmy Bent
Many potential candidates may not even be actively looking for a job, which means employers need to utilise a wide range of strategies, writes Jimmy Bent
2024-04-12T10:06:00+01:00By Paul Bussey and Stuart Pierpoint2 comments
Whilst the parameters of responsibility have changed for principal architects, Paul Bussey and Stuart Pierpoint believe the new Building Safety Act presents an opportunity for a more ethical and collaborative approach to building design
2024-04-12T00:05:00+01:00By Joe Holyoak2 comments
Birmingham’s latest public realm improvement brings with it some expensive maintenance liabilities, writes Joe Holyoak
2024-04-10T00:05:00+01:00By Satish Jassal6 comments
Architects must stop fighting yesterday’s battles around professional status and focus on the thought and creativity that they bring, writes Satish Jassal
2024-04-09T00:05:00+01:00By Kat Hanna
From becoming an independent city state, to a heritage zone or thriving mixed-use hub, Kat Hanna speculates on the City’s possible futures
2024-04-08T00:05:00+01:00By Louise Rodgers
A social and workplace culture that has historically encouraged modesty can also prevent us from getting noticed, writes Louise Rodgers
2024-04-05T05:00:00+01:00By Adrian Byne
The emphasis on creating spaces that foster human health and wellbeing has become a hot topic in construction and interior design across many sectors. How can we create spaces that are functional but also offer tangible physical and mental benefits to its inhabitants?
2024-04-05T00:05:00+01:00By Leon Furkert3 comments
Leon Furkert of the Dresden Historical Society shares the story of Dresden’s renaissance
2024-04-04T00:05:00+01:00By Nicholas Boys Smith1 comments
From the prioritisation of cars to residential zoning and a disinclination to rebuilding lost buildings, no British city tells the story of post-war planning better than Coventry, writes Nicholas Boys Smith
2024-04-02T10:30:00+01:00By Matthew Lloyd11 comments
The profession must consolidate and specialise to address challenges around low fees and pay, writes Matthew Lloyd
2024-04-02T09:12:00+01:00By Andrew Mellor
The long-awaited guidance will give developers confidence to proceed on projects, but debates will continue, writes Andrew Mellor
2024-03-28T13:18:00+00:00By Chris Dyson
The Chris Dyson Architects founder describes how he has been influenced by the American abstract artist, who died this week at the age of 85
2024-03-27T00:05:00+00:00By Martyn Evans2 comments
When visitors start scattering their loved ones’ ashes, you know you’ve developed a precious connection to place, writes Martyn Evans
2024-03-26T05:00:00+00:00By Jo Thornicroft
Despite positive steps for safety in the built environment, crucial areas are still being overlooked. Jo Thornicroft explores the role of intumescent paint in fire safety and why a regulatory body is needed
2024-03-25T00:05:00+00:00By David Rudlin3 comments
Our public procurement processes are not serving the best interests of consultants or the end users, writes David Rudlin
2024-03-22T00:10:00+00:00By Dorian Moore
With British pubs in decline, Dorian Moore asks whether their role as ‘third spaces’ could help save them
2024-03-21T06:00:00+00:00By Chris Fogarty2 comments
In his first column for BD, New York-based Chris Fogarty assesses the relative merits of the US and UK planning systems
2024-03-20T05:00:00+00:00By Andrew Carpenter1 comments
The Timber in Construction Roadmap was published in December 2023 after months of industry collaboration. Andrew Carpenter provides some insight from the inside on key barriers and opportunities present when exploring the use of structural timber
2024-03-18T00:05:00+00:00By Simeon Shtebunaev
Birmingham is the canary in the coal mine, showing us how financially stricken local authorities are increasingly sacrificing cultural assets in pursuit of investment, writes Simeon Shtebunaev
2024-03-15T00:05:00+00:00By Trevor Morriss2 comments
The creation of ‘Instagrammable’ locations can play an important part in helping to revive struggling places, writes Trevor Morriss
2024-03-13T05:00:00+00:00By Sean Scott
As the UK grapples with the fallout of storm Jocelyn and rising rainfall, Sean Scott explores the spectre of flooding that looms large over our homes and communities
2024-03-12T00:05:00+00:00By Eleanor Jolliffe3 comments
The V&A’s Tropical Modernism exhibition highlights the challenges around communicating ideas on architecture to a non-architectural audience, writes Eleanor Jolliffe
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