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Covid-19 threatens our high streets just as they were fighting back
The so-called death of the high street was mostly about the failure of big chains, writes David Rudlin. Until now
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Covid-19 may force us to rethink how we design cities
Julia Park on coronavirus, zero carbon and the implications for density
Distanced learning in a post-office world
People are predicting the death of the office. Martyn Evans wonders if the new way of working could save the high street and the planet
The new Fire Safety Bill – what does it mean?
This week’s draft legislation is good news but serious questions remain, writes Andrew Mellor
How do you demonstrate social value?
Building Design’s social value columnist looks at the emerging metrics
Don’t rush to judge. The Grenfell inquiry still has 18 months to run
Studio E has taken the brunt of negative headlines so far, but that is only because the architects were the first to give evidence, writes Elizabeth Hopkirk
What architects and politicians have in common
The two professions need to learn to communicate if we are to build a better future, says Eleanor Jolliffe as she starts a new series of columns
The Coach: Open your mind, not just your ears
Even when we think we’re listening we’re probably not, explains Louise Rodgers, Building Design’s professional coach
Building a sense of the transcendent
Gillian Darley finds herself more uplifted than she expected by an exhibition of religious architecture
Sheffield steels itself for the cruellest cut
The good news is Sheffield’s urban design team has been shortlisted for an award. The bad news is they probably won’t be around to receive it
Sheffield steels itself for the cruellest cut
The good news is Sheffield’s urban design team has been shortlisted for an award. The bad news is they probably won’t be around to receive it
How gaming and e-sports will reshape the built environment
Curiosity will help you stay ahead of the game, says Martyn Evans
What is it like to live in a 13sq m former office?
Julia Park meets a young woman whose childhood in temporary accommodation has left her determined to end permitted development
Building safety legislation is changing again. What does it mean for you?
Demonstrating compliance and getting insurance could be challenging, warns Andrew Mellor
Prophets who inhabit liminal spaces
Architects’ ability to handle uncertainty will help the profession survive uncertain times, writes Eleanor Jolliffe
The Serpentine Pavilion goes woke
After last year’s travails, the 20th commission is trying not to put foot wrong, writes Elizabeth Hopkirk
The Coach: Mind the (empathy) gap
Building Design’s new professional coach Louise Rodgers outlines a key skill for resilient practices
Can the language of social value cross continents?
Flora Samuel explores universality through the lens of two cities in Britain and the Philippines
On the eve of Brexit we urgently need a more humane development system
The beauty commission’s report is full of welcome ideas, writes Elizabeth Hopkirk. Now the government needs to act on them
Scruton’s beauty report is an unexpected joy
Many of us worried about the focus on beauty but the BBBBC has produced a well-considered and potentially important report, writes David Rudlin
Un, deux, trois: a French lesson in reusing buildings
Gillian Darley follows in Ian Nairn’s footsteps to Paris and uncovers a story for our time
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
Our adversarial procurement system is not fit for collaborative construction
Design & build contracts de-skill architects and make accidents more likely, argues Eleanor Jolliffe
How design aspiration withers in the face of private-sector cunning
Building Design’s social value columnist Flora Samuel examines the story of one estate
How the success of our cities goes some way to explaining the election result
Cities once led regional growth. Now they grow at the expense of their region, writes David Rudlin
What we can learn from Frank Dobson and Octavia Hill
Don’t feel defeated by the election result, Gillian Darley exhorts community activists and volunteers
WA100 2020: The action moves to China and the US
With employment at the world’s biggest architects static, they seem to be battening down the hatches. But there are exceptions, writes Thomas Lane
‘The level of ambition is worryingly low’
Building Design columnist Julia Park examines what the election result means for housing
Good ideas – and how to stifle them
It’s all a question of your appetite for risk, writes Martyn Evans
Imagine a neighbourhood where social value is part of its DNA
What would the characteristics of such a place be, asks Flora Samuel
