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Orms proposes ‘live’ material passports to reduce construction waste
Reusability of materials within existing buildings could be determined by scanning QR codes
Of politics and pitched roofs
If architects were prepared to let go of the shibboleths of the style wars they might find some unexpected allies, writes David Rudlin
For the planning reforms to work architects will need to be involved from the start
Design tensions go to the heart of the new Planning Bill, says Hilary Satchwell
5th Studio wins Stratford urban design framework
Brief comparable in scale to recent projects at Kings Cross and London Bridge stations
Let’s get this right – the future of our profession is at stake
Sweeping changes are on the way but there are some fundamental questions about how, and indeed whether, the new competence regime will work, writes Eleanor Jolliffe
Edinburgh’s 7N beats transport giants to shape Britain’s future railways
Atkins and Pascall & Watson among finalists in station design ideas contest
We need to talk about the future of the profession
Climate crisis, the Grenfell tragedy and the biggest professional shake-up for 60 years, not to mention a global pandemic and Brexit. Never has it been more critical to shape the way forward. Building Design invites you to join an urgent conversation
Are we ready for WFH to become WFO?
As offices gradually reopen, now is the time to re-think the way we work for the sake of our people and our businesses, writes Martyn Evans
We need to talk about greenwash
Designing an airport that looks like a tree does not make it green. The profession needs to watch its language, says Rob Fiehn in a piece to mark Earth Day
HS2 seeks architects from diverse backgrounds for design panel
Railway also recruiting urban and landscape designers and sustainability specialists
Architects demand tougher carbon controls on new buildings
Proposed Future Buildings Standard contains ‘significant shortcomings’, government warned
Review: Slogans and Battlecries by Paul Shepheard
Nicholas de Klerk enjoys a book that offers another way into architecture
Wimshurst Pelleriti bags planning for ‘net zero’ flats twice height of council plan
South London block reuses basement of former commercial unit to deliver 113 ’affordable’ homes
Studio Weave reveals proposals to landscape busy City junction
Public realm improvements at Bank designed to cater for increased station capacity
Reform taxation to incentivise owners to retrofit private homes, says RIBA
Stamp duty and council tax ’could play key role in helping UK meet its net zero commitment’
Architect starts work on UK’s first LGBT+ extra-care housing
Later-life housing provider also about to launch new architecture framework
Could our year of crafting revive the craft of building?
The whole country has gone mad for making and even housebuilders are talking about beauty. This is our moment – seize it, says Eleanor Jolliffe
Agrawal quits Homes England after less than a year to run Public Practice
Move follows Finn Williams’ appointment as Malmo city architect
Retrofit could cut CO2 emissions from old buildings by 80%, says Historic England
More than a fifth of buildings in England are over a century old
British Pavilion at Venice Biennale relaunched
First image of the Garden of Privatised Delights is revealed
Designing out stigma from mental health facilities should start with demolishing walls
The time has come to integrate mental health facilities into the centre of our communities, writes Christopher Shaw
Reasons to be cheerful about social value
Flora Samuel looks back at the recent history of social value and finds much to celebrate
In pictures: Thirty years of Lacaton & Vassal
Gallery: Half a dozen of the Pritzker Prize-winners’ best projects
Lacaton and Vassal win 2021 Pritzker Prize
French architects have built a reputation for imaginative reuse
Spheron Architects chosen to remodel Peckham Library square
’We’ll be working with a very famous friend,’ says co-founder Tszwai So
‘Church could transform construction industry’
Taking a long-term view and demanding higher standards would set a new benchmark, argues chair of housing commission
Analysis: How the church can use its land to ease the nation’s housing crisis
What can one of the UK’s biggest landowners do to put its resources where its mouth is? Elizabeth Hopkirk reports
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