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Building Design has launched a new initiative placing social value at the heart of our coverage
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Architects march on Arb to ask for protection for climate protestors
Convicted Extinction Rebellion architect to lead delegation
How to design well for people with dementia
Architects need to include safe outdoor spaces when they design senior living schemes, writes Robin Callister
We need to talk about money
Eleanor Jolliffe looks at the rise and fall of fee scales
How to do ornament that’s not a crime
Gillian Darley on the delight of a well-crafted detail
Plasticine and power: Modelling the social value of urban design
Social value is easy to pursue when working for enlightened clients – but what about all those other projects?
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
Entries open for Architect of the Year Awards 2020
Deadline for AYAs is February 7
Robin Nicholson: To tackle the climate emergency we need new values
Architects have a great deal to contribute but only if everyone is involved, says the Cullinan Studio partner
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
David Morley: Social value is tangible – and measurable
The practice founder says linking indoor and outdoor spaces with nature improves crime rates, health and social cohesion
When someone mentions value engineering, bring up social value
Investing in good design from the start reaps long-term social and financial benefits, writes Julia Park
Nick Deeming: Architects must find a way to measure their indirect social value
The biggest thing architects have to offer is still the hardest to quantify, says the Faulkner Browns partner
Chris Harding: We’re developing a practice-wide strategy on social value
BDP’s commitment to what it calls shared value has grown from its socially progressive roots, says the practice’s chair
We must listen or suffer the consequences
We need to start measuring how our projects affect the happiness of children and the loneliness of old folks, writes Martyn Evans
Charles Campion: How we put people at the heart of the creative process
Design charrettes empower stakeholders, create goodwill and build consensus, says the JTP partner
Alison Brooks: This is not a fake
With the world facing multiple crises, the founder of Alison Brooks Architects makes the case for optimism
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
Stirling Prize-winner calls for carbon tax on car-dependent housing
Annalie Riches says financial incentive would help level playing field
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
Simon Erridge: Architecture’s social purpose has seldom felt more relevant
Nor has it felt more under threat, says the Bennetts director
Hazel York: Why social value is important to architects
Hawkins Brown partner says Social Value Act has empowered architects and clients to discuss broader benefits of good design
RIBA to politicians: We are in a state of emergency
Institute publishes manifesto calling for action on climate, housing and safety
Can we burn our way out of the urban waste crisis?
Why one Kenyan architect thinks burning trash is the answer to east Africa’s waste crisis
Bartlett makes £1.2m diversity ‘promise’
Annual scholarship funding offer looks to boost students from under-represented backgrounds
We need a multi-dimensional approach to social value
Introducing Flora Samuel, Building Design’s new social value columnist
Ben Derbyshire: Why social value matters
The immediate past president of the RIBA and chair of HTA Design lends his support to Building Design’s new campaign
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