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Building Design has launched a new initiative placing social value at the heart of our coverage
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How do you demonstrate social value?
Building Design’s social value columnist looks at the emerging metrics
Grenfell Inquiry: How much can we expect of architects?
The public would be horrified if they understood the reality of design-and-build procurement, says Russell Curtis
British Pavilion curators name collaborators
vPPR among participating practices
Our streets could be the most democratic spaces in the city
Streets are our public living rooms. They should be designed accordingly, writes Giulio Ferrini
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
Architects ‘should be kicked out of RIBA’ for abusing staff
‘If you come out of an abusive course you might be more susceptible to joining an abusive practice’
Haworth Tompkins completes Kingston School of Art upgrade
Project sees major redevelopment of 1970s studio and workshop space
Reusing our heritage is ‘vital’ to meet net-zero ambitions
Report calls for step-change in carbon-footprint calculation methods and VAT breaks
How to save historic buildings in the real world
As Historic England calls for more of our heritage to be repurposed, Richard Griffiths on the social value and economics of reusing old buildings
Maggie’s Centre at the Royal Marsden, Sutton, by Ab Rogers Design
For his first building the designer has gone head-to-head with his father – but he was more intimidated by Rem Koolhaas, he tells Elizabeth Hopkirk
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
Hackitt attacks industry for ‘excuses’ she hears over slow pace of change
Standard practices are ’gob-smacking’, says chair of board behind building safety regulator
‘Architects are rarely at the table when crucial decisions are being made’
Shelley McNamara and Yvonne Farrell of Grafton Architects discuss hope and fear with Elizabeth Hopkirk
Prophets who inhabit liminal spaces
Architects’ ability to handle uncertainty will help the profession survive uncertain times, writes Eleanor Jolliffe
RIBA attacks proposed homes efficiency standards
Government’s Future Homes Standard is not ambitious enough, says institute
Evolve and diversify. How flexible thinking can sustain high streets
The most successful high streets are those that look beyond a narrow retail focus, writes Fiona Scott
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
Beautiful schemes should be fast-tracked, urges commission
Building Better, Building Beautiful Commission also calls for ’minister of place’ in cabinet
Building Regs changes ‘not fit to meet net-zero target’
Architects warn Part L and Part F proposals ‘could have disastrous unintended consequences’
Your planet needs you
Kat Scott explains why she is working with the Architects Climate Action Network – and how you can get involved
Building Design columnist wins £100,000 award
David Rudlin and Manchester architecture lecturer to study 100 high streets
Housebuilders lambasted for producing overwhelmingly bad designs
Bartlett’s national housing audit finds ‘unethical’ housebuilders designing just 26% of homes well
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
Our first forays into delivering social value
Andrew Mellor outlines how local consultation altered a regeneration project in Truro
How apprenticeships are pioneering diversity in the profession
Architectural apprentice Katherine Birkett asks why more practices and students aren’t seizing the new route into architecture
Our adversarial procurement system is not fit for collaborative construction
Design & build contracts de-skill architects and make accidents more likely, argues Eleanor Jolliffe
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