All Building Design articles in March 2024 – Page 5
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FeaturesDesigning out the challenges in the most challenging environments
The impact that good design can have on our health and wellbeing cannot be overstated. The choice of materials used can dramatically affect our physical and mental wellbeing, improve feelings of support, the level of perceived safety and, perhaps most importantly, how valued people feel as individuals. For Philip Ross ...
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OpinionIs the lack of ornament in architecture a barrier to diversity?
Modernism’s stripped back aesthetic could be seen as inclusive, but is it actually an impediment to diversity, asks Ben Flatman
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NewsFlanagan Lawrence gains approval for 65-home scheme in south east London
Development will provide appartments for local residents
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NewsHowells picked for restoration of grade II*-listed Birmingham Botanical Gardens
Practice working on scheme with Donald Insall Associates
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NewsPRP revives plan for 475-home Camden estate redevelopment
Countryside and One Housing Group working up plans for eight buildings next to Camden’s Roundhouse
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OpinionNavigating the AI wave: Substance or simply imitation?
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
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NewsKPF rejigs approved City tower plans to make scheme more sustainable
Developer Stanhope to focus on re-using existing building at 60 Gracechurch Street two years after buying site from Hong Kong firm
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Building StudyLondon College of Fashion strikes a pose with new campus by Allies & Morrison
The London College of Fashion has brought its six separate sites under one roof for the first time in more than 100 years. Tom Lane reports
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NewsInfluential Conservative think tank backs Labour’s ‘grey belt’ plans
Bright Blue says Keir Starmer is “absolutely right” to propose building on poor quality areas of the green belt
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NewsRIBA introduces nine new honorary fellows
Selected fellows are non-architects who have contributed significantly to the built environment
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NewsHenley Halebrown wins Belgian community centre renovation job
London architect working with two Belgian practices on scheme
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NewsAndy Street pledges to triple social housing delivery if re-elected as West Midlands mayor
Polling shows uphill battle for incumbent in fight for West Midlands mayoralty
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OpinionDemystifying ESG on Earth Day – industry perspectives
Industry leaders share their ESG practices, offering crucial insights for navigating a sustainable future
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NewsLabour unveils plan to build on ‘grey belt’ land
The policy has the potential to unlock land to build hundreds of thousands of new homes, party says
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NewsDecision to ditch Scotland’s 2030 climate target ‘disappointing’, housing body says
Climate Change Committee warned last month that 75% emissions reduction target was unachievable
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NewsMather & Co picked for Hereford museum and art gallery upgrade
Refurbished museum and gallery to be opened next year
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NewsBuckley Gray Yeoman completes Heal’s department store refurb
Practice has transformed upper floors of grade II*-listed building in London’s West End into office space
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NewsFraming foliage: Photography exhibition explores the thorny world of hedges
Hedge photography exhibition to launch in south east London gallery
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OpinionPost-call-out decontamination: What’s the burning issue?
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. Andy Robinson examines how ...
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OpinionRegenerative design and the problem with sustainability jargon
An alphabet soup of terminology can often obscure the real objectives around sustainability, writes Marc Seligmann