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OpinionA call for regulation: Maximising fire safety through intumescent application
Despite positive steps for safety in the built environment, crucial areas are still being overlooked. Jo Thornicroft explores the role of intumescent paint in fire safety and why a regulatory body is needed
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OpinionThe procurement system is crushing smaller businesses - it needs reform
Our public procurement processes are not serving the best interests of consultants or the end users, writes David Rudlin
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OpinionWhy the British neighbourhood pub must be saved: A Canadian perspective
With British pubs in decline, Dorian Moore asks whether their role as ‘third spaces’ could help save them
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OpinionDoes the US approach to planning mean architects get more respect in America?
In his first column for BD, New York-based Chris Fogarty assesses the relative merits of the US and UK planning systems
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OpinionWhat’s stopping the wider adoption of timber in construction?
The Timber in Construction Roadmap was published in December 2023 after months of industry collaboration. Andrew Carpenter provides some insight from the inside on key barriers and opportunities present when exploring the use of structural timber
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OpinionChasing housing targets, cash-strapped Birmingham risks destroying its cultural soul
Birmingham is the canary in the coal mine, showing us how financially stricken local authorities are increasingly sacrificing cultural assets in pursuit of investment, writes Simeon Shtebunaev
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OpinionArchitects must recognise the power of social media in creating a sense of place
The creation of ‘Instagrammable’ locations can play an important part in helping to revive struggling places, writes Trevor Morriss
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OpinionChampioning permeable materials in a world of climate change
As the UK grapples with the fallout of storm Jocelyn and rising rainfall, Sean Scott explores the spectre of flooding that looms large over our homes and communities
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OpinionWe need to find new ways to engage the public with architecture
The V&A’s Tropical Modernism exhibition highlights the challenges around communicating ideas on architecture to a non-architectural audience, writes Eleanor Jolliffe
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OpinionWhy we’ve completely rewritten the RIBA Handbook of Practice Management for a changed world
The fully revised 10th edition is intended as a ‘primer for people running businesses’, writes Matt Thompson
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Opinion8 March: The big ‘women-washing’ day is upon us
Rather than just ‘celebrating’ women through social media posts, leaders in architecture need to implement real change, writes Siri Zanelli
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OpinionPublic Practice: How I found the opportunity to build trust and work with local communities in the public sector
Working in a local authority opens up a wide range of opportunities to work at the strategic level, writes Andrea Bugli
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OpinionAnother irreplaceable slice of Birmingham’s architecture and history is at risk
The city’s disregard for its own heritage threatens one of the country’s oldest cinemas, a theatre once graced by Olivier, and the pub that hosted the first Black Sabbath gig, writes Joe Holyoak
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OpinionTo retain or rebuild? M&S case shows the industry needs rules
The High Court ruling overturning Michael Gove’s decision to deny M&S permission to redevelop its Oxford Street store shows that a framework setting out the conditions for redevelopment is urgently needed
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OpinionWhat’s stopping us from rebuilding?
The sorry story of the Crooked House pub tells us that sometimes maybe we have to let a building go, writes Anna Beckett
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OpinionMisinformation about RAAC could do more damage than good
Claims that RAAC has a ‘30 year life span’ are incorrect and risk causing unnecessary disruption to schools and hospitals, writes Billy Brand
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OpinionNew cancer centres are combining personalised treatment and research for better outcomes
New approaches to healthcare architecture are helping to facilitate a revolution in treatment and research, writes Chris Oates
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OpinionThe architectural profession is in trouble - collective action is needed to fix it
While large parts of the profession remain resistant to change, there are still plenty of reasons to remain optimistic, writes Ayo Abbas
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OpinionWhy stewardship is critical to creating places where people want to live and work
In the drive to reach ambitious housing targets it is essential to plan for the long term care and sustainability of new developments, writes Hugh Petter