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OpinionWhy is the industry waiting for the threat of jail?
Tough new building safety laws are on their way and they will shake up a complacent sector, writes Andrew Mellor
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OpinionThe adapt or die mantra still holds true for architects as a profession
Eleanor Jolliffe finds the existential preoccupations of a near decade-old RIBA report to be just as relevant today
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OpinionThe Coach: The importance of perspective
Our present isolation can make work all-consuming and intensify small dramas. Louise Rodgers offers advice on how to step back
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OpinionFinding the way to build back better
New administrative groupings are needed in government and local authorities to ensure joined up strategy across the health, social care, transport and planning agendas, Flora Samuel writes
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OpinionWhich pigeonhole are you in?
Social profiling has become big business and high tech. David Rudlin traces its history back to a team of Victorians pounding the streets
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OpinionA green homes revolution or total mayhem?
In theory the government is about to start retrofitting 2,700 homes every day. Really, asks Julia Park
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OpinionSpiralling insurance premiums are putting architects out of business
The PI insurance crisis is a threat to architects but also to housing targets so the government will have to act, writes Andrew Mellor
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OpinionHelp at last for Lahore's walled city
Conservation efforts in Lahore offer a fascinating insight into south Asia’s past and present, writes Ben Flatman
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OpinionCould this pandemic be the making of home?
Covid-19 has changed the way we work but it could also alter our attitude to the place where we live
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OpinionThe Coach: Time to control the controllables
After a summer like no other you are probably in need of an autumn reset, suggests Louise Rodgers
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OpinionAdding value has never been more important
Good design is core to making the world a better place, writes Flora Samuel
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OpinionConsider the consequences before shutting out the traffic
Low-traffic neighbourhoods might sound like a good idea, but we should be wary of just jumping on the bandwagon, David Rudlin writes
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OpinionHow to pitch to developers – and how not to
Working out what makes you different, and relevant to a project, will help you to stand out from the crowd, writes Martyn Evans
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OpinionCan a single person be competent to sign off a complex building?
And will insurers cover architects for the principal designer role, asks Andrew Mellor as he unpicks the rapidly changing rules
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OpinionA fresher’s guide to starting an architecture degree
Architecture students had it tough even before covid struck. Eleanor Jolliffe has some advice for first-years
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OpinionThe Coach: How can we make tough conversations, healthy conversations?
How do you deal with difficult conversations at work, asks Louise Rodgers
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OpinionIn rejecting the spiritual we lose the chance to build connection
Earlier generations had no need to measure social value because it was innate, writes Flora Samuel
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OpinionWhat exactly is chrono-urbanism?
David Rudlin asks the questions we would have been asking down the pub
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OpinionLearning from lockdown: Don’t miss the chance for change
There’s no manual for returning to work. What works for the next practice might not work for yours. But this is the time to seize opportunities, writes Martyn Evans
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OpinionThe wrong answers to the wrong questions
The planning system needs wholesale reform but this white paper is not how to do it, writes Julia Park