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OpinionAlison Brooks: This is not a fake
With the world facing multiple crises, the founder of Alison Brooks Architects makes the case for optimism
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Simon Erridge: Architecture’s social purpose has seldom felt more relevant
Nor has it felt more under threat, says the Bennetts director
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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
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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
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We need a multi-dimensional approach to social value
Introducing Flora Samuel, Building Design’s new social value columnist
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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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Diversity in architecture has come a long way – but we’re not there yet
Eleanor Jolliffe considers how to get everyone a seat at the table
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There is much in the Grenfell inquiry report that still requires clarity
Andrew Mellor looks at what Martin Moore-Bick’s recommendations mean for architects
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The incremental destruction of Basildon’s brave new world
Gillian Darley examines the current regeneration of the Essex new town as it turns 70
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Motherhood and apple pie without the teeth
The new National Design Guide won’t have an impact unless it has teeth, writes David Rudlin
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What you leave behind is not what is engraved in stone monuments. Discuss
Mark Middleton considers architectural legacy
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It takes decades to build a place’s character. Can developers ever short-circuit that process?
Set aside your branding and logos, advises Martyn Evans
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Esther McVey’s ignorance can’t go unchallenged
Julia Park skewers the government’s muddled thinking on housing design and planning
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It’s time the Stirling loosened up
How can you possibly assess a railway station against a private house, asks Ben Flatman
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Architectural education is a problem of degrees
The profession’s unprofessional origins might have something useful to say about its future, writes Eleanor Jolliffe
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What the Future Homes Standard means for you
Andrew Mellor explains how to future-proof schemes in a fast-moving regulatory landscape
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Charting the contours of history
From school atlas to GPS, maps are the key to understanding ourselves, says Gillian Darley
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Back to planning school
In his first lesson from an illuminating new lecture series, David Rudlin learnt that the 70s was the decade when the post-war planning consensus died
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Designing green buildings is important, but what about the bigger picture?
So-called sustainable developments are often anything but, argues Ruth Richardson
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The Labour Party has a problem with private schools. Does architecture too?
Ben Flatman asks what we should conclude from the schools attended by Norman Foster and Amanda Levete
