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FeaturesInterview | Chris Dyson: ‘Listen to what the site and place have to say’
From James Stirling to Spitalfields, Chris Dyson opens up to Ben Flatman about the importance of place and how he grew his practice organically
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Building StudyBuilding study: Learning from Denise Scott Brown
As Selldorf Architects unveils £30m proposals to reconfigure the National Gallery and Venturi Scott Brown’s landmark Sainsbury Wing, Elizabeth Hopkirk meets the women leading the project
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MultimediaJargon buster: Heat pumps
Simon Wyatt at Cundall on the pros and cons of replacing gas boilers with heat pumps
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MultimediaJargon buster: Greenhouse Gas Protocol and understanding emissions
Simon Wyatt explains why to understand your carbon footprint you need to look at all green house gases
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MultimediaJargon buster: Carbon neutral vs net zero
Don’t know the difference between carbon neutral and net zero? Cundall’s Simon Wyatt explains it all here
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FeaturesInterview: We’ve never found a practice who are our pin-ups
They used to look up to YAYA winners – then they joined those ranks. This year they took the AYA crown. So what’s next for Fergus Feilden and Ed Fowles, asks Elizabeth Hopkirk
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MultimediaListen: Nabers UK explained
The performance gap is a huge challenge, and now there is a system to verify office buildings in use - listen to how it works
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MultimediaListen: Cundall's Simon Wyatt on climate risk and finance
Pressure is growing from investors to design buildings for extreme weather events - do you understand the risks?
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MultimediaListen: Feilden Fowles and Webb Yates on reusing materials
The final Building Talks… Net Zero podcast visits Fergus Feilden and Edmund Fowles down on their farm | Webb Yates engineers on the barriers to reusing concrete and steel | Simon Wyatt of Cundall on heat pumps
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MultimediaInterview: Maria Smith on the rising tide of greenwash
Post-COP26: ‘I’m just as angry, just as hopeful, just as pessimistic’
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MultimediaListen: Tees Valley mayor on scaling up hydrogen production
Podcast: Also hear from Maria Smith on policies to get us to net zero
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MultimediaViews from COP26: The mood from industry leaders in Glasgow
This week the Building Talks… Net Zero podcast hears from major contractors at COP | Cundall’s Simon Wyatt explains the Greenhouse Gas Protocol
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MultimediaInterview: Tom Bennett on eco-activism and the power of protest
The Studio Bark architect arrested during an Extinction Rebellion demonstration talks about what drives him
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MultimediaInterview: Two of LETI’s founders talk about how the group began – and what next
Clara Bagenal George and Julie Godefroy share the inspiring story behind Building Design’s Architectural Leader of the Year
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MultimediaListen: Simon Allford talks about net zero
In the first episode of the new Building Talks… Net Zero podcast, hear from RIBA president Simon Allford | Heat and Building Strategy analysed | Net zero jargon-buster with Cundall’s Simon Wyatt
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FeaturesInterview | Simon Allford: ‘Architecture will emerge stronger’
The new president of the RIBA talks to Elizabeth Hopkirk about knocking the institute into shape, the pressure architects are facing – and boxing. Photography by Jean Goldsmith
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FeaturesIt’s all about finding the words: opening doors for deaf architects
The absence of agreed signs for architectural terms is a major barrier for deaf people seeking to enter the profession. Chris Laing tells Elizabeth Hopkirk how he plans to change that
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FeaturesInterview: Nicholas Boys Smith on design, deregulation and the Office for Place
There are few topics more controversial than planning reform and placemaking and few people more passionate about them than the chair of the new Office for Place. He talks to Joey Gardiner
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TechnicalAntarctica: Designing for the planet’s most hostile continent
A £100m Antarctic infrastructure programme presents some unique design challenges – like deflecting snow and elephant seals. Elizabeth Hopkirk hears about the hardships and rewards of building at the bottom of the world
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FeaturesInterview: Designing Britain’s biggest infrastructure project
By any standards and on any scale, it’s a huge job – and one with plenty of critics. HS2’s design director Kay Hughes tells Elizabeth Hopkirk she is relishing the unprecedented challenge