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Renewing my insurance should not have been such an ordeal
Navigating brokers, underwriters and soaring premiums, Satish Jassal provides his insights into the insurance crisis facing the profession.
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Selling off social homes is not the answer to the housing crisis
Instead of building the new social housing we need, Boris Johnson is fixating on populist policies we already know don’t work, writes Ben Derbyshire
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Two rooms and two curators: this Summer Exhibition is mixing things up
The RA’s architecture room focuses on the climate emergency but only underlines the inadequacy of most architects’ responses, writes Ben Flatman
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Brace yourselves for the next wave of fire and safety regulation
Several new pieces of legislation are coming in response to Grenfell and many architects are having to run to catch up, writes Andrew Mellor
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Bartlett report sheds much-needed light on our profession’s wider failings
The Bartlett sought to break down its students in order to build them back up again in the school’s own mould, writes Ben Flatman
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What is Oxford Street for?
Footfall is still down, so some radical new thinking is needed to save one of the UK’s most iconic streets, writes Martyn Evans
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We should all be striving for sustainability
MiddleCap’s Tomáš Jurdák explains why pushing the environmental performance of buildings is not simply a matter for the planning system
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Why I’m supporting Muyiwa Oki to be the next RIBA president
Former president says progressive candidate could “hugely enrich” the institute as nomination deadline looms
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Reducing embodied carbon through facade design
Mark Voss shares his perspective on the industry’s challenges facing the reduction of embodied carbon associated with the building facade and how early input from facade designers can help
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The Coach: It’s OK to get angry – it’s how we deal with our anger that’s key
There are workplace situations in which anger seems to be the only legitimate response and it can then be used as a force for good, says Louise Rodgers
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What’s going on at the RIBA?
Ours is an organisation out of step with its members and the profession it represents, writes Eleanor Jolliffe. The theory is fine but in practice it is so frustrating
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What’s stopping us from carrying on exactly as we are?
The target for achieving net zero may still be decades away but, in order to hit it, we have to make changes to the way we design and build right now, says Anna Beckett
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New Labour: remembering an era of optimism, enthusiasm and mixed results
It is 25 years since Tony Blair’s 1997 landslide victory and the architectural legacy is both good and bad, writes Ben Flatman
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Architecture is ephemeral, urban design is eternal!
Most masterplans are never built but, once they are, they can last for ever – even if the name of the masterplanner is quickly forgotten, writes David Rudlin
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Design better, specify better and consume more carefully – that’s my (not so) radical idea
While we should all be taking action in order to preserve our planet, direct action is actually rather less effective than well-placed words if we want to drive real and lasting change, writes Matthew Lloyd
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What can we expect from the Queen’s Speech?
Ben Derbyshire is optimistic that Gove will propose a range of innovative proposals
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MoMA’s exhibition illustrates the rich legacy of south Asian modernism
New York museum seeks to put region’s architecture in a post-colonialist context, writes Ben Flatman
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Handle with care: retrofits are full of surprises and architects have lots to learn
A standard architectural education does not equip us well for working on historic building fabric. You need a clear understanding of how materials work, writes Eleanor Jolliffe
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Scrapping the S106 agreement would mean better placemaking
The government’s plan to introduce a consolidated infrastructure levy allows placemakers to focus on what’s important – creating schemes of both spatial and social quality, says James Cons
