More Opinion – Page 20
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OpinionPolitics needs specialists from the built environment – and it needs you now!
The Conservatives are asleep at the wheel and lack the skills or desire to address the built environment’s multiple crises, writes Emma Dent Coad
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OpinionOpen-plan living is dead - bring back the serving hatch!
Open plan spaces are both inflexible and boring, so why not make use of some time-honoured alternatives, writes Chloë Phelps
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OpinionThe implications of the Building Safety Act are becoming clearer
The processes around the new act and the associated secondary legislation are now largely finalised, writes Andrew Mellor
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OpinionThe net zero challenge: feeling is believing
Forget everything you thought you knew about building design if you want to achieve net zero, writes Susan Roaf
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OpinionWill Oki the radical survive contact with the RIBA?
We should all wish Muyiwa Oki well, but he faces an uphill struggle, writes Ben Flatman
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OpinionWhere was the architecture in Coventry’s year as City of Culture?
Why has Coventry turned its back on its rich 20th century architectural heritage, asks Joe Holyoak
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OpinionHow to bring others along on your net zero carbon journey
Net zero is achievable but the profession has a vital role to play in teaching other stakeholders how it’s done, writes Satish Jassal.
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OpinionWhy is it so difficult to build a high street?
We can create thriving new high streets, but it requires curation and a different financial model, writes David Rudlin.
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OpinionArchitecture without (too much) ego: answering the retrofit challenge
Pragmatism, agility and flexibility are vital qualities when working on a building that requires updating, says Ed Williams of Fletcher Priest Architects
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OpinionBirmingham is seizing its moment to drive real change
The Commonwealth Games have given Birmingham a once in a generation opportunity to transform a formerly struggling part of the city
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OpinionWhat’s stopping us from having a better work-life balance?
If it’s 5pm and you are reading this, please stop procrastinating. Turn off your computer and go and make the most of your evening, says Anna Beckett
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OpinionThere is a candidate for everyone in this RIBA election, so go and vote!
RIBA members have every reason to be disenchanted but this list of candidates offers a real choice, writes Ben Flatman
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OpinionThis is a more restrained Stirling prize shortlist, but not lacking in quality
Despite some surprising inclusions, this year’s Stirling prize has nominees to match the best from any previous year
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OpinionOverheating buildings are architects’ responsibility too
It’s time to rethink your attitudes to thermal comfort - if not for the sake of the planet, then for the sake of your insurance premiums, writes Eleanor Jolliffe.
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OpinionWhy I’m backing Jo Bacon for RIBA president
Jo Bacon is an experienced leader who already has an existing track record of meaningful reform at the RIBA, writes Amin Taha.
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OpinionThe future of the high street is here… and it’s industrial
’Last mile logistics’ has the potential to help reinvigorate our high streets, writes Simone de Gale
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OpinionThe Bartlett report was flawed and risks undermining academic freedom, to the detriment of all
By failing to carefully differentiate between accusations of genuine abuse and what may just be personal grievances, the Howlett Brown report has unfairly tarred all staff with the same brush and put academic independence in peril, writes Austin Williams
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OpinionBirmingham’s Smithfield regeneration project risks marginalising the communities who use its markets
Birmingham has a once in a generation opportunity to repair the damage done to its historic markets quarter in the 1970s, but risks further harm if it simply gentrifies the area, writes Joe Holyoak
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OpinionWhy I’m backing Sumita Singha for RIBA president
Sumita Singha has the experience and the skills to lead the RIBA and unify its diverse membership, writes Jane Duncan OBE PPRIBA
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OpinionBoris Johnson may be going, but his built (and unbuilt) legacy will live on
More than any of his predecessors, Boris Johnson was a PM obsessed with big building projects, writes Ben Flatman