More Opinion – Page 28
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OpinionBeauty is in the eye of the community
When it comes to defining what makes a place beautiful, we should defer to those who live in that community, writes Robert Adam
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OpinionEngineering the future: It’s time to rethink energy demand and supply
The shift away from carbon is going to place a greater strain on our electrcity infrastructure. We need to plan now for a greener future, writes Elisa Sartori
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OpinionBecome a mentor - it can change your life too
We all have a responsibility to lend a helping hand to those coming up behind us, writes Satish Jassal
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OpinionWhy retrofit first should not be retrofit only
Treating retrofit first as an inflexible dogma is not going to help the environment. In the case of the Marble Arch M&S, replacement is the more sustainable option, writes Fred Pilbrow
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OpinionMoxon has taken building your own office to the next level
Many architects aspire to build their own office, but Moxon Architects has turned this aspiration into an award-winning art form, writes Ben Flatman
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OpinionBirmingham is putting the public realm at the heart of its future vision
We need to stop viewing public space as being about discrete destinations, and start seeing it as a complex and interconnected web, writes Dav Bansal
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OpinionWhat’s stopping us from standing up for what we believe in?
We have a responsibility to speak up about projects that are ethically questionable. Only by challenging the status quo can we achieve change, writes Anna Beckett
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OpinionRunning water (and money) down the drain
As gas and electricity prices soar and the country moves closer to Net Zero, Stuart Williams contemplates the embodied energy we are wasting down the drain
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OpinionWhy the M&S public inquiry matters
We must seize this opportunity to change the course of construction, writes Henrietta Billings
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OpinionGentrification is the theft of home
The true meaning of place lies in the communities that hold a neighbourhood together, writes Leslie Kern
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OpinionThe new Principal Designer role is going to require upskilling
We have more clarity on the Principal Designer role but not on how they will be trained. This is likely to create barriers to delivery, writes Andrew Mellor
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OpinionWhy clean air is vital for a healthy home
We spend 90% of our time indoors, yet without proper ventilation systems in place, pollutants could be making their way into our homes. Paul Williams takes a look at the impact
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OpinionHybrid working is here to stay but many staff also want to get back to the office
Not all staff want to be working from home - many seek the learning opportunities and social interaction of the workplace, writes Jimmy Bent
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OpinionLet’s talk about interiors: Retrofit must go further than just building structure and embrace creative reuse
Designers should see it as a responsibility to reuse what is already there - including furniture, says Simon Bird, director at LOM architecture and design
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OpinionWatering down of investment zones is a missed opportunity
The weakening of the Government’s investment zones policy is a missed opportunity to re-assess how we use industrial land in the UK, writes Tim Ward
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OpinionBefore we build millions of new homes, we need to retrofit our social housing stock
Architects need to become advocates for retrofitting old buildings, especially ageing social housing, writes Chloë Phelps
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OpinionThe Coach: How the light gets in – in praise of imperfection
Perfectionists can achieve great things but they can also demotivate their teams and create cycles of negativity, writes Louise Rodgers
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OpinionWe can no longer afford to ignore the ‘green crap’
David Cameron famously said the UK had other priorities and Rishi Sunak was initially reluctant to travel to COP27. Our leaders really have no choice but to take action on climate change, says Thomas Lane
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OpinionGet close to your developer clients and learn from them
Architects must learn to read the market and demonstrate specialist expertise to weather the economic storm, writes Martyn Evans
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OpinionBuy your gran a cosy/cool corner for Christmas
We should focus less on heating and cooling entire buildings, and more on the comfort of the people who occupy them, writes Susan Roaf