All Building Design articles in October 2023 – Page 2
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OpinionDesigning for diversity: Embracing neurodiversity in urban spaces
We need to consider a much wider range of needs when designing new public realm, writes Craig Sheach
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NewsIn pictures: Groupwork’s Greville Street
Groupwork creates a diaphonous new skin for 1970s office block that playfully recalls earlier structures on same site
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FeaturesHow we designed the Children’s Day Treatment Centre at Evelina London Children’s Hospital to welcome young people
Hannah Brewster on how ADP designed a futureproof hospital on a highly constrained site that helps ease the anxiety of families and young children undergoing surgical procedures
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NewsDLUHC announces £80m brownfield funding pot with target of 8,000 new homes
Local authorities encouraged to bid for funds to bring derelict sites back into use
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NewsFuture Trends: workload negativity reduces for all but the smallest firms
RIBA survey finds some practices reporting “early signs” of an improving market and more overseas opportunities
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FeaturesWhat made this project… University House by MCW Architects
The judges for this year’s AYAs were impressed with MCW Architects’ body of work, as the practice took home the trophy for Higher Education Architect of the Year (sponsored by Carlisle Construction Materials). In this series, we take a look at one of the team’s entry projects and ask the ...
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ReviewReview | Modern Buildings in London by Ian Nairn
Emma Dent Coad welcomes the republication of Nairn’s classic book on modernist London
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OpinionDebriefing from COP28: ‘These conferences could be held online. At least that way most of us could have a voice!’
COP has turned into a gigantic and unwieldy gathering that is failing to identify the actual mechanisms for achieving its 2030 targets, writes Sumita Singha
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NewsRSHP picked for Paris mixed-use scheme
La Défense project will deliver new homes, office space and a 1,400sq m food court with market
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NewsO’DonnellBrown gets go-ahead for £3.3m Pipe Factory plans
Glasgow retrofit will restore Grade B-listed gem as an enterprise hub
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NewsDecision on 5,000 Manchester student beds deferred in face of councillors' opposition
Two schemes designed by architects including Sheppard Robson, Hawkins Brown and Simpson Haugh have been delayed until at least next month following opposition from councillors
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NewsPopulous draws up plan for new Inter Milan stadium after heritage lobby blocks San Siro demolition
New ground could be ready by 2028
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NewsCity of London Corporation approves retrofit first policy
Planners want revamps rather than new builds where “this is the most sustainable and suitable approach for a site”
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NewsHowells 'bridges the old and the new' with National Trust pavilion
Contemporary and traditional materials and craftsmanship combine to create innovative new addition to historic site
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OpinionVirtual Front Row: AI’s role in the evolution of live sport and entertainment
Architects and designers are using AI to reshape how we experience live events. As this becomes the norm, Kirsty Mitchell explores how we preserve the distinct collective energy that draws us like magnets to live events
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FeaturesWhat happens to council housing developments when a local authority goes ‘bankrupt’?
When a section 114 ‘bankruptcy’ notice is put in place, a council’s non-statutory services are restricted and housebuilding ’goes to the back of the queue’. Yet the growing number of councils in this situation are finding ways to carry on building.
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NewsFCBS gets go-ahead for latest phase of Filton Airfield redevelopment
Council approves plans for 239 retirement homes at Bristol’s new Brabazon neighbourhood
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NewsArchitects eye chance to design new LSE scheme near Tate Modern
Bouygues team appointed to student homes project behind London art gallery
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NewsRCKa lodges plans for east London youth centre
Chadwell Heath scheme is backed by £2m in government funding
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FeaturesWhat made this project… St Gabriel’s School by van Heyningen and Haward Architects
The judges for this year’s AYAs were impressed with van Heyningen and Haward Architects’ body of work, as the practice was named a finalist for two awards including Education Architect of the Year. In this series, we take a look at one of the team’s entry projects and ask the ...