All Building Design articles in October 2023 – Page 4
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News
Berkeley puts breaks on new development funding due to ‘unsupportive’ regulatory environment
Housebuilder to focus instead on “financial strength” amid “volatile” operating conditions
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Opinion
Tomorrow’s architect today: Why we need to proactively reach out to young people and open up new routes to qualifying
Peter Sofoluke on how alternative education routes are reimagining access to the architectural profession, improving diversity, and challenging the status quo
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In pictures: Purcell’s restoration of Stowe House
Conservation practice completes programme of works that began in 1999
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Buckley Gray Yeoman unveils plans to freshen up Seifert-designed City block
Practice to turn riverside St Magnus House into a visitor destination on the Thames Path
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Features
‘Nobody believes them anymore’… HOK’s Daniel Hajjar on what is wrong with UK politics and the planning system
After 20 years in the Middle East, Daniel Hajjar moved to the UK, where, eight years on, he finds the political ‘flakiness’ of the country has made it an infuriating place to build. Thomas Lowe reports
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News
Meet CornWall: Organic waste transformed into climate-positive design
CornWall is a wall finishing material crafted from plant-based biomass, which hopes to provide an alternative for ceramic wall cladding or other less sustainable composite materials
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Thinktank says Manchester and Birmingham’s relative underperformance ‘at heart’ of UK’s stagnation
Second cities must grow significantly to break UK out of cycle of low productivity, says report
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City poised to establish new conservation area next to the Gherkin
New schemes in Creechurch neighbourhood to face tighter planning rules if councillors vote in favour of proposals next week
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Hawkins Brown unveils plan for second tallest tower in Glasgow
Student housing scheme will hit 34 storeys
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Ole Scheeren beats star names in competition to design HQ for China’s biggest company
Architect beats Foster & Partners, Heatherwick Studio and his former practice OMA to win job for tech giant Tencent
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Features
What made this project… Courier Media by SODA Studio
The judges for this year’s AYAs were impressed with SODA Studio’s body of work, as the practice was named a finalist for Interior Architect of the Year. In this series, we take a look at one of the team’s entry projects and ask the firm’s interior designer, Matilde Menezes, to ...
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Opinion
New developments alongside existing communities must deliver for those who live and work in and around them
The arrival of thousands of new homes and jobs alongside existing communities can sound daunting to existing residents. But developments such as Waterbeach and Oxford North, which support the thriving knowledge economies of Cambridge and Oxford, can enhance lives across the board, writes Jonathan Kendall of Fletcher Priest, masterplanner for ...
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News
Robert Adam establishes new Rome architectural scholarship
The new scholarship will be available for British and Commonwealth applicants to the British School at Rome
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Demolition-threatened Gibberd library loses listing lifeline
Modernist building in Nuneaton would be replaced under town-centre regeneration plans
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In pictures: BIG’s new Copenhagen HQ
The high-profile practice has prioritised sustainability and interconnected interiors for its new headquarters building
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Allies & Morrison lodges plans for listed Southwark temperance hall
Proposals to extend Blackfriars Road building for Italian furniture brand would almost double floorspace
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Construction output slumps again with warnings coming months will see sector stuck in doldrums
S&P Global/CIPS report says falling orders, high interest rates and election will keep lid on demand
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Review
Review | Thrive: A Field Guide for Women in Architecture
Indujah Srikaran describes Sumita Singha’s new book as one that she wishes she’d had during her own education
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News
Built environment needs to decarbonise twice as fast to meet 2025 target, UKGBC says
Slow progress over the last four years means firms are now falling behind planned trajectory
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