All Opinion articles – Page 18
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OpinionWhy we need a new culture of collaborative city planning
To build an optimistic and robust vision for the future, cities need to mobilise the energy and enthusiasm of all their citizens, writes Dav Bansal
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OpinionIn praise of contractors
Contractors deserve the respect and admiration of architects, writes Matthew Lloyd
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OpinionHS2: should it stay or should it go?
As well as squandering huge investment made to date, proposed government cuts to the project also miss the national economic benefits of connecting our major cities, writes Glenn Howells
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OpinionHow mixed-use redevelopment can square the circle of Britain’s property market
By repurposing redundant offices into mixed-use buildings, we can create new vibrant urban communities, writes Daniel Leon
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OpinionThe Coach: To be, or not to be, flat
‘Flat’ office structures are often anything but equal, writes Louise Rodgers
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OpinionWe should have built these homes over the past 50 years… but the next best time is now!
If we cannot deliver enough genuinely affordable homes for the next generation our legacy and communities will suffer, writes Andrew Simpson
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OpinionWe’re so busy worrying about the impact of artificial intelligence on the profession, we neglect our own learning
The irony of fears about the impact of AI on architecture is that the machines might be learning, but the architects are not, writes Chris Williamson
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OpinionThe stakes are high – so are the rewards: AI and the future of construction
In a special long-read comment piece, Martha Tsigkari of Foster + Partners considers how AI will affect our industry
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OpinionSunak’s net zero U-turn is about anything but the long-term
The prime minister’s insistence he can hit legally binding targets without imposing unreasonable costs on voters is a fig leaf for inaction, writes Thomas Lane
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OpinionHow much carbon does your building weigh?
Knowing material properties, their cost, thermal performance, and embodied carbon is how architects can regain agency for better client and broader social outcomes
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OpinionThe emotional construction programme: an architect’s journey
Satish Jassal opens up about the challenges of seeing through a project on site
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OpinionNatural slate: A solution to the issue of embodied carbon
Embodied carbon represents the impact associated with extracting raw materials, manufacturing building components, transporting them to site and installing them. This also includes end-of-life emissions generated from the disposal or recycling of materials. The University of Bath evaluated the carbon impact of different roofing materials as part of its Inventory ...
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OpinionThe unfolding RAAC crisis highlights the need for a new vision for schools
The built environment and education sectors are just waiting for the opportunity to retrofit and rebuild Britain’s schools, writes Rafael Marks
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OpinionThese are the three key drivers behind modern workplace design
Community, wellbeing, and sustainability are key to creating happy and productive office spaces, writes Katie Lin
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OpinionBirmingham used to know how to undertake community partnerships. It needs to relearn… quickly
The value that local authorities bring is partly in their institutional memories. But if a council forgets what it once used to do well, then it’s in trouble, writes Joe Holyoak
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OpinionWhat’s stopping us from re-using office buildings?
We should be more flexible and creative both in making the most of existing buildings and compromising over what we require from them, writes Anna Beckett
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OpinionThe transformative power of regenerative retrofitting
We need to move beyond aspiring to be ‘less bad’, towards creating net positive good, writes Tara Gbolade
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OpinionThe Part 3 course might be nearing the end of the road, but it contains a blueprint for success
Anthony Richardson share tips on how to succeed at Part 3 and looks forward to how the current course could inform ARB’s reforms
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OpinionA Principal Designer and Contractor become a legal requirement from October, but are architects and clients ready?
With just weeks until new legislation comes into effect, architects and clients are scrambling to get ready, writes Andrew Mellor
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OpinionModernist dogma should not prevent us from rebuilding the Crooked House
The belief that we must not reconstruct badly damaged buildings is based on outdated readings of Ruskin and William Morris, writes Andy Foster