All Practice articles
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OpinionEngineering the future: Rethinking systems, reducing carbon
Elisa Sartori explores how low-carbon solutions are often as much about what we leave out as what we choose to specify
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OpinionEngineering the future: We need to revive the material efficiency of the past
Liam Bryant argues that in the rush to develop novel low-carbon materials, the construction industry risks overlooking vital lessons from the past
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OpinionEngineering the future: Why we need a better way to measure carbon emissions today versus carbon in the future
Demolition and rebuild is often justified through predictions of carbon savings in the future, but such calculations are often misleading, writes Liam Bryant
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OpinionEngineering the future: Maximising fresh air flow while optimising energy efficiency
Striking the right balance between passive, active and hybrid ventilation systems requires close collaboration, writes Elisa Sartori
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OpinionThe only way is up for Britain’s high streets. Yes, seriously
New uses for evolving high streets offer huge potential for reinvigorating the economic and cultural life of our towns and cities, writes Andrew Teacher
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OpinionWe need a more nuanced debate on retrofit
Big developers are driving innovation in decarbonisation and helping establish what ‘good’ looks like in the sector, writes Andrew Teacher
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OpinionEngineering the Future: Is the future of temporary housing demountable?
Demountable structures could help meet the immediate needs of people in temporary housing, writes Dan Cole
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FeaturesSuccession and global ambitions: Three generations of partners look to the future at Allies and Morrison
Firm founded in 1984 has built a reputation for understated and sensitive design. It has also been slowly building an international business, writes Ben Flatman
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FeaturesHow Grimshaw is planning to ride out recession and grow its way to diversity
Mark Middleton, global managing partner, talks about the practice’s vision, different ways of working and his new three-year business strategy
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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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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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ReviewReview | 21st Century Houses: RIBA Award-Winning Homes
Matthew Lloyd appreciates the production quality of a new book on RIBA award-winning houses, but wonders what happened to the floorplans
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OpinionMaking safer streets
We need to redouble our efforts to make our public spaces safe and inclusive, writes Deborah Saunt
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OpinionEngineering the future: Testing times
The built environment professions need to adopt a less risk averse approach to prototyping and testing their designs, writes Liam Bryant
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OpinionLet’s start living on this planet as if we intended to stay
The former managing director of Greenpeace, Jonathan Smales, believes that timber holds the key to building sustainable communities
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FeaturesExperience in itself
Patrick Lynch and Kieran Long discuss Sigurd Lewerentz, Swedish architectural culture and museums as ‘machines for depolarsation’
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ReviewReview | Sigurd Lewerentz: Architect of Death and Life
Patrick Lynch finds that a book on Sigurd Lewerentz reveals new perspectives on the Swedish architect while also reinforcing his enduring relevance to contemporary practice
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FeaturesNeal Shasore: ‘It’s about what we need – for our community and our planet’
The head of the London School of Architecture believes we need to reimagine the whole education edifice. Here he talks to Ben Flatman about his own influences and why architecture needs to embrace a more flexible and diverse approach to training
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OpinionKwarteng out, Hunt in? Who needs TV satirists when we have the Liz Truss show?
The UK is in unprecedented political turmoil, devoid of any strategy and increasingly resembling a Chris Morris satire, writes Andrew Teacher
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OpinionWhy we need to talk about race and architecture
Matthew Lloyd and Pedro Gil on why the architectural profession needs to talk more openly about race