All Programmes articles – Page 5
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OpinionPlasticine and power: Modelling the social value of urban design
Social value is easy to pursue when working for enlightened clients – but what about all those other projects?
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FeaturesWhat every architect should know about loneliness
Social isolation is as deadly as smoking. How can design bring people together in meaningful ways?
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FeaturesGood placemaking is more about economics than design
Graham Haworth argues that social value is one of the ways to create real communities
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OpinionRobin Nicholson: To tackle the climate emergency we need new values
Architects have a great deal to contribute but only if everyone is involved, says the Cullinan Studio partner
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OpinionDavid Morley: Social value is tangible – and measurable
The practice founder says linking indoor and outdoor spaces with nature improves crime rates, health and social cohesion
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FeaturesA beginner’s guide to the Social Value Act
It’s the act you’ve been waiting for if you want to do good, says Guy Battle
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OpinionWhen someone mentions value engineering, bring up social value
Investing in good design from the start reaps long-term social and financial benefits, writes Julia Park
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OpinionNick Deeming: Architects must find a way to measure their indirect social value
The biggest thing architects have to offer is still the hardest to quantify, says the Faulkner Browns partner
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OpinionChris Harding: We’re developing a practice-wide strategy on social value
BDP’s commitment to what it calls shared value has grown from its socially progressive roots, says the practice’s chair
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OpinionWe must listen or suffer the consequences
We need to start measuring how our projects affect the happiness of children and the loneliness of old folks, writes Martyn Evans
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OpinionCharles Campion: How we put people at the heart of the creative process
Design charrettes empower stakeholders, create goodwill and build consensus, says the JTP partner
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FeaturesCan architects help children want to go to school in the morning?
The first step is to listen to them, says Murray Hudson, co-editor of a new book on school design
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OpinionAlison Brooks: This is not a fake
With the world facing multiple crises, the founder of Alison Brooks Architects makes the case for optimism
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NewsStirling Prize-winner calls for carbon tax on car-dependent housing
Annalie Riches says financial incentive would help level playing field
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OpinionSimon Erridge: Architecture’s social purpose has seldom felt more relevant
Nor has it felt more under threat, says the Bennetts director
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FeaturesArchitects should embrace a modular future
The profession ought to be cheering the government’s support for modern methods of construction, not knocking it, argues HTA’s Simon Bayliss
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OpinionHazel York: Why social value is important to architects
Hawkins Brown partner says Social Value Act has empowered architects and clients to discuss broader benefits of good design
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NewsRIBA to politicians: We are in a state of emergency
Institute publishes manifesto calling for action on climate, housing and safety
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OpinionCan we burn our way out of the urban waste crisis?
Why one Kenyan architect thinks burning trash is the answer to east Africa’s waste crisis