All Programmes articles – Page 5
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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
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OpinionMaking the world a better place - through design
Building Design has launched a new initiative placing social value at the heart of our coverage
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OpinionBen Derbyshire: Why social value matters
The immediate past president of the RIBA and chair of HTA Design lends his support to Building Design’s new campaign
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OpinionWe need a multi-dimensional approach to social value
Introducing Flora Samuel, Building Design’s new social value columnist
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NewsBartlett makes £1.2m diversity ‘promise’
Annual scholarship funding offer looks to boost students from under-represented backgrounds
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Building StudyBuilding Study: Walker’s Court, Soho, by Soda Studio
The Walker’s Court development, on the site of the famous Raymond Revuebar, could help Soho rediscover some heart
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OpinionDiversity in architecture has come a long way – but we’re not there yet
Eleanor Jolliffe considers how to get everyone a seat at the table