All Building Design articles in September 2021 – Page 2
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FeaturesRethinking the high street takes creativity and intent
We might be entering a post-retail, post-pandemic age, but that does not have to mean the end of the high street, writes Michael Holt in the latest in our Stratford Design Challenge series
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NewsCompetition launched to redesign Bermondsey park bisected by busy road
Call for architects to rethink Bramcote Park close to Old Kent Road
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NewsArchitects’ confidence slips back as shortages bite
Practices worried about materials and planning hold-ups
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NewsCambridge Mosque Trust shortlisted for RIBA client award
English Heritage and Hackney council among other finalists
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NewsNorman Foster to chair this year’s Stirling jury
The judges – who have five Stirling Prizes between them – will visit all the shortlisted projects
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OpinionIt’s good to talk – and it's the only way to get the job done
The collegiate nature of working together in an office is such an important part of learning and growing, argues Martyn Evans
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NewsJencks’ Cosmic House and archival drawings go public this weekend
Gallery: Jencks, Farrell, CZWG and Paolozzi sketches – plus Koolhaas reject
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NewsPlans lodged for next phase of Birmingham’s £700m Paradise development
Commercial building, hotel and new public realm schemes designed by FCBS, ISA, GHA and Grant
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OpinionWatch out for more changes as Building Safety Bill makes progress
The coming months are going to be challenging for anyone with an interest in building safety and regulation. We must be alert to more rapidly changing legislation and guidance, writes Andrew Mellor
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NewsArchitects urge governments to decarbonise global building codes
RIBA and Architects Declare publish joint report ahead of COP26
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NewsTulip ruling pushed to next month as Gove is handed decision
Reshuffle blamed for three-week delay
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NewsLuca Poian Forms wins Preston mosque design competition
London architect’s designs for oval-shaped mosque trump international rivals
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NewsIndustry launches post-Grenfell code for construction products
Initiative aims to fight misleading marketing by firms after inquiry heard shocking evidence
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TechnicalTechnical Study: Restoring Birmingham Selfridges’ cladding
Future Systems’ Selfridges has donned temporary garb of greater gaudiness while faults are fixed in the glittering blue chainmail below. Thomas Lane explains the technical challenges. Photography by Oliver Lane
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NewsConvert existing buildings to boost ‘left behind’ communities, says report
Former Number 10 advisor calls for mass transfer of empty buildings to local communities
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FeaturesA ‘mountain of priorities’ in Gove’s in-tray
Planning reform, building safety and housing numbers will compete for attention from new housing secretary Michael Gove
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NewsAll aboard Grimshaw’s £1.1bn Northern Line Extension
Services on the first tube extension this century started this morning after six years of construction
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FeaturesMichael Gove: his stance on housing, planning and the environment
A few pointers to the new housing secretary’s views on key policy areas
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NewsChris Pincher stays as housing minister within ‘levelling up’ department
Beefed-up department to work alongside levelling up taskforce