All Social value articles – Page 18
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OpinionWe need to talk about the future of the profession
Climate crisis, the Grenfell tragedy and the biggest professional shake-up for 60 years, not to mention a global pandemic and Brexit. Never has it been more critical to shape the way forward. Building Design invites you to join an urgent conversation
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OpinionBuildings are getting taller – so is the problem they pose
The UK is on a high-rise trajectory and Julia Park is worried that politicians, planners and developers are failing to address the consequences
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OpinionAre we ready for WFH to become WFO?
As offices gradually reopen, now is the time to re-think the way we work for the sake of our people and our businesses, writes Martyn Evans
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NewsNext phase of HS2 will create ‘considerable opportunities’ for small practices, says design director
Some of early phase 1 designs ‘could have been better’
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FeaturesWe need to talk about greenwash
Designing an airport that looks like a tree does not make it green. The profession needs to watch its language, says Rob Fiehn in a piece to mark Earth Day
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OpinionThe Coach: How to make a success of returning to the office
After so long at home the office could feel like sensory overload. Louise Rodgers suggests how to adjust well
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NewsHS2 seeks architects from diverse backgrounds for design panel
Railway also recruiting urban and landscape designers and sustainability specialists
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NewsArchitects demand tougher carbon controls on new buildings
Proposed Future Buildings Standard contains ‘significant shortcomings’, government warned
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NewsBarbican needs ‘proper blueprint’ for the future, residents urge City
Groups fear ’piecemeal over-commercialisation’ after scrapping of Diller Scofidio & Renfro’s £288m Centre for Music
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FeaturesReview: Slogans and Battlecries by Paul Shepheard
Nicholas de Klerk enjoys a book that offers another way into architecture
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NewsWimshurst Pelleriti bags planning for ‘net zero’ flats twice height of council plan
South London block reuses basement of former commercial unit to deliver 113 ’affordable’ homes
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NewsMPs launch inquiry into making industry ‘net zero ready’
Call for evidence wants views on everything from materials to whole-life carbon impact of buidlings
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NewsStudio Weave reveals proposals to landscape busy City junction
Public realm improvements at Bank designed to cater for increased station capacity
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NewsReform taxation to incentivise owners to retrofit private homes, says RIBA
Stamp duty and council tax ’could play key role in helping UK meet its net zero commitment’
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OpinionCould our year of crafting revive the craft of building?
The whole country has gone mad for making and even housebuilders are talking about beauty. This is our moment – seize it, says Eleanor Jolliffe
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NewsArchitect starts work on UK’s first LGBT+ extra-care housing
Later-life housing provider also about to launch new architecture framework
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NewsAgrawal quits Homes England after less than a year to run Public Practice
Move follows Finn Williams’ appointment as Malmo city architect
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NewsRetrofit could cut CO2 emissions from old buildings by 80%, says Historic England
More than a fifth of buildings in England are over a century old
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NewsBritish Pavilion at Venice Biennale relaunched
First image of the Garden of Privatised Delights is revealed
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OpinionThe Coach: Turning off the mute button
After so long living a life of restrictions, emerging from this latest lockdown poses a new set of challenges. So take it slowly, writes Louise Rodgers