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Government to strip councils of final say on major housing schemes and give automatic ‘yes’ to developments near transport hubs
Scott Brownrigg’s £44m Oxfordshire life sciences campus expansion approved
Green light for Bell Phillips’ Brent Cross Town energy centre
Environmental Audit Committee slams ‘lazy narrative’ that nature protection blocks delivery of new homes
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Government to strip councils of final say on major housing schemes and give automatic ‘yes’ to developments near transport hubs
Consultation on statutory consultee reforms also launched
Designing Tomorrow's Housing
Britain’s lost builders: making housing viable again for SMEs
Good housing starts with good urban design
Beyond the quick fix: why permitted development needs strategic guidance
New towns. Old wisdom?
Building communities: why the Neave Brown Award matters
Inside the party conferences: why architects need to be in the room where housing policy is made
BDP turns disused garages into social housing in Bristol
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Green light for Bell Phillips’ Brent Cross Town energy centre
Mies van der Rohe-inspired scheme is firm’s first infrastructure project
EH Smith opens new Digbeth design centre
In pictures: Lumi, Europe’s highest LEED rated building
CPD 20 2025: Timber-framed construction – embracing culture change for modern methods of building
27 interesting innovations and prototypes from the Venice Biennale
Preserving Britain’s past and building its future – why our heritage depends on vocational skills
Zero Laitance addition to Gypsol screed range
What made this project… Edith Road by Satish Jassal Architects
What made this project… Lambeth Palace Masterplan by Wright & Wright Architects
CPD 19 2025: Rainscreen systems – how insulation can drive thermal, acoustic and fire-safety performance
Stone Demonstrator showcases low-carbon pre-tensioned stone
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Oxford opens its doors: Hopkins’ Stephen A Schwarzman Centre for the Humanities
Ben Flatman explores how Hopkins Architects’ Stephen A. Schwarzman Centre for the Humanities embodies a shift in Oxford’s academic culture
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EH Smith opens new Digbeth design centre
Conceived as a hands-on library of bricks, the EH Smith Design Centre is home to Europe’s largest accessible commercial brick display
What made this project… The British Academy by Wright & Wright Architects
Finalist for Refurbishment and Reinvention Architect of the Year Award 2025, Wright & Wright Architects guides us through the specification challenges present at The British Academy
Zero Laitance addition to Gypsol screed range
LKAB Minerals launches a new laitance-free floor screed it claims can cut labour and material costs by 66%*
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Architect of the Year Awards 2025
What made this project… The British Academy by Wright & Wright Architects
What made this project… Edith Road by Satish Jassal Architects
What made this project… Lambeth Palace Masterplan by Wright & Wright Architects
What made this project… The Waterman by Fathom Architects
What made this project… West London HQ by dMFK
What made this project… The Corner House by Langstaff Day Architects
What made this project… Former Nestlé Factory by dMFK
What made this project… The Acre by Gensler
What made this project… Black and Stone by Mallett
What made this project… Hyde London City by Studio Moren
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Boomers to Zoomers
In pictures: Stanton Williams completes inaugural later living scheme next to Hampstead Heath
This Stirling Prize winner is a model for how we can all live better
Break down the silos – young people won’t see the range of careers our sector offers unless we show them
Carmody Groarke completes ArtPlay Pavilion at Dulwich Picture Gallery
Barratt Redrow commits to accessible playgrounds on all new developments
Report calls for national play strategy to reshape neighbourhoods for children
Seventeen years on: why England needs a new National Play Strategy
England is failing to plan for its ageing population – the spending review must put that right
The quiet revolution in built environment education and engagement – starting with children
The Coach: Why age isn’t the issue – it’s the life stage that counts
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EH Smith opens new Digbeth design centre
In pictures: Stanton Williams completes inaugural later living scheme next to Hampstead Heath
In pictures: Lumi, Europe’s highest LEED rated building
In pictures: ZMMA completes Poole Museum redevelopment
Adjaye Associates unveils completed Princeton University Art Museum
Fosters transforms Paris building on Champs-Élysées into luxury gallery and restaurant
In pictures: Fletcher Priest-designed Oxford North innovation district officially opens
In pictures: Sanei + Hopkins’ Suffolk Housestead
Fosters completes JP Morgan Chase’s 423m-tall global headquarters in New York
Foster + Partners completes Techo International Airport terminal in Cambodia
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WA100 2025: Hopes take a wobble
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The built environment: Britain’s hidden super industry
Martyn Evans argues that one of Britain’s largest and most vital industries remains hidden in plain sight. He urges the government and business to recognise the built environment as a unified sector central to national prosperity
Expectant on site: reflections on pregnancy and architectural practice
Architect Jennifer Pirie explores how being pregnant and on site revealed opportunities for a more inclusive architectural culture
Two decades on and women in architecture still face many of the same barriers
In response to the Fawcett Socety’s independent report for the RIBA, Sumita Singha asks why so many women in architecture still struggle to be valued and recognised throughout their careers
What if part of the answer to our building problem is actually to build less?
‘No-build’ and ‘low-build’ solutions are a relatively cheap and simple way to reduce the size of the housing waiting list and shrink the size of the infrastructure pipeline, writes Beth West
My quest for accessible cities starts here
Andrew Teacher is launching a drive to rethink how accessibility is built into cities
Traditional architecture isn’t elitist – architectural education might be
Architecture student Elliot Robbie argues that by dismissing traditional design, architectural education risks alienating the very public it claims to serve – excluding large sections of society from shaping and identifying with the built environment
Barr Gazetas: designing a culture of sustainability
Ben Flatman discovers how Barr Gazetas is redefining what a sustainable practice can be – from its commitment to retrofit and social value to a culture of openness and long-term responsibility within the team
The architecture of adaptation: 44 inspiring ideas from the Venice Biennale
As the Venice Biennale draws to a close, Mary Richardson picks some of her favourite exhibits from the inspiring international exhibition in the Corderie at the Arsenale, which was a celebration of human ingenuity and innovation
Come with me to Clamart: a postcard from a Parisian regenerative development that really works
British ‘regeneration schemes’ could learn a lot from the Clamart Panorama brownfield development near Paris, says Nicholas Boys Smith – above all the humility to ask people what they really like
Closing the door on opportunity? The future of architect apprenticeships
As government funding for Level 7 architecture apprenticeships is withdrawn, Mary Richardson reports on what the decision means for students
27 interesting innovations and prototypes from the Venice Biennale
Mary Richardson picks her favourite product prototypes and material experiments from the Biennale’s international exhibition – from buildings “grown” beneath the sea to bricks made of elephant dung
Can cuts to affordable housing targets revive London’s flatlining residential development sector?
Joey Gardiner asks whether simply reducing expectations for affordable housing will be enough to get construction going again
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Oxford opens its doors: Hopkins’ Stephen A Schwarzman Centre for the Humanities
From discontented planners to a glorious summer: Van Heyningen and Haward’s Leicester Cathedral extension
Bradford Live: how Tim Ronalds Architects helped residents save their historic cinema and turn it into a 3,800-capacity music venue
76 Upper Ground: Denys Lasdun’s 1960s South Bank vision is realised at last
Designing, building and growing the natural way: Wolves Lane community centre unveiled by Studio Gil and Material Cultures
Unpacking the museum: the V&A Storehouse in Stratford opens its doors
A Serpentine Pavilion for anxious times – but is that enough?
Bennetts’ timber and straw robotics lab pilots new net zero carbon building standard
From complexity to clarity: The Sainsbury Wing transformed
A cauldron on the Mersey: how Everton built their new stadium in just five years (Manchester United take note)
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British Interior Design Since 1925
Concéntrico and the art of everyday urban invention
The art of architecture on film: Eric Parry and the question of posterity
William Butterfield: A builder and experimenter
The Manifesto House: Buildings that changed the future of architecture
Form Follows Love: Anna Heringer on building with empathy, intuition and mud
Nuts, bolts and preservation: High Tech as heritage
RA Summer Exhibition: with no designated space, architecture is overshadowed
Surface Reflections: a quieter, more thoughtful London Design Biennale
Architecture and Social Change: Shaping an Impactful Practice
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