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What made this project… Edith Road by Satish Jassal Architects
Finalist for Housing Architect of the Year Award 2025, Satish Jassal Architects guides us through the specification challenges present at Edith Road
Designing Tomorrow's Housing
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
London’s housing delivery in ‘major crisis’, HBF warns in damning report
Vacant to valuable: unlocking stranded assets for much-needed homes
The long road to regenerating the Carpenters Estate
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My quest for accessible cities starts here
Andrew Teacher is launching a drive to rethink how accessibility is built into cities
CPD 19 2025: Rainscreen systems – how insulation can drive thermal, acoustic and fire-safety performance
Stone Demonstrator showcases low-carbon pre-tensioned stone
Strengthening collaboration in bathroom design through digital tools
In pictures: Sanei + Hopkins’ Suffolk Housestead
Jan Kattein Architects’ Carpenters Dialogue Express cafe repurposes train carriage
CPD 18 2025: Understanding fire stopping and liability
CPD 17 2025: Specifying fire-rated doorsets – navigating standards, legislation and best practice
Acoustic spray systems improve inclusiveness and sound quality at Hackney music venues
The role of cladding in navigating fire safety in modern building design
There is no need to panic about new fire door regulations
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Losing our craft: the tragedy of replace-not-repair architecture
Tanvir Hasan argues that the growing web of regulation and risk aversion is accelerating the loss of historic craftsmanship – and with it, our ability to repair and care for buildings sustainably
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What made this project… Edith Road by Satish Jassal Architects
Finalist for Housing Architect of the Year Award 2025, Satish Jassal Architects guides us through the specification challenges present at Edith Road
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
What made this project… Lambeth Palace Masterplan by Wright & Wright Architects
Finalist for Creative Conservation Architect of the Year Award 2025, Wright & Wright Architects guides us through the specification challenges present at Lambeth Palace Masterplan
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WA100 Digital Edition
Architect of the Year Awards 2025
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
What made this project… Brewers’ Hall by dMFK
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Boomers to Zoomers
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
2,000 young people, one mission: Rethinking access to architecture at the Festival of the Future
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In Pictures
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
NBBJ completes £200m Oxford University facility for advanced AI research
Wright & Wright completes passivhaus library on historic Corpus Christi College site in Oxford
In pictures: Zaha Hadid Architects’ 60,000-seat Xi’an football stadium
In pictures: Pend’s renovation of listed East Lothian farmhouse
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WA100 2025
WA100 2025: Hopes take a wobble
WA100 2025: Digital edition
WA100 2025: The big list
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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
How waterfronts became the lifeblood of urban regeneration
Drawing on his own experience from Birmingham to Liverpool, David Rudlin explores how attitudes to water and place have shaped modern urban regeneration
The case for more specialist pathways in architecture is growing stronger
As construction grows ever more complex and other professions embrace specialisation, architecture risks being left further behind. Ben Flatman asks whether the time has come for change
Losing our craft: the tragedy of replace-not-repair architecture
Tanvir Hasan argues that the growing web of regulation and risk aversion is accelerating the loss of historic craftsmanship – and with it, our ability to repair and care for buildings sustainably
The elephant in the lecture theatre: Why universities must rethink space, community and culture
The way teachers teach and students learn has changed and empty buildings and outdated facilities are draining resources. A culture shift is required if HE institutions are to avoid a slow decline into irrelevance, says Philip Watson
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
Why they won: A closer look at all the Architect of the Year Awards 2025 winning entries
The winners of the Architect of the Year Awards were announced at a ceremony last night. Here is more detail about all the winning entries
Too good to waste: how Make recycled an old building to create a new one
Thomas Lane reports on how 30 Duke Street reuses steel, glass, aluminium and Portland stone from the building there before
AYA 2025 shortlists: Young Architect of the Year
In a series celebrating BD’s Architect of the Year Awards finalists, we look at the Young Architect of the Year shortlist
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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)
Designing from first principles: Inside David Kohn Architects’ Gradel Quadrangles
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Reviews
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
Beyond the optics: identity, class and the politics of equality in architecture and the arts
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