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Scottish government to invest nearly £5bn in affordable housing
BCO planning ‘complete overhaul’ of office rating system
Orms and Richard Griffiths’ Custom House hotel conversion set to be approved next week
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Six schemes on shortlist for Stirling Prize 2025 unveiled
Projects by Purcell, Allies & Morrison and and two former winners make it into final six
AHMM’s stalled Waterloo office scheme facing further delay with application for 18-month meanwhile use on site
HB Reavis’ plans for 31-storey block and linked groundscraper were approved six years ago
Let’s be specific… Polished concrete Q+A with Woody’s Concrete Co.
Knauf Insulation launches free online 3D U-value calculator for steel frame rainscreen facades
Mastering the detail: Episode 5
CPD 14 2025: Restoring heritage buildings: The role of timber windows
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As his RIBA presidency ends, Muyiwa Oki reflects on milestones and unfinished business
Ben Flatman speaks to Oki about his term in office, from launching a workplace wellbeing taskforce to defending the Elizabeth Line’s Stirling Prize win, and why access to the profession remains a pressing concern
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Good Homes Alliance publishes water-efficiency design guide with model specs to help deliver water-neutral housing
New guidance translates policy intent into buildable details, setting out a fittings-based route to verified consumption, options for rainwater and greywater systems and evidence from six live projects
“Raising the bar on product information”: Wienerberger on becoming first to achieve CCPI assessment for bricks and pavers
Wienerberger explains why transparent product data matters more than ever for architects – and how achieving the CCPI assessment could help reduce risk in design
What made this project… Plot R8 by Piercy & Company
Piercy & Company guides us through the specification challenges present at Plot R8
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Architect of the Year Awards 2024
What made this project… Everton Stadium by BDP Pattern
What made this project… Plot R8 by Piercy & Company
What made this project… Meadow Road by Studio Bark
What made this project… Undershed by George Lovesmith Architecture
What made this project… Manor Lodge by IID Architects
What made this project… Melamar by Paper Igloo
What made this project… De Valera Library and Súil Gallery by Keith Williams Architects
What made this project… Regional Science Centre by INI Design Studio
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Boomers to Zoomers
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
More than a masterplan: the people power behind Earls Court’s next chapter
The built environment belongs to everyone – so why are young voices so often excluded?
Westminster’s public toilets get a designer makeover as Hugh Broughton Architects completes first upgrade in £12.7m programme
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Donald Insall Associates completes £7.6m refurbishment of John Rylands Library
Bindloss Dawes converts French hamlet into wellness retreat
Hugh Broughton Architects lifts the lid on Parliament Street toilet refurbishment
BDP unveils images of completed refurbishment of Topshop’s former Oxford Circus store
In pictures: Andre Kong Studio’s student housing in Lisbon
In pictures: Fosters completes work to upgrade Manchester United’s Carrington training complex
In pictures: De Matos Ryan’s guest pavilion for Cowley Manor hotel
Jan Kattein Architects completes demountable studios and galleries on Harrow car park site
In pictures: Maccreanor Lavington completes 142 affordable homes at White City
Allies and Morrison’s leisure centre completes at Canada Water redevelopment
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WA100 2025: Hopes take a wobble
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Architecture in Scotland: micro-businesses, major challenges
Rab Bennetts begins his new column for BD with a look at Scotland’s architectural landscape, shaped by small practices, challenging procurement and a tough economic climate
Unlocking MMC housing: why digital transformation and industry standardisation are essential
Anne Daw and Katie Rudin make the case for how digitisation, through the new Digital Kit of Parts, can unlock the potential of MMC
Rural America offers a warning on planning that Britain should heed
Chris Fogarty argues that Britain’s planning system, however frustrating, has helped prevent the rural decline visible across much of the United States
Why building a culture of viability is key to safeguarding quality in major housing programmes
Alison Coutinho argues that by prioritising viability from the outset, housing schemes can avoid delays and achieve better outcomes
Finding glory in the everyday process of architecture
From site meetings to snagging lists, Eleanor Jolliffe explores how the ordinary grind of construction can still reveal moments of beauty
Heritage and post-conflict reconstruction in Mosul
Drawing on her years of experience in Iraq, Tanvir Hasan considers how Mosul’s recovery depends not only on iconic heritage sites but also on sustaining the living culture of the city
How a transport investment shortfall threatens to scupper housing delivery in London
After setting out a vision for development centred on public transit links, the mayor of London came out of the spending review empty handed. Can London build 88,000 homes a year without new infrastructure? Daniel Gayne reports.
As his RIBA presidency ends, Muyiwa Oki reflects on milestones and unfinished business
Ben Flatman speaks to Oki about his term in office, from launching a workplace wellbeing taskforce to defending the Elizabeth Line’s Stirling Prize win, and why access to the profession remains a pressing concern
UK Design Capital of the Year: How Glasgow is setting new standards for sensitive regeneration
The city is one of four shortlisted for Building Design’s new award recognising the best places in Britain for architecture and urbanism. The Design Capital of the Year Award looks beyond individual buildings to celebrate cities showing strategic ambition in shaping their built environment, from long-term masterplans to bold urban ...
Who is Amy Rees? All you need to know about new Homes England chief
MHCLG’s pick to lead the government’s delivery agency came out of left field. So what do we know about the new quango boss? And what does her appointment tell us about Homes England’s future?
UK Design Capital of the Year: How Cambridge is planning for a denser, more connected future
The new UK Design Capital of the Year award recognises cities leading in architecture, placemaking and regeneration, with Cambridge the first of four shortlisted places examined for how projects and partnerships are shaping its transformation
How will government amendments to the Planning and Infrastructure Bill impact development?
Plans to water down environmental protections have been tweaked in an effort to stem another backbench Labour revolt. Two lawyers on either side of the debate give their views on the implications for development as the bill works its way through Parliament
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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
Industrial remix: how Hawkins\Brown retuned Wakefield’s Tileyard North for the creative economy
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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
Faith, reuse and surveillance: Birmingham’s mosques through Mahtab Hussain’s lens
Between colonialism and nation-building: rethinking African modernism
Speedos, lidos and lost pools: a stylish look at swimming’s social past
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