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MPs launch inquiry into environmental impact of Starmer’s planning reforms
Hugh Broughton Architects appointed on Westminster public toilets job
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Nithurst Farm: ‘an uncompromising engagement with architecture in all its spatial, material, and symbolic richness’
In a new book on Adam Richards Architects’ Nithurst Farm, Charles Holland finds that the building’s austere interiors and casket-like symmetry challenge the conventions of domesticity, engaging with themes of death and timelessness
PLP gains consent for co-living and light-industrial scheme in Brixton
Lambeth Council approves Hardess Yard project featuring 320 co-living studios and 1,400sqm of industrial floorspace
What made this project… House of Communication by Henn
Integrating security into architectural office designs
British timber company imports Thermo Vacuum System for products that can withstand the elements
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Empty, decaying, at risk: Glasgow’s architectural heritage crisis
Alexander Thomson’s St Vincent Street Church has closed, the city is selling off a Mackintosh building to save money, and Victorian gems lie empty. Glasgow’s architectural heritage is at a tipping point, writes John Stewart
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Unlocking timber’s potential: Alex Goodfellow on industry readiness and government’s role in boosting structural timber
Following the launch of the Timber in Construction Roadmap in December 2023, the Structural Timber Association (STA) is set to launch its Timber in Construction implementation guides in the hope of safely increasing the amount of timber used in construction to help the UK meet its net zero target by ...
CPD 18 2024: Carbon negative brick solutions
Sponsored by Vandersanden, this module will explore the specification of carbon negative bricks, a recent innovation developed to offer a more sustainable alternative to clay brick in terms of carbon sequestration.
What made this project… The Wave by HLM Architects
HLM Architects’ body of work has been shortlisted for this year’s AYAs, as the practice was named a finalist for three awards, including Interior Architect of the Year.
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Architect of the Year Awards 2024
What made this project… House of Communication by Henn
What made this project… Central Foundation Boys’ School by Hawkins Brown
What made this project… The Wave by HLM Architects
What made this project… Craigend Resource Centre by Inch Architecture
What made this project… Downland Barns by McLean Quinlan
Big names among winners of 2024 Architect of the Year Awards
What made this project… Westminster Coroner’s Court by Lynch Architects
What made this project… Monex HQ by Arquid
What made this project… Triangle House by Artefact Studio
What made this project… the London Institute for Healthcare Engineering by HLM Architects
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Upcoming webinars
Webinar: Navigating the key decisions in deep retrofit
Webinar - Futureproof façades: Specifying low-carbon rainscreens that perform as designed
Webinar: Driving sustainability in housebuilding through specification
Webinar - Beyond net zero: How can the built environment drive the wider sustainability agenda?
Webinar - Unlocking affordable housing delivery: Strategies, challenges, and opportunities
Webinar: What does the new government’s approach to housing delivery mean for the sector?
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Boomers to Zoomers
Beyond the Box: delivering real social value in the built environment
‘Because the spaces work for children, they work for everyone’ – how the Whittington estate fosters a community for all ages
Creating places and spaces where children and young people thrive
A crisis hiding in plain sight: how the UK’s built environment is failing children and young people
A triangular community: how Author brings generations together at King’s Cross
Teenagers collaborate on King’s Cross timber pavilion
Co-living: Where does it go from here?
LDA and Matt+Fiona collaborate with youth group on HS2 ‘meanwhile use’ community garden
From the ground up: Ackroyd Lowrie on a mission to turn school leavers into architects with real work experience
Creating communities for all: Jenny Buterchi on PRP’s vision for age-inclusive living
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Hassell completes University of Glasgow’s Adam Smith Business School
BDP completes £63m STEM building for University of Hertfordshire
MICA completes first phase of Oxford Brookes student village redevelopment
Design and digital arts building opens at Nottingham Trent University
Moxon completes restoration of Scottish cottage once used by Queen Victoria
Studio AVC completes contemporary London townhouse
Eric Parry Architects completes retrofit of 11 Belgrave Road
Hopkins completes new SciTech centre at Haileybury
Asif Khan unveils wetland boardwalk at British Land’s Canada Water development
Townshend unveils Green Heart public realm scheme in Nottingham’s Broad Marsh
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WA100 2024
WA100 2024: Architects expect patchy international growth
WA100 2024: The big list
WA100 2024: Digital edition
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Trump’s return: US architects brace for challenges over the next four years
From the possible return of neoclassical mandates to a threatened clampdown on immigration, Chris Fogarty assesses the potential impact of a second Trump presidency on US architecture
From CABE to the Office for Place: why trusted advice matters
From quangos to taskforces, the government’s shifting approach to placemaking highlights one constant: good advice only works when it is trusted, writes Martyn Evans
Empty, decaying, at risk: Glasgow’s architectural heritage crisis
Alexander Thomson’s St Vincent Street Church has closed, the city is selling off a Mackintosh building to save money, and Victorian gems lie empty. Glasgow’s architectural heritage is at a tipping point, writes John Stewart
Why Labour may come to regret closing the Office for Place
A short-term decision framed as an efficiency risks losing the momentum on creating sustainable, people-centred places, writes Ben Flatman
True placemaking is about so much more than just a numbers game. King’s Cross is a prime example…
The delivery of much-needed new homes requires patient, joined-up thinking that takes into account factors other than profit and speed, says former HS2 design director Kay Hughes
In defence of well-run competitions – and architects
Chris Williamson calls for procurement reforms that protect architects from exploitative practices, highlighting the need for RIBA-led guidance and fair compensation standards
Beyond the Box: delivering real social value in the built environment
For the latest in BD’s Boomers to Zoomers series, Mary Richardson talked to Neil Onions, head of Beyond the Box, a social enterprise with a reputation for finding innovative ways to empower underrepresented young people within the built-environment sector
5 minutes with … Ben Stuart at Able Partners
The firm’s co-founder and director on the success of his Create More podcast, the importance of having fun and why it is important to just get in and splash around
‘We hope to be a good neighbour’: how the new Liverpool Street station team is rethinking London’s most controversial project
A week after Herzog & de Meuron’s proposals were dropped, Building speaks to Network Rail and the scheme’s new architect Acme about the redesign of the listed station and what exactly has happened to development partner Sellar
‘Because the spaces work for children, they work for everyone’ – how the Whittington estate fosters a community for all ages
Mary Richardson talks to two architects who have made a film about the child-friendly estate where they live, to find out what’s so special about its design
Design competitions: can Chris Williamson move beyond a social media spat and help usher in change?
In an in-depth interview, the WW&P co-founder and RIBA’s next president responds to criticism over “tone deaf” social post and tries to look forward
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Space House: 1960s icon gets another chance to shine
Midland Metropolitan University Hospital: Inside the long, costly journey to deliver Birmingham and Sandwell’s new £1bn ‘super hospital’
A triangular community: how Author brings generations together at King’s Cross
A decade in the making: Norton Folgate’s controversial redevelopment unveiled
‘A glimpse of new horizons’: Cooke Fawcett’s reworking of Cockpit’s craft incubator
A harmonious blend of context and concept: Mass Studies reimagines the Serpentine Pavilion
Under The Big Roof… Charity unites generations and nurtures skills that last a lifetime
London College of Fashion strikes a pose with new campus by Allies & Morrison
River Wing by Witherford Watson Mann: 'This is the closest we've come to the structure being the architecture'
Jankes Barn by Lynch Architects: ‘We like to call it a barn non-conversion’
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Reviews
Nithurst Farm: ‘an uncompromising engagement with architecture in all its spatial, material, and symbolic richness’
Who was to blame for the unseaming of Britain’s cities?
Interwar: Gavin Stamp’s tribute to Britain’s forgotten architectural diversity
Navigating the complexities of modern practice management
Inside Cedric Price’s archive: A career of unrealised visions and radical thinking
‘A fantastic, informative, and in-depth resource’: new guide helps illuminate the architecture apprenticeship pathway
Playing the Game: Work-Life Balance in Architecture
How to make good cities
The Mexican connection: How Sordo Madaleno built a global practice across the generations
BD Film Club: Empire of Light revisited
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