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It’s time to treat arts and culture as an essential service, not a ‘nice to have’
Cultural venues are expanding again after a covid-era decline but public investment is yet to catch up, says Citizens Design Bureau founding director Katy Marks
What made this project… Black Bull Close by Simpson & Brown
Finalist for Creative Conservation Architect of the Year Award 2026, Simpson and Brown guides us through the specification challenges present at Black Bull Close
Fire safety cannot be verified at the final inspection alone
McLean Quinlan completes courtyard house in Surrey woodland
CPD 18 2026: Multifunctional flat roof design
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CPD 17 2026: Using XPS insulation below DPC level in cavity walls
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One Liverpool Street: Is this the most complex office development ever built in London?
‘This year has been remarkable for London…’ How 10 Design’s Sabrina Klor is creating a new global hub in the capital
From housing viability to AI and data centres: the key debates at Building the Future Conference
Hope again? Five key takeaways from Labour conference 2026
How Hastings Commons is building a self-renovating neighbourhood
Poignant Pangolin Shield installation looks backwards to colonial era – and forwards to an age of bamboo construction
Does the Temple Quarter enterprise campus mark a smart move east for Bristol University?
What does the industry need for Burnham’s technical education reforms to succeed?
Bermondsey Heights is a bold attempt to blend ‘beds and sheds’
Reform UK conference: Funding furore overshadows radical planning proposals
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What made this project… Black Bull Close by Simpson & Brown
Finalist for Creative Conservation Architect of the Year Award 2026, Simpson and Brown guides us through the specification challenges present at Black Bull Close
Fire safety cannot be verified at the final inspection alone
Gateway 3 has brought greater scrutiny to how passive fire protection is installed and evidenced, making early quality assurance, effective change control and collaboration essential to demonstrating compliance, says Lee Nichols
McLean Quinlan completes courtyard house in Surrey woodland
The single-storey home in Virginia Water, Surrey, combines a timber structure, natural materials and a low-energy design within a protected woodland setting
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In pictures: HTA Design completes dinosaur-themed Crystal Palace Park playground
Intergenerational housing scheme gives students cheaper rent in exchange for befriending older neighbours
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In pictures: BDP completes Greenheys research centre at Manchester Science Park
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It’s time to treat arts and culture as an essential service, not a ‘nice to have’
Cultural venues are expanding again after a covid-era decline but public investment is yet to catch up, says Citizens Design Bureau founding director Katy Marks
Remembering Frank McDonald: possibly the most important urbanist you have never heard of
David Rudlin pays tribute to a an ‘utterly fearless’ Irish journalist who raged against the destruction of historic Dublin
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New rules allowing employees to take unpaid leave following bereavement means business leaders will need to get better at understanding how grief impacts people at work, writes Louise Rodgers
What if play is part of the answer?
Could second staircases in high rise buildings function as childrens’ play areas as well as essential fire safety routes? Félicie Krikler proposes looking again at how we incorporate play into housing schemes so we can get more out of what is already there.
The Lion Green Road Stirling win signals RIBA’s support for council housing
Mary Duggan Architects and RUFFARCHITECTS’ Lion Green Road has taken the Stirling Prize, but the win carries political weight far beyond its architectural merits - arriving at a pivotal moment for council housing in Britain, says Ben Flatman
Can AI submit my planning application? What is left for architects when AI can draw?
At a recent supper club at the offices of Ackroyd Lowrie, architects discussed what the technology means for the future of the profession. Guests asked what will remain for architects given the rapid encroachment of AI into their traditional roles. Oliver Lowrie believes he may have the answer.
Hold your nerve and cut the cost of building: what construction wants from Healey’s first Budget
With a week to go before Chancellor John Healey delivers his first Budget, Building asked 25 construction and property industry leaders what they need - and what they fear - from the 28 October
‘This year has been remarkable for London…’ How 10 Design’s Sabrina Klor is creating a new global hub in the capital
The chief executive of global practice 10 Design talks to Building Design about doubling its London headcount, pivoting towards retrofit and reuse, and why she finally felt at home when she landed in the capital
From housing viability to AI and data centres: the key debates at Building the Future Conference
Discussions on viability dominated the fourth annual meeting of construction professionals in London where talk focused on how projects can be delivered in a challenging market
Poignant Pangolin Shield installation looks backwards to colonial era – and forwards to an age of bamboo construction
The Pangolin Shield is one of the highlights of this year’s London Design Festival: an installation that speaks poetically of colonial legacies and ecological exploitation, but also offers a positive message about the transformative power of creativity – not to mention some practical lessons about the structural possibilities of bamboo
Bermondsey Heights is a bold attempt to blend ‘beds and sheds’
Maccreanor Lavington’s mixed-use scheme in south-east London weaves together housing and industrial space within a tight urban setting
‘A distinctive legacy in a now fracturing and confused profession’… Adrian Gale, 1931-2026
Matthew Lloyd looks back at the long life and career of his friend Adrian Gale, who died in July
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One Liverpool Street: Is this the most complex office development ever built in London?
How Hastings Commons is building a self-renovating neighbourhood
Does the Temple Quarter enterprise campus mark a smart move east for Bristol University?
Bermondsey Heights is a bold attempt to blend ‘beds and sheds’
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Cambridge South station offers a gentler model for growth on the science fringe
The Whiteley: Fosters transforms a piece of Bayswater history
How Studio Verve is keeping Harringay warehouse district alive
Olympia reborn: How London’s historic exhibition venue has been revitalised for the modern age
The Quentin Blake Centre for Illustration: Tim Ronalds Architects reanimates New River Head
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Book review: 100 21st-Century Buildings by the Twentieth Century Society
Book review: Palace of the Ether – Broadcasting House and the Architecture of the BBC 1922-32
Book review: Where We Live, by Jonathan Glancey
Book review – Royal Festival Hall: A Living Icon
Review - Roaming Britain: Gypsy and Traveller Homes at RIBA North
Book review: Totems: Selected Essays on Architecture, by Irénée Scalbert
Book review: At Home in the City by Alan Power
Caruso St John's Collected Works, Volume 3: ‘The book’s beauty is matched by its heft’
Book review: Case Studies in Architecture and Landscape: Expanding the Legacy of Peter Blundell Jones
The long way home: why common parts still matter
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