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John McAslan & Partners’ Burrell Collection refurbishment named Scotland’s building of the year
Scheme is most significant revamp of grade A-listed building since it opened in 1983
Renzo Piano and Selldorf shortlisted for $170m US museum expansion job
Kengo Kuma, Weiss Manfredi Architecture, Studio Gang and Why Architecture also reach second stage of Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art competition
CPD 19 2024: Specifying glass in rooflights
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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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
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What made this project… House of Communication by Henn
Henn’s body of work has been shortlisted for this year’s AYAs, as the practice was named a finalist for WA100 Architect of the Year.
What made this project… Central Foundation Boys’ School by Hawkins Brown
Hawkins Brown’s body of work impressed the judges at this year’s AYAs, as the practice was named a finalist for three awards, including Education Architect of the Year.
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 ...
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Architect of the Year Awards 2024
What made this project… n2 by Lynch Architects
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
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Upcoming webinars
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
School closures threaten London’s future as a city for families
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
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Chris Dyson Architects completes sustainable addition to Harrow Arts Centre campus
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
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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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A remedy for the high street: repurposing retail spaces into healthcare hubs
Transforming empty retail units into healthcare hubs could revitalise high streets, bringing accessible services to the heart of our communities while supporting sustainable urban regeneration, writes Jim Hart
The One in Which People Decide City Living is OK
Thirty years after the pilot of Friends, David Rudlin recalls how the sitcom’s portrayal of city living influenced a generation’s attitudes towards urban life
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
John Prescott: the deputy prime minister who confronted construction’s safety crisis and grappled with urban policy
The former deputy prime minister, whose death was announced this morning, forced construction to realise that things couldn’t go on as they were
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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