All Analysis articles – Page 4
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Building Study
Haworth Tompkins has it down to a fine art
The architect’s Dyson Building is the latest product of its ongoing involvement in the RCA’s ambitious expansion
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Analysis
Are architects ready for a retrofit revolution?
Getting energy-efficient retrofits through planning is tough at the best of times, but the Green Deal is set to bring the issue into sharp focus
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Analysis
Keeping schools simple
Pared-down budgets don’t necessarily mean an end to creativity in design for education
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Analysis
Will planning reform keep the countryside safe from harm?
The government’s revised planning reforms seem to have placated many critics, but there still remain serious concerns
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Analysis
Cameron puts faith in architects
The prime minister says investment in infrastructure will be key to economic recovery, with the profession playing a crucial role, reports David Rogers
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Analysis
Olympic legacy body is all powerful
Elizabeth Hopkirk examines the creation of this unelected planning corporation
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Analysis
A more organic regeneration
The Outer London Fund, coordinated by Design for London, seeks to boost the built environment through a host of small-scale changes
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Analysis
Architect's foot soldiers become cannon fodder
As YRM demonstrated at the end of last year, when a practice runs into trouble it can be the employees who are the biggest casualties
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Analysis
Trust calls on practices to open doors
As cuts bite, the Stephen Lawrence trust is looking to the profession for hands-on support in its bid to build diversity.
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Analysis
Big names check into London's hotel boom
Next summer’s 2012 Olympics and Golden Jubilee celebrations are driving a surge in the leisure sector in the capital.
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Analysis
How to breach the Chinese wall
China’s rapid urbanisation means work opportunities for overseas practices. But cultural empathy can be just as important as design talent.
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Analysis
Flatten the buildings or flatten VAT?
The discrepancy between VAT on new-build and refurb is increasingly at odds with the zero-carbon agenda.
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Analysis
Architects seek shelter in London
While the housing market is showing signs of revival in the capital, elsewhere it remains stagnant with a constrained mortgage market and fears over localism two of the main inhibitors
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Analysis
Is it all over for school design?
With BSF axed, projects are decreasing, with some practices taking their skills abroad.
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Analysis
Recession and the state of the architecture profession
BD’s sister title Building finds architects ’knocked sideways’ by recession - but how does that affect design?
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