Anna Beckett
OpinionWhat’s stopping us from designing for biodiversity?
As the construction industry grapples with embodied carbon, the impact on biodiversity is often overlooked, writes Anna Beckett
OpinionWhat’s stopping us from thinking differently about retrofit?
If we are going to build less, does that mean we need to maintain more, asks Anna Beckett
OpinionWhat’s stopping us from building less?
If we are going to build less, does that mean we need to maintain more, asks Anna Beckett
OpinionWhat’s stopping us from losing our skills?
Has the centrality of two-dimensional representation in the built envirionment professions had its day, asks Anna Beckett
OpinionWhat’s stopping us from reducing carbon on every project?
As global warming surpasses 1.5ºC, Anna Beckett looks at how sustainable design can still make a difference, even on the margins
OpinionWhat’s stopping us from looking beyond embodied carbon?
Measuring and reducing our embodied carbon is still the best tool that we have to limit our impact on the planet, but it shouldn’t be the only factor that we’re considering, writes Anna Beckett
OpinionWhat’s stopping us from rebuilding?
The sorry story of the Crooked House pub tells us that sometimes maybe we have to let a building go, writes Anna Beckett
OpinionWhat’s stopping us from being more inclusive?
If we want to attract a more diverse workforce into the industry, then we have to make sure everyone is included, writes Anna Beckett
OpinionWhat’s stopping us from reusing materials (two years later)?
We need to change the way we work as an industry to make material reuse the norm, writes Anna Beckett
OpinionWhat’s stopping us from slowing down?
The pace of the modern workplace is not necessarily making us any more productive, writes Anna Beckett
OpinionWhat’s stopping us from reusing concrete?
Concrete presents challenges when it comes to reuse but this should not stop us trying, writes Anna Beckett
OpinionWhat’s stopping us from re-using office buildings?
We should be more flexible and creative both in making the most of existing buildings and compromising over what we require from them, writes Anna Beckett
OpinionWhat’s stopping us from paying to offset all of our carbon?
We should embrace opportunities to offset carbon, but question how it’s being achieved, writes Anna Beckett
OpinionWhat’s stopping us from asking the difficult questions?
It’s all very well celebrating your female employees, but what are you doing to address the obstacles they face, asks Anna Beckett
OpinionWhat’s stopping us from regulating embodied carbon?
Tougher regulation may provide the construction industry with the incentive it needs to reduce embodied carbon, writes Anna Beckett
OpinionWhat’s stopping us from sharing our failures as well as our successes?
We should be more open about sharing the lessons when we get things wrong, writes Anna Beckett
OpinionWhat’s stopping us from describing everything as sustainable?
We need to start using the term ‘sustainable’ in a more sustainable way, writes Anna Beckett
OpinionWhat’s stopping us from reducing the amount of carbon in basements?
We need to think about decarbonisation on even the most challenging projects, writes Anna Beckett
OpinionWhat’s stopping us from sharing our ideas?
We need to collaborate more to ensure we come up with the best solutions, writes Anna Beckett
OpinionWhat’s stopping us from being a bit kinder to ourselves?
After the last few years we all owe ourselves a proper break, writes Anna Beckett