All BD Sustainability articles
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OpinionThe joy of designing and building appropriately
”Sustainability” is too vague a concept when it comes to the environmental crisis that we are facing. We need to think in terms of “appropriate design” and embrace new procurement models, writes Felix Holland
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OpinionWe should all be striving for sustainability
MiddleCap’s Tomáš Jurdák explains why pushing the environmental performance of buildings is not simply a matter for the planning system
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NewsKew Gardens lines up Matt+Fiona for treehouses project
Architecture educators will work with schoolchildren to design structure for 2023 event
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NewsTreehouses at Kew competition winners revealed
Up-and-coming UK teams pip Tonkin Liu and international rivals for Royal Botanic Gardens project
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NewsProposals to cut carbon in projects shelved after MP’s promotion
Part Z-inspired plans put on ice four days before scheduled second reading
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NewsTonkin Liu on shortlist for Kew treehouse contest
Ten design teams in running for Royal Botanical Gardens’ main exhibition of 2023
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FeaturesInnovative energy-saving buildings carry a heavy carbon cost
The failure to take embodied carbon seriously will have far-reaching consequences, writes Anthony Thistleton
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NewsArchitects Declare publishes guide to making practices and projects net-zero
Climate movement wants to make sharing best practice easy
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FeaturesCountdown to COP26: Sumita Singha & Richard Waterhouse
As the global climate summit approaches, we ask leading figures in the profession and wider industry to share one idea they think could help save the planet
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FeaturesCountdown to COP26: Gary Clark & Robin Nicholson
As the global climate summit approaches, we ask leading figures in the profession and wider industry to share one idea they think could help save the planet
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FeaturesCountdown to COP26: Rachel Hoolahan & Hugh McEwen
As the global climate summit approaches, we ask leading figures in the profession and wider industry to share one idea they think could help save the planet
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FeaturesCountdown to COP26: Barbara McFarlane and Suzy Nelson
As the global climate summit approaches, we ask leading figures in the profession and wider industry to share one idea they think could help save the planet
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FeaturesCountdown to COP26: Maria Smith & Jerry Tate
As the global climate summit approaches, we ask leading figures in the profession and wider industry to share one idea they think could help save the planet
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NewsYoung designers ‘vital’ to tackling climate crisis, says Herzog partner
‘We are depending on the next generation’
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NewsSocial value as important as ever – or more so, say 90% of architects
The pandemic has not dampened appetite for doing the right thing
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FeaturesHow to build a circular economy
Petra Marko asks whether we can get to a place of ‘good growth’
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FeaturesWellbeing: 22 Bishopsgate, London
The team behind the City of London’s latest tower is putting employee health and happiness at the top of the design agenda, with health-food bars, meditation areas and even forest bathing all part of the mix. Amanda Birch reports on the UK’s first major WELL-certified new-build project
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TechnicalCarrowbreck Meadows, Norwich, by Hamson Barron Smith
Hamson Barron Smith has planted 14 Passivhaus homes in a woodland in Norfolk. Ike Ijeh explains why it could blossom into a scheme of nationwide significance
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TechnicalPoplar Baths by Pringle Richards Sharratt
Poplar Baths in London’s East End is a historic example of state architecture used to improve public health. But to preserve this listed building, the project team had to demolish part of it and rebuild through a PPP agreement