All articles by Ben Flatman
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NewsWEISS/MANFREDI win competition for Nelson-Atkins Museum expansion
The Kansas City museum’s shortlist included Renzo Piano, Studio Gang and Kengo Kuma
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NewsGet Living submits revised Allies and Morrison designs for 500 homes on Elephant and Castle site
Proposed BTR scheme to include a cultural venue and student accommodation as part of the final phase of the £1.5 billion redevelopment.
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OpinionTrainee architects have been failed for too long, ARB’s report demands better
From exploitative placements to toxic workplaces, architecture has ignored the failings of professional experience for too long. ARB’s independent report marks a long-overdue reckoning, argues Ben Flatman
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FeaturesOrms: designing architecture that listens and responds to a changing world
Source: Tim Soar The new studio space at 160 Old Street Ben Flatman speaks to John McRae and new director Miranda MacLaren about how Orms is evolving as a practice
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Features1.5 million homes and counting: what Jas Bhalla thinks comes next
Ben Flatman speaks to Jas Bhalla – architect, planner and founder of Jas Bhalla Works – about building a practice rooted in long-term thinking
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NewsBIG appointed to design new Hungarian Natural History Museum in Debrecen
Design seeks to integrate exhibition spaces with the surrounding forest as part of Hungary’s wider cultural investment in its second-largest city
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NewsDowen Farmer Architects submits plans for 90-home grey belt scheme in Broxbourne
Proposals include a new SEN school designed by e-gg
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NewsUniversity of Cambridge reveals Hawkins Brown’s updated Eddington masterplan in latest public consultation
Third round of public consultation includes revised outline for up to 3,800 additional homes, as well as proposals for commercial space, community facilities and landscape
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NewsScott Brownrigg tech building approved for Oxfordshire campus
Development will form second phase of life sciences and advanced manufacturing innovation hub
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NewsChris Dyson Architects submits plans to convert Farringdon office building into hotel
Scheme reflects wider move to diversify uses within the City of London’s commercial core
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NewsSatish Jassal Architects completes net zero council housing scheme on Haringey infill site
Scheme includes eight homes and is intended as a model for small-scale, low-carbon social housing delivery in London
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NewsSmallwood Architects’ Queen Anne-style design approved for replacement house on Jane Austen-linked estate
Heritage campaign group SAVE Britain’s Heritage objected to the approved plans, citing the loss of historic character and environmental concerns
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NewsCouncil approves O’DonnellBrown’s plans for 300 homes at Glasgow’s Govan Graving Docks
Derelict site has been vacant for almost four decades
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NewsEmrys Architects gains consent for Bloomsbury retrofit project
Scheme seeks to unify and upgrade a series of buildings facing Alfred Place and Tottenham Court Road, incorporating flexible workspace, landscaped roofs and accessibility improvements
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NewsAndArchitects submits plans for tartan-inspired extension to Vivienne Westwood HQ
The scheme seeks to build on the fashion house’s longstanding presence in Battersea and add to the area’s growing creative industries hub
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Building StudyDesigning from first principles: Inside David Kohn Architects’ Gradel Quadrangles
A major expansion for one of Oxford’s oldest colleges reimagines the logic of the quadrangle with a theatrical, landscape-first ensemble shaped by dialogue and detail
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NewsHawkins\Brown gains B Corp-certification
Practice joins growing number of architecture frms seeking recognition for their environmental and social performance through B Corp
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NewsGreat British Energy’s £200m project targets solar panels for schools and NHS
Announcement comes as Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch signals a retreat from her predecessors’ support for the cross-party commitment to reach net zero by 2050
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NewsPrior & Partners to lead University of Leeds masterplan framework
AHMM also part of team working on 18-month commission