Briefing – Page 29
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AnalysisAnalysis: When will we see wooden skyscrapers?
Timber frames have begun to break into commercial and higher-rise uses thanks to technological breakthroughs. Ike Ijeh speaks to the pioneers
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FeaturesYoung people are more pro-development - but you won't find them at a public consultation
To engage a pre-retirement demographic you need to understand how young people communicate
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FeaturesWe are re-entering an age of necessity and must design accordingly
Harriet Wennberg welcomes a timely resurgence in the use of natural materials and traditional forms
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FeaturesPeople ignore the design that ignores them
Architects leave communities out of the design process at their peril, says Lesley Malone
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FeaturesThe developer whose work is now 54% heaven-sent
Thornsett has gradually become a specialist at helping urban churches unlock their sites, explains Bernadette Cunningham
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FeaturesArchitects need to return to the classroom. The primary school classroom
Engineer Nick Ford has some advice for architects - and some great stories of small children’s lightbulb moments
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FeaturesThe unsettling architecture of industry
Images in new book reveal hidden life of infrastructure and industrial buildings
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FeaturesWhat happens when architects design homes for animals
10 of the quirkiest homes for pets showcased in a new book
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FeaturesThe work to improve gender equality needs to start at primary school
Girls need strong role models to show them that construction isn’t just for boys, says a director at the world’s biggest architect
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FeaturesThe world needs more social designers
With the world in turmoil, social design has never been more important, says the author of a new book
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FeaturesThis is not a ban on CLT – but it is still incredibly shortsighted
CLT can help deliver homes faster and tackle climate change
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FeaturesBD Live crit: Reimagining Canada Water
British Land invited Coffey Architects, Reiach and Hall, Soda Studio and Mikhail Riches to float ideas for £4bn town centre
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FeaturesHow can we design for young people when we don't consult them?
When she volunteered to be an architecture ambassador in a school, Stephanie Edwards learnt as much as the pupils
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FeaturesHousing crisis. What housing crisis?
Roger Madelin on the politics behind one of the nation’s most intractable problems
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FeaturesReappraising Hassan Fathy, the forgotten modernist
Hassan Fathy was decades ahead of his time – but finally the Egyptian architect’s ideas as well as his techniques are attracting attention
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FeaturesWe need a radical shift in how we collaborate for the sake of the planet
We have the power to shift the built environment towards sustainable development. We just need to seize it
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FeaturesArchitects aren’t giving themselves credit for R&D
Your practice could be missing out on tens of thousands of pounds in tax relief, says Mark Tighe
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FeaturesIs architecture returning to an age of civic mission?
Nicholas de Klerk finds cause for hope in Patrick Lynch’s latest book, Civic Ground
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FeaturesClient design leadership is crucial to the success of our infrastructure
There is a design-shaped hole in the understanding of too many people leading infrastructure projects, says Petra Marko
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FeaturesWe’re protecting the wrong kind of views
It’s time to rethink the view protection system, argues Purcell’s Tom Brigden