Briefing – Page 29
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News
Analysis: Is Hackitt a turning point for the profession?
After decades of marginalisation, the Hackitt review is the chance for architects to claim back territory
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Review
Review | Five of the best pavilions at Venice
More than 80 national pavilions and events are being staged in Venice on the biennale theme of Freespace. Daniel Elsea picks five worth seeing
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Review
Review: 2018 Venice Biennale
Freespace contains exceptional, thought-provoking work. But a few people’s ‘Will this do?’ approach is more trade show than architecture festival
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Features
Planning has big problems. We think we've found a solution
In an age of austerity, planning departments need all the help they can get. Lend them the best talent from the private sector, says Pooja Agrawal
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Features
'A mash-up of high-tech, futurism and Blue Peter' - Ijeh on Alsop
Will Alsop was radical, daring and esoteric - but above all he brought a sense of fun to architecture
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Features
Review: Disappear Here by Sam Jacob
Nicholas de Klerk is drawn into the RIBA’s latest exhibition on perspective
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Features
What it took to become British
Brexit forced her hand but Barbara Weiss was not expecting it to be so difficult
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Features
'The best conservation projects require rigour and nerve'
Is pastiche always a dirty word? Roger Hunt, author of a new book on designing for old buildings, tackles some prejudices
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Features
A walk around: Alt-Erlaa, Vienna
In the second of an occasional series Robert Park visits an extraordinarily successful 1970s housing project
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Features
Talk, consult and above all involve local people – that’s the way to create popular housing
Why enquiry by design is the way to achieve the government’s goals
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Features
Portmania redux: The atrium king's crown slips
Architect John Portman, who died in December, had a dazzling reputation - constructed largely by himself
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Features
The enduring legacy of high-tech architecture
Ike Ijeh explores the origins, impact and legacy of one of architecture’s most enduring movements
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Features
Hyperdensity: can it work?
The NPPF and draft London Plan call for increased housing densities. Ike Ijeh looks at two schemes to see if the proposals measure up
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Features
A woman's view of Mipim
Kay Hughes arrived at the property jamboree for the first time with trepidation. But she found its dinosaur reputation is no longer fully justified
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Features
Spherical objects!
Technical innovations are making it easier to exploit the potential of spherical buildings
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Features
What you need to know about placing art in your projects
Public art can amuse or provoke - or just go rusty. Artist Sean Henry looks at some pitfalls
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Features
Sherban Cantacuzino (1928-2018)
The Romanian-born former secretary of the Royal Fine Arts Commission led a remarkable life
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Features
'Everyone faces barriers. Unfortunately it's some people’s flawed nature to create artificial barriers for others'
On International Women’s Day Ike Ijeh talks to leading architects about the challenges they have overcome
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Features
A walk around: Croydon
The south London suburb has been the butt of jokes for years. But that’s beginning to change, says Robert Park
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Opinion
The UN needs to appoint a chief architect
When 25,000 people met to talk about the future of cities, architecture was absent from the agenda. Daniel Elsea asks why