Briefing – Page 36
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AnalysisWill councils find their way home?
Mark Wilding reports on signs that architects are set to be key players in the nascent public housing boom
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AnalysisElderly demand better homes
Britain’s demographic may be ageing, but the market for housing to suit older people is far from mature
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AnalysisSquaring the circle
With its ‘garden cities’ plan gone to seed, Andrea Klettner asks what is the coalition’s latest idea to stimulate housebuilding
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AnalysisWhat score do you give Breeam?
Architects are growing frustrated with the system for certifying green buildings — but big changes are on the way
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AnalysisAndrés Duany and the new enlightenment
Andrés Duany is trying to import his radical view of urbanism from Miami to the Moray Firth. Ellis Woodman met him
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AnalysisAre libraries living on borrowed time?
Britain’s public libraries grew out of an age of civic pride and self-improvement. Now, adrift in a privatised digital world, their architectural presence needs celebrating more than ever
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AnalysisArchitects count cost of asbestos
Legal claims from workers exposed to dangerous materials can come decades after the event. BD investigates a worrying trend
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AnalysisPeabody gobbles up rival Gallions
Housing association in need of architects as framework grows
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AnalysisHow to start a practice: J - R
More of BD’s A to Z guide of how to start an architecture practice
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AnalysisHot desks, cool spaces
Technology companies are leading the charge away from traditional office design
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AnalysisCharles Correa: ‘Globalisation — that’s a joke’
A ‘cookie-cutting’ approach to working internationally only diminishes architects, says Charles Correa
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AnalysisIs this the end of the architectural style wars?
Last week’s debate saw a tentative rapprochement between classical and modern
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AnalysisIan Simpson: How I lost millions in unpaid fees
When the recession hit, one of the UK’s leading architects had to battle to keep his best projects. Now he’s firmly back on track – with a notable Urban Splash recruit in tow
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AnalysisFive facts about free schools
How do free schools get built? Is there work in free schools for architects like you? Find out with our quick guide and special report …
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AnalysisFree schools teach a hard lesson
Though architects played a large part in the first wave of free schools, cost-cutting has seen good design sidelined.
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AnalysisDubai: Bloodied but unbowed
After a tumultuous five years, Dubai is again emerging as a safe haven for investors
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AnalysisLet’s raise a glass to our local heritage
With 18 pubs closing each week, part of the UK’s street history is vanishing. Yet many of the finest documented by Ian Nairn are still there to be celebrated