All Designing Social Value articles – Page 18
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OpinionWhat is it like to live in a 13sq m former office?
Julia Park meets a young woman whose childhood in temporary accommodation has left her determined to end permitted development
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NewsHackitt attacks industry for ‘excuses’ she hears over slow pace of change
Standard practices are ’gob-smacking’, says chair of board behind building safety regulator
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Features‘Architects are rarely at the table when crucial decisions are being made’
Shelley McNamara and Yvonne Farrell of Grafton Architects discuss hope and fear with Elizabeth Hopkirk
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OpinionProphets who inhabit liminal spaces
Architects’ ability to handle uncertainty will help the profession survive uncertain times, writes Eleanor Jolliffe
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NewsRIBA attacks proposed homes efficiency standards
Government’s Future Homes Standard is not ambitious enough, says institute
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FeaturesEvolve and diversify. How flexible thinking can sustain high streets
The most successful high streets are those that look beyond a narrow retail focus, writes Fiona Scott
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OpinionCan the language of social value cross continents?
Flora Samuel explores universality through the lens of two cities in Britain and the Philippines
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OpinionOn the eve of Brexit we urgently need a more humane development system
The beauty commission’s report is full of welcome ideas, writes Elizabeth Hopkirk. Now the government needs to act on them
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NewsBeautiful schemes should be fast-tracked, urges commission
Building Better, Building Beautiful Commission also calls for ’minister of place’ in cabinet
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FeaturesYour planet needs you
Kat Scott explains why she is working with the Architects Climate Action Network – and how you can get involved
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NewsBuilding Regs changes ‘not fit to meet net-zero target’
Architects warn Part L and Part F proposals ‘could have disastrous unintended consequences’
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NewsBuilding Design columnist wins £100,000 award
David Rudlin and Manchester architecture lecturer to study 100 high streets
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NewsHousebuilders lambasted for producing overwhelmingly bad designs
Bartlett’s national housing audit finds ‘unethical’ housebuilders designing just 26% of homes well
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OpinionShould architects be paid more?
Building Design’s client columnist looks at how this might actually happen in the real world - and it involves relationships
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OpinionOur first forays into delivering social value
Andrew Mellor outlines how local consultation altered a regeneration project in Truro
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FeaturesHow apprenticeships are pioneering diversity in the profession
Architectural apprentice Katherine Birkett asks why more practices and students aren’t seizing the new route into architecture
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OpinionOur adversarial procurement system is not fit for collaborative construction
Design & build contracts de-skill architects and make accidents more likely, argues Eleanor Jolliffe
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OpinionHow design aspiration withers in the face of private-sector cunning
Building Design’s social value columnist Flora Samuel examines the story of one estate
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FeaturesThe Social Value Act has thrown architects a lifeline – and we must grasp it
Ben Derbyshire explains how the profession can haul its way back up the foodchain
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FeaturesWe need to harness the green equity in our buildings
This urgently needed measure can help us combat climate change, writes Fernando de Roda