All Designing Social Value articles – Page 8
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NewsMore than 95% of firms support mandatory carbon calculations
Survey finds overwhelming majority of industry thinks whole life carbon calculations should determine whether projects get planning
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MultimediaWatch: Michael Squire on designing social value
Squire & Partners founder discusses the process of designing the practice’s new office
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NewsArchitects Declare publishes guide to making practices and projects net-zero
Climate movement wants to make sharing best practice easy
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NewsAllford endorses MPs’ call for net zero to be placed at heart of planning policy
Government will fail to hit 2050 net zero target unless it engages with councils, says select committee chair
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FeaturesCountdown to COP26: We need a wholesale transformation of almost every aspect of society
Building the necessary political pressure to change the world will not be done simply by pitching good ideas, says Tom Bennett
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NewsArchitects accuse chancellor of being ‘out of sync’ with climate crisis
Profession unconvinced by Sunak’s ‘higher wages, higher skills and rising productivity’ pledge
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FeaturesCountdown to COP26: Sumita Singha & Richard Waterhouse
As the global climate summit approaches, we ask leading figures in the profession and wider industry to share one idea they think could help save the planet
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OpinionWhen it comes to the climate emergency urbanists are part of the solution, right?
The data suggests cities aren’t quite as sustainable as we like to think, says David Rudlin
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OpinionWhat is levelling up? It’s supporting bottom-up initiatives with top-down cash
Julia Park finds inspiration in some remarkable community initiatives – but stresses that funding is the key to smoothing inequalities
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NewsArchitects unveil ‘game-changing’ housing retrofit handbook
LETI sets clear energy use targets but warns of skills gap ahead of 30m-home retrofit marathon
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FeaturesValue Engineering: The new Grenfell play should be required viewing
Richard Norton-Taylor’s dramatisation of the Grenfell Inquiry shines an uncomfortable light on the construction industry, writes Elizabeth Hopkirk
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NewsWinners of Stratford Design Challenge announced
Judges of Building [Re]Design ideas competition award a first prize and a highly commended
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NewsPractice launches diversity trust to aid aspiring London architects
Stitch says fund has already raised £90k to sponsor would-be architects from low-income backgrounds
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FeaturesLay off the plasterboard and cladding
Cutting out the layers can make buildings more sustainable, argues Steve Webb
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NewsGrimshaw shuts all its offices for World Mental Health Day – at a cost of £150,000
All 650 staff are given today off
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NewsTeam led by Asif Khan and Adjaye triumphs in competition to transform Liverpool’s slave trade dock
Scheme will see historic Canning Dock reimagined to tell the site’s controversial history
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NewsWork begins on de Matos Ryan’s transformation of V&A childhood museum
AOC completes detailed drawings for fit-out
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NewsdRMM team lands Southwark estate regeneration
Adam Khan Architects and JA Projects also on scheme
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OpinionOnly the chosen few can walk the ‘starchitect’ tightrope
To succeed, an audacious idea needs to be sold with charm and executed with self-confidence, says David Rudlin. And often that is still not enough
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