All Features articles – Page 32
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FeaturesProjects of 2020: Triumph and tragedy
2020 had its fair share of controversial projects but it also offered up some gems. We look back over quite a year…
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FeaturesMutant algorithm? Call in the superheroes
Development has all gone a bit Marvel, says Danny Crump
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FeaturesCPD 15 2020: Specifying HVAC Systems for Ventilation
This Daikin sponsored CPD examines how existing regulations and new technologies can address the problem of poor ventilation in both workplaces and homes
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FeaturesGrenfell Inquiry explainer: How rival insulation firms covered up fire-safety data
As module two is suspended till next year, Jim Dunton looks at the spotlight it has placed on product manufacturers so far
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FeaturesLearning from lockdown: Is there a future for the office?
Covid-19 may have emptied our cities and changed the way some people do their jobs for ever, but reports of the death of the office are premature, writes Dave Rogers
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FeaturesCPD 14 2020: Environmental Product Declarations
This Kingspan sponsored CPD explains how EPDs are carried out, the advantages they offer in a digitalised industry, and how they are supporting the development of voluntary sustainable building standards such as BREEAM and LEED
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FeaturesBishopsgate Goodsyard has been coaxed along by City Hall
Shoreditch does not need a giant City outpost with no connection to its neighbours, writes Lucinda Rogers
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FeaturesBishopsgate Goodsyard is a tonic that will help London recover from covid
The hugely controversial Shoreditch proposals have finally been recommended for planning. This is a good thing for London, argues Eric Parry, one of the architects involved
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FeaturesCPD 13 2020: Steel and assessing embodied carbon
This Steel for Life sponsored CPD explains the assessment methods and standards for the embodied carbon impact of buildings and how they apply to steel
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FeaturesCPD 12 2020: Bespoke structural glazing solutions for commercial daylight design
This CPD, sponsored by VELUX Commercial, explains the considerations to be weighed when specifying structural glazing for commercial buildings, the opportunities it creates for designers and the benefits for employers and their staff
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FeaturesGrenfell Inquiry digest | Module one: How experts blamed key players for ‘shambles’
As the first part of the phase two hearings concludes, Jim Dunton examines the evidence so far and finds a litany of major failures, incompetence and buck-passing
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FeaturesCPD 11 2020: Heating and ventilation in the light of emissions targets
This CPD, sponsored by Glen Dimplex Heating & Ventilation, explains the potential impact on heating and ventilation schemes of the Climate Change Committee’s latest report
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FeaturesCPD 10 2020: Daylight design for commercial buildings using structural glazing
This CPD, sponsored by VELUX Commercial, explains how the maximising of daylight through bespoke structural glazing can improve wellbeing and productivity of a building’s occupants as well as cutting energy costs, and sets out the specification considerations
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FeaturesImagine a future where we don’t have to choose between economy and ecology
Two pieces of legislation currently heading for the statute books seem to pit the built and unbuilt environments against each other
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FeaturesGo wild in the cities to help save the planet
A rewilding policy is not just for rural areas. We should be designing urban environments that safeguard our future, argues Ruth Richardson
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FeaturesOffsite manufacturing will encourage more women into the industry
A fixed workplace close to home, flexible shift patterns and job security would all attract women to jobs in construction, Rosa Turner Wood writes
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FeaturesGet ready for an agile future
Investing in staff training will help create business resilience, writes Graphisoft UK managing director Adrian Girling
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FeaturesRichard Rogers’ greatest legacy is not a building but his activism
As Richard Rogers retires from the practice he founded more than 40 years ago, former colleague Sarah Gaventa considers his legacy
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FeaturesLearning from lockdown: Norman Foster on the future of cities
The pandemic could accelerate significant change, the Foster & Partners founder told more than 40 city leaders
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FeaturesMy interpreter role: Helping designers and builders speak the same language
Laurence Reilly on his switch from contractors to an architecture practice