All Features articles – Page 37
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‘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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WA100 2020: Who’s hiring? The global talent race
’The profession is suffering from a missing generation of architects’
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WA100 2020: Tense times: the tariff effect
How are tariffs impacting architects and what does the future hold? David Blackman reports
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Futurebuild 2020: Be the catalyst for change
Recent climate change demonstrations and government declarations make one thing clear; we must come together to combat the challenges we are facing
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WA100 2020: Architects brace for global slowdown
The global economy is faltering but China and North America have managed to escape the air of gloom, reports David Blackman
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Evolve 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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What are the key recommendations of the Building Beautiful Commission?
Building Design’s guide to the essential points from the Scruton report
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Designing daylight in buildings and its impact on the indoor generation
The benefits of working in bright and well-ventilated commercial spaces to our overall wellbeing and performance cannot be overstated
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Tinkers, tailors or candlestick makers: Who should design the Northern House of Lords?
The opportunities of post-Brexit Britain will be claimed by architectural pragmatists, argues Tom Brooksbank
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Your 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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How 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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Living cheek by jowl can be good for you
Mark Marshall of Daykin Marshall Studio explores different styles of communal living
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The 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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We need to harness the green equity in our buildings
This urgently needed measure can help us combat climate change, writes Fernando de Roda
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Social infrastructure must be designed into new communities right from the start
In a divided world, we need architects’ innovative thinking to create places that bridge social divides, says Darryl Chen
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What happens when an anthropologist spends six months in an architect’s office?
Durham academic Thomas Yarrow turns the spotlight on a profession more accustomed to doing the listening
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Election watch: Housing must be about quality as well as quantity
RIBA president Alan Jones looks at the parties’ pledges on housing, in the last of a series scrutinising the manifestos
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Election watch: The next government needs to get an urgent grip on fire safety
Former RIBA president Jane Duncan looks at how the Grenfell tragedy is addressed in the manifestos
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Election watch: Parties commit to climate action, but words are not enough
The RIBA’s Adrian Dobson compares the three main parties’ policies on climate