All Building Design articles in February 2023 – Page 11
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News
In pictures: Jestico + Whiles unveils The Island Quarter
The first phase of a £1.4bn mixed-use development, the canalside building draws on the site’s heritage and context
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Opinion
Engineering the Future: Is the future of temporary housing demountable?
Demountable structures could help meet the immediate needs of people in temporary housing, writes Dan Cole
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News
Top of the glass: Energy efficient window coating secures funding
According to the team, the coating reduces the amount of heat lost through glass by 40% in the winter
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Adjaye Associates’ interfaith complex opens in Abu Dhabi
The new centre is intended as a focus for interfaith learning and understanding
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In pictures: SKP Chengdu by Sybarite
SKP’s park-like sunken shopping complex was designed as a gift for the citizens of Chengdu
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Small sites win grace period from new net gain biodiversity rules
UK Green Building Council says exemption risks 100,000 developments a year not providing for nature
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Review
On the Street by Edwin Heathcote
Nicholas de Klerk reviews a new book by Edwin Heathcote that explores the way in which we invest meaning into our public spaces through inhabiting them.
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News
Ministers rapped for Boiler Upgrade Scheme failings
£450m programme hit by low take-up and unlikely to drive market change for low-carbon heating, House of Lords committee warns
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Citizens Design Bureau and Tonkin Liu shortlisted for RIBA North West Awards
Practices join Hawkins Brown, FCBS and BDP on 10-strong field of projects
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Opinion
Small sites: handle with care
Architects have a vital role to play in helping bring small sites forward for development, writes Chloë Phelps
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News
NatWest boss named as energy efficiency taskforce co-chair
Alison Rose to lead team alongside energy minister Martin Callanan
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News
Hawkins Brown and Studio Egret West unveil Earls Court vision
4,500-home masterplan includes work by Sheppard Robson, Serie Architects, dRMM, Haworth Tompkins and Maccreanor Lavington
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Opinion
Lendlease’s Birmingham Smithfield masterplan risks failure if it seeks to micromanage
A masterplan that thinks it can predict and control how people use a space is likely to fail, writes Joe Holyoak
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News
Gove puts Populous’ controversial Sphere music venue plan on ice
Drawn up by Populous for US entertainment firm MSG, Stratford scheme has attracted hundreds of objectors
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Lincolnshire Cathedral visitor centre among nine projects shortlisted for RIBA East Midlands Awards
Simpson & Brown’s £16m scheme joined on 2023 list by a silk museum, a head office for a lifestyle brand and several “delightfully crafted” private residential schemes
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50 Wonders
50 Wonders | Smith Mordak: Floating reed island villages, Iraq
A 6,000-year-old community in southern Iraq has much to teach us in an age of climate fragility, writes Smith Mordak, newly appointed chief exec of the UK Green Building Council
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Buro Happold sustainability guru named as new UKGBC chief
Smith Mordak to take over this summer
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Squire & Partners increases height of tower scheme previously refused for being too tall
Developer Berkeley seeking approval from Sadiq Khan for three towers in Paddington up to 39 storeys in height
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Opinion
We might not be at risk from earthquakes, but structural failure should still be high on our agenda
The tragic scenes from Syria and Turkey remind us that structural failure can be a greater risk than fire, writes Andrew Mellor
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News
Competition launched for £145m redevelopment of Dallas Art Museum
Firms have three weeks to get in their bids