All Building Design articles in February 2023 – Page 12
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Building Study
Urban Barn by Jonathan Tuckey Design
Jonathan Tuckey Design has completed a subtle and seductive rebuild and extension of a house in west London, writes Ben Flatman
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News
Sheppard Robson’s £31m mass timber office in Greater Manchester OK’d
Developer claims scheme is greenest of its kind in the UK
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News
Housing body backs stricter threshold for second staircases in tower blocks
CIH throws weight behind lower 18m height limit rather than the 30m proposed by Michael Gove
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News
Associated Architects’ Brum towers set for approval
Planners support 53-storey and 41-storey blocks earmarked for northern edge of city centre
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News
RIBA reveals shortlist for 2023 South East Awards
Holloway Studio bags nominations for three projects including its multi-storey Folkestone skate park
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Simpson Haugh’s £294m plans to revamp Manchester’s Great Northern Warehouse approved
Project will deliver 26,000sq m of office space, shops and three new residential blocks
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BCO strengthens sustainability targets for offices in update to design guide
Minimum target for offices upgraded from BREEAM ‘very good’ to ‘excellent’.
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Opinion
Why we keep missing the target on housing numbers
The proposed changes to planning for housing in the NPPF are unlikely to fix an issue that is undermining our entire planning system, writes David Rudlin
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News
SLL launches guide to office lighting
Lighting Guide 7 gives advice on the design and operation of office lighting schemes and installations for all users of office buildings
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News
RIBA reveals 92 projects on London awards shortlist
Projects by five Stirling Prize winners on the list for 2023
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Features
Building archives: The clearance of London’s worst slum, 1843 - 1846
Letters and news items chart the construction of a new road through the centre of the notorious St Giles slum, the “haunt of the drunkard and the debauchee”
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News
Planning consents have fallen by nearly a fifth since October, report finds
Glenigan said number of schemes starting on site was now a third lower than 12 months ago
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Features
What made this project… Rhossili house by Maich Swift
Maich Swift’s body of work impressed the judges at last year’s AYAs, as the practice took home the award for Young Architect of the Year. In this series, we take a look at one of the team’s award-winning projects, Rhossili house, and ask the firm’s director, Ted Swift, to break ...
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Features
Focus on lighting: The Hometown Moon
The illuminated semicircular window above a pool of water simulates “a moon that never sets” on the roof of a ceremonial hall
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Opinion
What next for the future of housing design?
We need to work harder to make our housing and communities more sustainable, writes Adam Darby
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Features
CPD 01 2023: Waterproofing techniques
This CPD sponsored by RIW explains the latest requirements on waterproofing structures such as basements as provided in the updated British Standard, BS 8102: 2022
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News
Unions demand action from the government on school collapse “emergency”
Report last year revealed some school blocks were found to be at a “critical” state of disrepair
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News
Arb signs landmark mutual recognition agreement with US regulators
Deal makes it much easier for UK and US architects to work in each others’ countries
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News
Developer appointed by TfL to develop three offices above London Tube stations
Schemes at Bank, Paddington and Southwark include those drawn up by AHMM and Grimshaw
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Opinion
The Coach: The stories we tell ourselves
The narratives we create about ourselves can motivate us, but also sometimes hold us back, writes Louise Rodgers