All interviews articles
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Features‘I want the most beautiful and future-ready buildings in the country’… The City’s new planning chair shares his vision for the Square Mile
Tom Lowe sits down with Tom Sleigh for his first media interview after his appointment to one of the UK’s most high-profile planning roles
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FeaturesThe regulator steps into the spotlight
Ben Flatman meets Hugh Simpson, chief executive of the Architects Registration Board, to discuss education reform, CPD and the future of regulation – and why he is happy for ARB to be an “activist regulator”
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Features1.5 million homes and counting: what Jas Bhalla thinks comes next
Ben Flatman speaks to Jas Bhalla – architect, planner and founder of Jas Bhalla Works – about building a practice rooted in long-term thinking
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FeaturesResearch, empathy and quiet radicalism: the key ingredients in ‘Saunt sauce’
Source: Tim Soar Norton Folgate Mary Richardson caught up with Deborah Saunt, co-founding director of DSDHA and one of the most influential women in architecture and urban design
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FeaturesJan Kattein: architect as catalyst – ‘A transformational impact can be achieved with limited means’
As Jan Kattein Architects unveils its latest project at Westminster’s Church Street Triangle, Mary Richardson takes a closer look at the work of this innovative firm that weaves social practice into its inspiring and colourful placemaking
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FeaturesAdjaye London CEO Lucy Tilley: ‘We’ll work even harder to carry on our legacy. We’ll keep going’
New London CEO talks about her vision for the future, the allegations that threatened to bring the practice down, and the resilience that she says helped it survive
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FeaturesInside Gbolade Design Studio: A new era of architecture where the only way is ethics
Ben Flatman talks to Lanre and Tara Gbolade about setting up their practice and their vision for architecture as a tool for social and environmental change
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FeaturesChris Williamson: ‘I think we can do a lot for young architects – they need all the help they can get’
Ben Flatman talks to the founder of Weston Williamson + Partners about the role RIBA has played in his career, the importance of lifelong learning, and why he wants to help the next generation of architects get a leg up in the profession
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FeaturesJoe Morris: What’s wrong with the planning system and why we must take a stand against hostility in the workplace
Ben Flatman talks to Joe Morris about the complexities of the planning system and the importance of workplace civility
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FeaturesJonathan Smales: ‘I love the tangibility of building. I like the fact it’s got a beginning, a middle and an end’
From running Greenpeace to creating the UK’s largest timber neighbourhood, Jonathan Smales is a developer who doesn’t follow the herd, writes Ben Flatman