All Building Design articles in July 2024 – Page 2
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FeaturesWhat made this project… 3 Sheldon Square by Morris and Company
The judges for this year’s AYAs were impressed with Morris and Company’s body of work, as the practice was named a finalist for three awards, including Refurbishment Architect of the Year. In this series, we take a look at one of the team’s entry projects and ask the firm’s senior ...
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NewsArchitecture for London completes grade II-listed Barnsbury House
Practice reimagines grade II-listed property with reclaimed materials and a design that honours its Georgian roots
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FeaturesCreating communities for all: Jenny Buterchi on PRP’s vision for age-inclusive living
As part of BD’s Boomers to Zoomers series, Mary Richardson went to talk to Jenny Buterchi, partner at PRP and lead of the firm’s Later Living team, to learn more about her vision for design and placemaking that better serve the needs of an ageing population
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NewsAHEC, Diez Office and OMC°C unveil modular urban-cooling structure
Team predict project to cool surrounding airspace by as much as 8ºC, cast four times more shade than a 20-year-old tree, and produce as much biomass as an 80-year-old lime tree
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FeaturesWhat made this project… Chancery House by dMFK
The judges for this year’s AYAs were impressed with dMFK’s body of work, as the practice was named a finalist for two awards, including Office Architect of the Year. In this series, we take a look at one of the team’s entry projects and ask the firm’s associate director, Dan ...
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OpinionGood grief, time for better briefs!
Public sector tendering processes are too often a waste of time and money for all involved. Chloë Phelps shares her ideas for how to make the system start delivering
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OpinionBuilding communities, not just homes: The case for intergenerational living
Satish Jassal on how innovative architecture and intergenerational living can help deliver solutions to the challenges of later life care and community cohesion
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OpinionHarnessing daylight: The overlooked key to biophilic workplace design
There is a reason we feel motivated and inspired when outside, in large open spaces, and surrounded by nature. We evolved for thousands of years alongside the natural light of the sun and have grown to work and respond to those conditions. This human truth is the foundation of biophilic ...
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FeaturesWhat made this project… One Wood Crescent by Morris and Company
The judges for this year’s AYAs were impressed with Morris and Company’s body of work, as the practice was named a finalist for three awards, including Office Architect of the Year. In this series, we take a look at one of the team’s entry projects and ask the firm’s senior ...
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OpinionThis is why we are campaigning for more leadership roles for women
Women are increasingly connecting and organising on the global level to help shape the future of the profession, writes Annette Fisher
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Information - BDCPD 10 2024: Understanding overheating in homes
This module – sponsored by indoor climate specialists Zehnder Group UK – will explore the factors that contribute to overheating in residential projects alongside the relevant regulations and ventilation solutions that can help combat rising temperatures
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NewsDeveloper cuts affordable housing on 19-tower Lewisham scheme after being hit by £25m railway station bill
Studio Egret West’s 3,500-home Surrey Canal Triangle masterplan includes station originally set to be funded by the government
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FeaturesHow Oxford Architects set about saving Arne Jacobsen’s RAAC-riddled masterpiece
All the roofs at St Catherine’s College were recently condemned thanks to the presence of RAAC. Thomas Lane reports on how the team came up with a solution that didn’t affect the historical significance of the Arne Jacobsen-designed campus
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NewsRIBA names six finalists of 2024 Stephen Lawrence Prize for early career architects
Shortlisted projects include a housing scheme for homeless people and a transformed dairy farm for people with disabilities
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NewsGbolade Design Studio completes its first net-zero housing project
Hermitage Mews is a series of net-zero townhouses in Crystal Palace designed to meet RIBA 2030 Climate Challenge targets
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OpinionWhat’s stopping us from building less?
If we are going to build less, does that mean we need to maintain more, asks Anna Beckett
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OpinionThe Coach: How do we deal with bereavement at work?
Experiences with grief highlight the need for workplaces to improve their support for bereavement, writes Louise Rodgers
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NewsRIBA reveals 2024 Client of the Year shortlist
Nominated projects include a special needs school and an Elizabethan theatre
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NewsNew pictures of 3XN’s 36-storey City tower as plans are submitted
Practice outlines design development of £500m 60 Gracechurch scheme
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NewsWork set to start on Shepheard Epstein Hunter and Purcell’s redevelopment of UEA’s ‘Lasdun Wall’
Norwich scheme celebrated as brutalist landmark of architect Denys Lasdun