All Building Design articles in June 2023 – Page 4
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News
Squires gets go-ahead for luxury care home in Westminster
Art Deco block in Horseferry Road will be demolished to make way for 10-storey scheme
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Features
Does the latest RAAC research mean remediation could be easier and cheaper than all the panic suggests?
A Loughborough University expert has identified the primary cause of failure – and suggests RAAC has the potential to be safe if properly managed
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Features
Introducing Forbo Flooring Systems
Forbo Flooring Systems is a global manufacturer of residential and commercial floor coverings that include linoleum, vinyl, flocked flooring, carpet tiles and entrance flooring systems. Despite floor coverings being just one part of the specification process, according to Forbo, they are an intrinsic part of the built environment. Omnipresent in ...
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Opinion
Modernist dogma should not prevent us from rebuilding the Crooked House
The belief that we must not reconstruct badly damaged buildings is based on outdated readings of Ruskin and William Morris, writes Andy Foster
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News
National Theatre carrying out surveys after discovering RAAC in backstage areas
Many large theatres have been forced to close in recent days after discovering the failing concrete
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Study finds architects going beyond building regs amid climate concern
Nine in 10 architects are going above and beyond the minimum requirements for tackling overheating in new homes, as developers seek to protect residents against extreme heatwaves, according to a new study by Pilkington UK. The manufacturer polled 100 architects 12 months on from the introduction of Part O building ...
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Students and academics at odds over Arb education shake-up
Two thirds of teachers who responded to a survey did not support plans to abolish parts 1, 2 and 3
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Stirling Prize: Mæ and Sergison Bates emerge as bookies’ favourites
William Hill gives John Morden Centre and Lavender Hill Courtyard Housing shortest odds
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Hugh Pearman becomes C20 Society chair
Journalist says campaign group needs to ‘get more architects on board’ and be more involved in pre-application talks over building alterations
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Opinion
The British School at Rome's new summer school offers a priceless opportunity to learn and reflect
An incredibly diverse range of architects, urbanists and designers have benefitted from their time at the school, writes Eleanor Jolliffe
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Opinion
All architects need to be agents of change
Let us harness architects’ collective expertise and passion to shape a profession that can deliver a built environment for the better, writes Muyiwa Oki
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News
Sunak finally eases planning rules for onshore wind
Communities which support wind farms could be given up to 50% off their energy bills
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Failing concrete ‘not widespread in social housing’ says regulator
The social housing in England regulator denies that aerated concrete is likely to be prevalent in social housing
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RAAC schools had been due for renewal under scrapped Labour plan
Shelved Building Schools for the Future programme would have seen renewal work at 13 schools hit by failing concrete crisis
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Opinion
This Stirling shortlist is in tune with the times
The final six projects in contention for this year’s prize are all marked by an underlying seriousness and a tendency towards simple forms and materials, writes Ben Flatman
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News
Stirling Prize 2023: First-timers bag half of shortlist slots
Adam Khan, Sergison Bates and Apparata all debut in final round of the highest prize in British architecture
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Birmingham council declares itself effectively bankrupt
Europe’s largest local authority freezes all new spending after being hit by a £760m bill to settle equal pay claims
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Government expands RAAC surveys of court buildings after Harrow closure
Harrow Crown Court closed for repairs last month despite assurance that sites had been deemed safe
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News
Tory revolt prompts government to scrap onshore wind ban
Backbenchers force Sunak’s hand following broken promise to relax rules by last April
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Opinion
Our crumbling schools are just one more symptom of this government’s failure to plan for the future
We are paying the price for a lost decade of underinvestment and strategic drift on construction and the built enviroment, writes Ben Flatman