All Building Design articles in June 2023 – Page 5
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Calls for social landlords to start ‘urgent’ RAAC inspection programme
Consultants say use of dangerous lightweight concrete panels was widespread in social housing in the ‘50s-’70s
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Angela Rayner appointed shadow housing secretary
Labour deputy PM to take on levelling up, housing and communities brief from Lisa Nandy as part of reshuffle
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Eric Parry plans ‘radical repositioning’ of City office block
Proposals would deliver three extra storeys at 15-year-old Holborn Viaduct building designed by Rolfe Judd
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Opinion
Master plans are for Bond villains
We need to come up with a new name for master planning, but that’s no easy task, writes David Rudlin
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RIBA calls on government to set up industry task force to coordinate RAAC response
Advice come as government dashes hopes of new funding to fix or replace closed schools
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Features
‘I don’t seek permission, I ask for forgiveness’ – Muyiwa Oki on his plans for his RIBA presidency
RIBA’s first black president - and its youngest - did not tell his bosses at Mace that he was running for the role. He is someone who wants to do things his own way, but how much will his promises to shake up the 188-year-old institute run up against its ...
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Simone de Gale fronts campaign to boost UK architectural exports
London-based architect believes more UK practices could benefit from exporting their services
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Migliore and Servetto completes contemporary interventions within Rome’s Archaeological Park
Bookshops for specialist museum retailer adopt common language in locations that include the Colosseum
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The Radiator Company’s heating and cooling solution
The Relax Hybrid’s technology offers flexibility, using both radiant heat and fan coil assisted technology to reach and maintain the ideal temperature
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Opinion
Generative Design & AI Trends: ‘Pre-procurement’
In the final article of this series, Keir Regan-Alexander looks at how new technology could revolutionise approaches to technical design and procurement
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Features
The RAAC schools crisis: what we know so far
More than 100 schools containing cheap concrete told to immediately close after collapse of beam previously thought to be safe
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Maccreanor Lavington gets approval for 4,800-home Manchester plan
Outline approval for buildings up to 55 storeys in height
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Opinion
Want to know about Net Zero? Take a short hard look
With time running out to avert the worst of climate change, approaches to achieving Net Zero need to change fast, writes Susan Roaf
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Schools told to close all buildings containing problem RAAC concrete
Report in June found reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete could be present in more than 500 schools
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M&S launches legal challenge against Gove’s Oxford Street rejection
Retailer slams government’s ‘misguided agenda’ against spurned redevelopment plans
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Inspector approves Mountford Pigott’s sex club plans on appeal
Proposal for more than 100 homes above all-night fetish club in Poplar were rejected last year
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AHMM rejigs Canada Water towers to comply with three new regulations
British Land sends practice back to the drawing board to add second staircases, a new facade and air conditioning
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Councils to be forced to ignore nutrient pollution impact when taking planning decisions
Government amendments to free up nutrients development logjam go further than expected
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BDP submits plans for 41-storey co-living tower in Salford
Proposals replace earlier scheme that foundered because of Covid-19 and Brexit
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Opinion
Public Practice: How my desire to be at the decision-making table drove me to join the public sector
For built environment professionals who desire to influence project outcomes and have more of a role in decision making, the public sector provides an attractive career path, writes Yemi Aladerun