All Materials articles – Page 6
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OpinionCreative thinking and collaborative tension can help solve a towering dilemma
High-rise blocks represent a huge challenge for the urban architect if they are to fulfil residents’ needs and have a positive impact on the environment. Eleanor Joliffe calls for some fresh thinking, from conception to construction
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OpinionWhat can we learn from designing for the sacred?
One small Ugandan practice reaches into the past to inform a contemporary monastic complex in the south of the country, writes Ben Flatman
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MultimediaListen: Feilden Fowles and Webb Yates on reusing materials
The final Building Talks… Net Zero podcast visits Fergus Feilden and Edmund Fowles down on their farm | Webb Yates engineers on the barriers to reusing concrete and steel | Simon Wyatt of Cundall on heat pumps
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NewsBurwell nets £20m expansion of Marine Biological Association
Plymouth project involves working with scheduled ancient monument and seawater chambers
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OpinionWhat’s stopping us from measuring embodied carbon?
Why isn’t an embodied carbon assessment done as standard on every project, asks engineer Anna Beckett
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Building StudyBuilding study: St Hilda’s College, Oxford by Gort Scott
The architect has capitalised on the project’s scenic location, opening up the site and using the river for passive cooling. Even the brickwork appears to dissolve, writes Richard Gatti
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NewsTulip carbon decision could change how big projects are assessed
Ministers cite embodied carbon for first time as reason for rejection
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NewsKaren Cook and Peter Rees react as £500m Tulip scrapped
Shock and delight as end of the road looms for controversial scheme following Gove’s decision to kick it into touch
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NewsTulip appeal thrown out over design and carbon concerns
Gove says Fosters’ tower contains ‘too many compromises to amount to world-class architecture’
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FeaturesLean, low-tech architecture is the future. The question is how we scale it
The days of high-tech are over. We need to make each building element work as hard as possible, says Edmund Fowles
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OpinionManufacturers and suppliers, this message is (mainly) for you
Hitting sustainability targets is an exciting challenge, but Eleanor Jolliffe thinks it almost impossible without the full buy-in of client, design and construction teams
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NewsGlenn Howells completes first phase of Paradise masterplan
Architect joins Eric Parry with office in Birmingham’s Chamberlain Square
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NewsHaworth Tompkins completes £3.3m flats for Pocket
Pink and green scheme references listed 1930s neighbour
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OpinionWhat’s stopping us from reusing materials?
In the first of a new series, engineer Anna Beckett shows how some fresh thinking could solve apparently intractable issues
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FeaturesInnovative energy-saving buildings carry a heavy carbon cost
The failure to take embodied carbon seriously will have far-reaching consequences, writes Anthony Thistleton
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FeaturesCountdown to COP26: Sumita Singha & Richard Waterhouse
As the global climate summit approaches, we ask leading figures in the profession and wider industry to share one idea they think could help save the planet
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News‘Imminent risk’ of steel production shutdown amid critical magnesium shortage
Europe set to run out of magnesium by the end of next month as China shuts down production due to rising energy costs
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50 Wonders50 Wonders | John Tuomey: The Aran Islands, Ireland
The O’Donnell & Tuomey co-founder and RIBA Gold Medal winner (with Sheila O’Donnell) explains his love for the structures and geology of the wild isles
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FeaturesLay off the plasterboard and cladding
Cutting out the layers can make buildings more sustainable, argues Steve Webb