All Opinion articles – Page 49
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How to design a low-carbon building
Simon Sturgis explains how a whole-life approach to design can pay dividends
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Staffing figures show the real picture
The RIBA’s Future Trends Staffing Index echoes the gloomy evidence of BD’s own employment survey
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Halifax HQ: A building that looks out of place but isn’t
The newly listed Halifax HQ displays a deeper understanding of context
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Councils must choose the fate of their high streets
Relaxing use class rules threatens to undermine the delicate balance between homes and local business
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Will Mossbourne 2 have what it takes to be top of the class?
Everyone agrees school building costs must come down but inner city schools on difficult sites risk losing out
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New builds must offer it all under one roof
Sustainability should mean durability - that’s the idea pursued by the Dutch
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Don’t put out the light in our cities
Changing the light legislation is a threat to the renaissance in Britain’s urban centres
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The cost of good design is the meat of the argument
A failure of food standards attracts a swift response from government, but the quality of housing is left to the market
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Knocking through the social divides
What happened to Camden in the 1970s proves that gentrification doesn’t have to be insidious
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From Paestum to the Euston Road
Reinstating Hardwick’s Euston Arch would be a fitting tribute to London’s great railway architecture
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Passivhaus needs support as it reaches critical mass
As the number of UK Passivhaus buildings looks set to treble, a lack of financial incentives is still holding the movement back
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Forget skyscrapers, we need rail hubs
Investing in transport infrastructure is one way to create sustainable metropolitan areas
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We all have Friday off!
The co-founder of Bauman Lyons explains why the practice is moving to a four-day week
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There’s no need for the RIBA to be so defensive
The RIBA’s over-reaction to Arb’s much improved website reveals its fear of losing members
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Electric shock for eco-homes
A housing estate in Bradford was one of the greenest in the country when it was built. What went wrong?
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Red tape is not holding up growth… and Gove knows it
The education secretary should not blame the planning system for the stalling of his own big idea
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Argument for new terraced housing is easily demolished
Knock down the high-rises to solve Britain’s social problems, says a thinktank — advice as impractical as it is outdated
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Be grateful that EH is still standing
A year-long series of events is set to demonstrate that English Heritage is as relevant as ever
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Loosening the planning rules is nothing to drink to
Architects should pause before celebrating the move to relax use classes, and look at the fate of the British pub