All Opinion articles – Page 9
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OpinionMaking the world a better place - through design
Building Design has launched a new initiative placing social value at the heart of our coverage
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OpinionWe need a multi-dimensional approach to social value
Introducing Flora Samuel, Building Design’s new social value columnist
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OpinionDiversity in architecture has come a long way – but we’re not there yet
Eleanor Jolliffe considers how to get everyone a seat at the table
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OpinionThere is much in the Grenfell inquiry report that still requires clarity
Andrew Mellor looks at what Martin Moore-Bick’s recommendations mean for architects
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OpinionThe incremental destruction of Basildon’s brave new world
Gillian Darley examines the current regeneration of the Essex new town as it turns 70
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OpinionMotherhood and apple pie without the teeth
The new National Design Guide won’t have an impact unless it has teeth, writes David Rudlin
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OpinionWhat you leave behind is not what is engraved in stone monuments. Discuss
Mark Middleton considers architectural legacy
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OpinionIt takes decades to build a place’s character. Can developers ever short-circuit that process?
Set aside your branding and logos, advises Martyn Evans
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OpinionEsther McVey’s ignorance can’t go unchallenged
Julia Park skewers the government’s muddled thinking on housing design and planning
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OpinionIt’s time the Stirling loosened up
How can you possibly assess a railway station against a private house, asks Ben Flatman
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OpinionArchitectural education is a problem of degrees
The profession’s unprofessional origins might have something useful to say about its future, writes Eleanor Jolliffe
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OpinionWhat the Future Homes Standard means for you
Andrew Mellor explains how to future-proof schemes in a fast-moving regulatory landscape
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OpinionCharting the contours of history
From school atlas to GPS, maps are the key to understanding ourselves, says Gillian Darley
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OpinionBack to planning school
In his first lesson from an illuminating new lecture series, David Rudlin learnt that the 70s was the decade when the post-war planning consensus died
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OpinionDesigning green buildings is important, but what about the bigger picture?
So-called sustainable developments are often anything but, argues Ruth Richardson
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OpinionThe Labour Party has a problem with private schools. Does architecture too?
Ben Flatman asks what we should conclude from the schools attended by Norman Foster and Amanda Levete
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OpinionA short history of protection of title
The fight for statutory registration of architects was long and hard-fought, as Eleanor Jolliffe recounts
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OpinionWhat will the Worcester Park fire mean for fire regs?
Andrew Mellor looks at the latest implications for ever-evolving fire safety legislation
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OpinionMaybe we could teach Scandinavians about cycling on the pavement
Gillian Darley is nearly knocked off her feet in Copenhagen
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OpinionThere is no limit to the wisdom of cities - if we stop interfering
Planners must work with these complex entities and stop trying to impose their pocket utopias, says David Rudlin