Designing Social Value – Page 10
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NewsRevealed: All the 2021 Architect of the Year Award finalists
Winners will be announced at live AYA dinner on October 14
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NewsLDA appointed to draw up net zero design codes for RTPI
Farrells, Gbolade Design Studio and Exterior appointed by Southwark for design code trial
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NewsDesign Council appoints former Cabe chief as director of place
Edward Hobson joins from innovation network KTN
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Building StudyTechnical study: Cutting 75% of emissions from Powell & Moya’s Wolfson College, Oxford
Embarrassed by being one of the worst carbon culprits in the region, the college set out to be net zero by 2030. Retrofitting 763 windows was just the start of it, finds Thomas Lane
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NewsMP’s custom-build report warns of political unrest without urgent reform
Housing secretary welcomes Richard Bacon’s report which urges creation of Custom and Self-Build Housing Delivery Unit at Homes England
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NewsFirst of Adjaye’s 101 hospitals for Ghana breaks ground
Prefabrication will allow design to adapt to rural and urban locations
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FeaturesSwitch ‘working from home’ to ‘working near home’
We don’t have to make a binary choice between the old commute and working in isolation. There is a third way, says Matt Driscoll
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FeaturesSocial value is not just for PQQs but should infuse your whole culture
Michael Squire explains how moving to Brixton from King’s Cross triggered a new approach to community engagement for his practice
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FeaturesInterview: Nicholas Boys Smith on design, deregulation and the Office for Place
There are few topics more controversial than planning reform and placemaking and few people more passionate about them than the chair of the new Office for Place. He talks to Joey Gardiner
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NewsGet carbon-literate, domestic architects urged
‘You have huge opportunity to influence refurb sector,’ says co-founder of ACAN as new campaign launched
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NewsArchitects urge government to engage over climate emergency
Steve Tompkins calls for ‘collective courage’ to act on IPCC report
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OpinionThe Coach: How can I get my team to contribute in meetings?
Louise Rodgers on how not to stifle people
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FeaturesResilient high streets need space for surprises
Leave a little room for the unplanned and experimental, writes Sarah Featherstone in this piece for our Stratford Design Challenge series
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NewsO’Donnell Brown submits plans for UK’s first Passivhaus Plus hamlet
Six homes in Norfolk aim to breathe new life into community requisitioned for military use
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OpinionWhy Manchester is not a World Heritage Site
Unesco can keep its pickling jars, writes David Rudlin
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NewsManchester launches international design competition for Piccadilly Gardens
Council says it wants to create a ‘uniquely Mancunian’ space in the neglected square
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NewsMaccreanor Lavington and Erect cleared to boost estate's social housing
Community centre and 91 affordable homes will be added to York Way Estate
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OpinionGod is in the detail
Small things can matter greatly. Yet too often it’s no one’s job to care about them, writes Martyn Evans
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NewsCullinan Studio appointed to revamp community sports facility
Every element at Marlborough Sports Garden will have multiple functions including a climbable cafe