Designing Social Value – Page 7
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NewsDesign team sought for transformation of Liverpool museums
Project will involve two listed buildings on city’s historic waterfront
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50 Wonders50 Wonders | Denise Bennetts: Royal College of Physicians
The Bennetts Associates co-founder appreciates Denys Lasdun’s daring response to a historic site
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NewsArchitects and clients recognised in New Year Honours
Honours for Grimshaw chair and director of Black Females in Architecture
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OpinionWhat’s stopping engineers from being more creative?
There are good reasons why we choose the tried and tested, but too often that stifles innovative thinking and the potential for progress, says Anna Beckett
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OpinionThe king of urban renaissance had politicians – if not princes – at his feet
Richard Rogers was hugely influential as an urbanist as well an architect, writes David Rudlin
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OpinionTime to rethink the rulebook on building regulation
The current system is not fit for purpose. The Grenfell tragedy, climate emergency and covid-19 are three compelling reasons why we must do better, says Julia Park
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NewsLSE launches £120m design contest for final set-piece building
Project will also be university’s first net-zero development
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50 Wonders50 Wonders | Dav Bansal: Lakeshore Drive Apartments
Dav Bansal recalls the thrill of visiting Mies’ influential Chicago towers for the first time
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NewsMayor of London launches hunt for new design advocates
City Hall offers £500 a day for architects keen to help shape capital’s future
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FeaturesWhat are we trying to say when we get our buildings photographed?
Fine art or photojournalism: architects have a choice that cuts to the heart of the profession when they commission photography, says Daniel Elsea
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NewsAb Rogers Design wins £250,000 Wolfson Prize with modular hospital design
Practice beat ZHA, Perkins & Will and John Simpson Architects
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OpinionWe must make a better case for new housing
The prospect of new housing is almost always greeted with horror by local people. It is time that this changed, says David Rudlin
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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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NewsArup pledges lifecycle carbon assessments on all projects
Firm also pledges to withdraw from energy schemes involving fossil fuels
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NewsAHMM drafts gender equality champion on to controversial Holloway project
Architect submits revised 980-home prison redevelopment to Islington council
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NewsOxford Uni launches international design contest for £1bn northern expansion
Established architects encouraged to team up with small practices
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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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NewsMake net zero buildings the only ones worth building, architects tell COP
’Whole system stacked against doing the right thing’
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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