All Analysis articles
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FeaturesAnalysis: Does the Heat and Buildings Strategy stand up to scrutiny?
Thomas Lane dives deep into a government initiative that promised much but has delivered rather less – and then compares it with LETI’s retrofit guide
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FeaturesInterview: Designing Britain’s biggest infrastructure project
By any standards and on any scale, it’s a huge job – and one with plenty of critics. HS2’s design director Kay Hughes tells Elizabeth Hopkirk she is relishing the unprecedented challenge
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FeaturesAlan Jones: We need to talk
The profession is facing huge challenges. The new president of the RIBA tells Elizabeth Hopkirk how he plans to tackle them
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AnalysisBracing for Brexit: How prepared are architects?
With potentially just 25 days to go before a no-deal exit from the European Union, Jim Dunton talks to two specialists with their ears to the ground
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FeaturesThe Tulip: Will it ever be built?
It’s beginning to seem nothing is too bizarre for the City, but some say Fosters’ Tulip has gone too far. Ike Ijeh asks if it could still win planning
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FeaturesIn pictures: Famous observation towers around the world
If the Tulip is ever built, it will enter a rarefied group of high-profile observation towers across the world
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FeaturesWith skills like yours, you shouldn’t be working for an architect
Businesses that stitch design into their DNA are the most successful, but they need help. Isn’t it time you applied?
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AnalysisAnalysis: When will we see wooden skyscrapers?
Timber frames have begun to break into commercial and higher-rise uses thanks to technological breakthroughs. Ike Ijeh speaks to the pioneers
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FeaturesAnalysis: Righting the wrongs of Canary Wharf
As Canary Wharf turns 30 a residential community is being introduced for the first time. Ike Ijeh assesses Wood Wharf and its parent
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NewsAnalysis: Is Hackitt a turning point for the profession?
After decades of marginalisation, the Hackitt review is the chance for architects to claim back territory
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FeaturesRedundant city centre car parks: repurpose or demolish?
The city centre multi-storey car park is rapidly becoming redundant. Can they be repurposed?
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NewsBrexit deal ‘not enough’ to calm staff jitters
RIBA says architects need more reassurance about their ability to work after the UK leaves the EU
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AnalysisCould the return of the clerk of works improve build quality?
Concerns about building quality and safety, especially in the wake of Grenfell, have led to calls for a more co-ordinated approach to accountability. Could the clerk of works help?
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OpinionWe love predicting the future but we've lost the ambition to plan for it
At a conference to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Milton Keynes, David Rudlin finds the future is not what it used to be
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OpinionWill Grenfell change everything?
When just one volume of building regs refers to 93 other documents, it’s clear that we need to go back to first principles, says Julia Park
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AnalysisFire regulations: What needs to change
The Grenfell Tower fire has led to calls for fire safety regulations to be examined. But this was not the first warning sign that the current rules are not fit for purpose. What can be done to make sure a tragedy on this scale doesn’t happen again?
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OpinionHow to fix the UK's housing mess
We need to admit our mistakes and set about making radical changes to the whole system, writes Hank Dittmar
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AnalysisOne year after Brexit, are there actually any signs of the predicted construction crash?
The shadow of Brexit has loomed over commercial development in the City for a year now. So were the doom mongers right to say that leaving the EU would darken prospects for some of the biggest schemes? Ike Ijeh looks at five key projects
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Opinion
Grenfell Tower: Should this cladding be allowed?
The rapid and devastating spread of the fire at the west London tower has raised questions whether ACM cladding should be permitted on high-rise residential towers, says Thomas Lane
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AnalysisWhat actually happens in a hung parliament?
A guide to what a hung parliament means and what the impact could be for construction