All Features articles – Page 4
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FeaturesBob Allies on Rome and the value of learning from the past
Eleanor Jolliffe talks to the Allies and Morrison founder about a formative period in his early career
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Features5 minutes with … Anna Lisa McSweeney at White Arkitekter
The firm’s UK head of sustainability on moving mountains and problem-solving, sharing responsibility and travelling as much as possible on foot
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FeaturesBoomers to Zoomers: Designing for the Generations
As BD launches its new campaign, Ben Flatman sets out the challenges and themes that it will explore
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FeaturesIt’s M&S’s Oxford Street neighbour – and it’s being refurbished, not demolished
The former House of Fraser store is just half a mile from the M&S flagship which the retailer controversially wants to knock down and rebuild. Thomas Lane meets the team to find out how they are making the refurbishment work
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FeaturesWhat made this project… Leicester Cathedral by van Heyningen and Haward Architects
The judges for this year’s AYAs were impressed with van Heyningen and Haward Architects’ body of work, as the practice was named a finalist for two awards including Net Zero Architect of the Year. In this series, we take a look at one of the team’s entry projects ...
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FeaturesJoe Morris: What’s wrong with the planning system and why we must take a stand against hostility in the workplace
Ben Flatman talks to Joe Morris about the complexities of the planning system and the importance of workplace civility
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Features‘We wouldn’t be doing it if it wasn’t wanted’: Duchy of Cornwall project team defends 2,500-home Faversham scheme
The project team behind plans for a ‘Poundbury-style’ development tell Tom Lowe why the scheme has been unfairly maligned in news reports
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Features‘It’s high time for Africa to set its own agendas’ – An interview with Royal Gold Medal winner Lesley Lokko
On the day she receives the Royal Gold Medal, Ben Flatman talks to Lesley Lokko about her varied career and her hopes for the future of African architecture
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FeaturesDesigning out the challenges in the most challenging environments
The impact that good design can have on our health and wellbeing cannot be overstated. The choice of materials used can dramatically affect our physical and mental wellbeing, improve feelings of support, the level of perceived safety and, perhaps most importantly, how valued people feel as individuals. For Philip Ross ...
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FeaturesLondon mayoral elections 2024: Sadiq Khan’s record on the built environment
What might a third term for the capital’s most powerful politician look like? Daniel Gayne considers the mayor’s record so far
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FeaturesShining a light on Bromley Old Town Hall
Nulty designs a lighting scheme for Bromley Town Hall’s £20 million restoration
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FeaturesPlatform lifts come in all shapes and sizes
Mark Chapman, general manager of platform and microlift division of Stannah Lifts talks through the types of platform lifts and looks at new additions to the offer
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FeaturesTHISS Studio unveils coworking space and recording studio
THISS Studio has transformed the upper two levels of a former warehouse on Leonard Street in Shoreditch to create a new office, coworking space and recording studio for music management group, Common Knowledge. Initially, the client designated each room with a specialist designer but following delays, THISS Studio was appointed ...
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Features‘You’ve got to be prepared to see change. It’s natural’: HLM on its plan for the future
It’s all change at the practice as its leadership makes way for the next generation. Karen Mosley and Richard O’Neil talk about how to do an orderly succession, the crunch moment that led to it and the decision to walk away from two flawed MMC school projects
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FeaturesWomen in Construction: Sarah Ball, principal, Woods Bagot
Jordan Marshall talks to the Woods Bagot principal leading the practice’s Adelaide and Aukland studios as part of a Women in Construction special produced by our sister title Building in conjunction with Gleeds
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FeaturesHigh-rise living with Pyroguard
Building Design takes a look at the Deanston Wharf Development and speaks to Andy Lake regarding considerations needed when specifying glass for winter gardens on high-rise residential buildings
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FeaturesWhat made this project… Haberdashers’ Boys’ School by NVB Architects
The judges for last year’s AYAs were impressed with NVB Architects’ body of work, as the practice took home the trophy for Education Architect of the Year. In this series, we take a look at one of the team’s entry projects and ask the firm’s director, James McGillivray, to break ...
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FeaturesPhoenix: the 3D-printed concrete bridge
Circular by design, Phoenix stands solely through compression without reinforcement, with blocks that can be easily disassembled and recycled
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FeaturesPlans for 150,000 homes but no water to supply them. Does Gove’s vision for Cambridge stand a chance?
The housing secretary wants to build nearly three times as many homes as the target set by Cambridge’s own planners. Is there something he knows that they don’t? Daniel Gayne reports
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FeaturesBuilding archives: Planning the postwar New Towns, 1945-46
The Builder reports on the development of a vast new wave of housing to replace the homes destroyed by wartime bombing