Briefing – Page 9
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Building StudyBuilding study: A new campus for the RCA by Herzog & de Meuron
In its scale and singularity this flagship building by Herzog & de Meuron strikes the right balance, writes Richard Gatti
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Building StudyBuilding study: the Elizabeth line – a welcome civic legacy designed to last 120 years
From the contextual to the finely detailed, the new Elizabeth Line is an eclectic and ultimately uplifting addition to the capital’s ever expanding transport network, writes Ben Flatman
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FeaturesA temple to post-covid working culture: designing Google’s global headquarters
Google’s newly completed Bay View campus in Silicon Valley opened to staff last week. Tom Lowe spoke to Heatherwick group leader Eliot Postma about how the concept was developed
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FeaturesBarbican Centre at 40: how an international arts venue took shape
The pioneering scheme is celebrating its 40th birthday. Former managing director Nicholas Kenyon explains how the initial plans for a residential development evolved
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FeaturesRough poetry
An extraordinary period of creative flourishing was forged in the crucible of postwar trauma, writes Jane Alison, curator of a new exhibition opening today, the Barbican’s 40th birthday
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FeaturesCities across the world are waking up to the value of riverside regeneration projects
The great riverside revival is key to reconciling economic growth with environmental recovery, writes Jeremy Farrington in Singapore
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Building StudyBuilding study: Learning from Denise Scott Brown
As Selldorf Architects unveils £30m proposals to reconfigure the National Gallery and Venturi Scott Brown’s landmark Sainsbury Wing, Elizabeth Hopkirk meets the women leading the project
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FeaturesHanging out with the Smithsons, the Eameses and the Banhams
Peter Cook arrived in London at the dawn of the Sixties and found himself drawn into a glittering social circle. But what was discussed at these Hampstead salons?
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FeaturesHow to design timber buildings that will be insured
An explainer for architects on the insurance industry perspective of mass timber
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FeaturesThis is not how to level up the country
Gove’s 12-point plan is hardly the Roosevelt New Deal we were promised, writes Ben Derbyshire
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FeaturesPortland Place should be a seat of learning not a fun palace
As the RIBA launches a competition for the £20m redevelopment of its HQ, Chris Williamson questions the whole direction of travel
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FeaturesMax Fordham: Original thinker in a notoriously conservative industry
The pioneering building services engineer’s career path was set while he was still at school - but without a textbook in sight, writes Thomas Lane
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MultimediaJargon buster: Greenhouse Gas Protocol and understanding emissions
Simon Wyatt explains why to understand your carbon footprint you need to look at all green house gases
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Features‘He told me if he won a competition in Paris I would be able to join the firm…’
Peter Ullathorne recalls a hair-raising job interview with Richard Rogers
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FeaturesNorman Foster on Rogers’ death: ‘I will miss you dearly’
Richard Rogers’ earliest collaborator pays tribute to his friend in this moving obituary
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FeaturesWhy did the government consult us on Part L if it wasn’t going to listen?
The government has largely ignored the advice of built environment professionals in response to its proposed changes to building standards on energy use, says LETI
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FeaturesInterview: We’ve never found a practice who are our pin-ups
They used to look up to YAYA winners – then they joined those ranks. This year they took the AYA crown. So what’s next for Fergus Feilden and Ed Fowles, asks Elizabeth Hopkirk
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FeaturesThis changes everything! Why architects should embrace integrated project insurance
Cullinan Studio designed one of the first completed building projects to use the IPI model. Partner Peter Inglis explains how it works and its implications for architects
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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