Designing Social Value – Page 9
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Features
Social 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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Features
Interview: 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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News
Get 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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News
Architects urge government to engage over climate emergency
Steve Tompkins calls for ‘collective courage’ to act on IPCC report
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Opinion
The Coach: How can I get my team to contribute in meetings?
Louise Rodgers on how not to stifle people
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Features
Resilient 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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News
O’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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Opinion
Why Manchester is not a World Heritage Site
Unesco can keep its pickling jars, writes David Rudlin
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News
Manchester 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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News
Maccreanor 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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Opinion
God 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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News
Cullinan Studio appointed to revamp community sports facility
Every element at Marlborough Sports Garden will have multiple functions including a climbable cafe
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Features
Shifting that stubborn needle on inclusion and prejudice
Architecture needs a sea change to improve diversity, writes Sarah Akigbogun
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News
MPs call for urgent review of new permitted development right
Select committee says roll-out of wide-ranging new resi conversion right should be paused
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Opinion
Housing secretary’s beautiful words need to be backed by long-term investment
Liverpool’s humiliation at the hands of Unesco shows how much we need highly skilled planning departments, writes Elizabeth Hopkirk
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News
75% of planning authorities have no access to architectural advice
Figures cast doubt on councils’ ability to implement Jenrick’s beauty agenda
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Technical
Technical Study: Kingston Cycle Hub, Sarah Wigglesworth Architects
Kingston council has spent £32m upgrading the borough’s cycle facilities, including a storage hub beside the station that is no ordinary bike shed, finds Thomas Lane
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News
Government planning reforms ‘missed opportunity’ to tackle climate crisis
Nation’s net zero target should be enshrined in new NPPF, says Green Building Council
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Features
Beautiful places and whopping great elephants
The new Office for Place has the potential to surpass Cabe, says Matthew Carmona – but there remain some unanswered questions