All Building Design articles in June 2024
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OpinionHow affordable housing became a critical US election issue
Housing becomes a key election issue as Democrats focus on affordability and urban development across the U.S., writes Chris Fogarty
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OpinionThe five economic forces set to shape the built environment in the next decade
New research essays commissioned by RIBA take the long view on the impact of economic forces on architecture, writes Adrian Malleson
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NewsRIBA survey: Architects foresee workload growth despite small practice pessimism
Large practices the most optimistic in two years
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OpinionEngineering the Future: Why structural and material records hold the key to a circular economy in construction
Addressing information gaps in existing buildings is critical to unlocking the potential of sustainable construction, writes Rosie Beckett
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NewsCouncillors unanimously back AHMM’s plans to redevelop entire Westminster city block despite slamming design
Committee chair admitted she “absolutely hated” the prospect of the mixed-use scheme being built
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ReviewModern Buildings in Blackheath and Greenwich: London 1950-2000
Ana Francisco Sutherland’s new book demonstrates compellingly how the architecture that now characterises the area is deeply rooted in the place and its history, writes Nicholas de Klerk
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FeaturesBespoke Rooflights Bring Light to House on the Heath
Cox Architects and Elson Properties approached Stella Rooflight to commission three bespoke rooflights, which would transform the renovation of a leafy suburban home
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OpinionWhy we should be transforming struggling shopping centres into sustainable urban hubs
Could large shopping centres become dynamic, vibrant, mixed-use, live-work communities in the future? What are the factors that could drive this transformation, and why might it be desirable, asks Matt Bowker
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FeaturesResurrecting Gaudi's vision: How generations of architects worked to realise La Sagrada Família
How do you recreate the work of a genius out of nothing but rubble? And even if you can, how do you keep a construction project that was started in the 19th century from going off the rails? Daniel Gayne went to Barcelona to find out
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NewsCamden’s fairytale ‘Cloud House’ to be featured on Grand Designs next year
Film crew currently tracking progress of semi-detached home designed to resemble a cloud from a Disney cartoon
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NewsHTA Design beats strong shortlist to win Chelmsford housing job
A multi-generational community in Essex will deliver zero-carbon homes, interactive new green spaces, social areas, and better connections to the River Can
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NewsRIBA names 26 winners of 2024 National Awards
Grimshaw’s Elizabeth Line and Wilkinson Eyre’s Battersea Power Station among longlist for this year’s Stirling Prize
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FeaturesElevating access: Stannah integrates a 21st-century lift into a 19th-century icon
A narrow ventilation shaft, a 334-step climb and a historic tilt – Building Design speaks to Stannah Lifts about the accessibility challenges overcome in the Elizabeth Tower’s ambitious restoration
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NewsMatt Brook submits plans for £1bn Salford towers scheme including tallest building outside London
Retail park redevelopment to contain 3,200 homes in ten buildings rising to more than 70 storeys
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NewsOle Scheeren unveils designs for twin-tower Shenzhen office scheme
Architect’s latest huge scheme in the city to rise to 200m in height
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Building StudyA decade in the making: Norton Folgate’s controversial redevelopment unveiled
Blossom Street was the focus of a vitriolic planning battle. But an architectural team led by AHMM has confounded the fears of Spitalfields residents by sensitively restoring many of the old buildings
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NewsClimate policies hit City of London’s Barbican repair works with 16 month delay and 60% cost hike
Job to fix leaks into listed estate’s exhibition halls bogged down by compliance issues with climate and biodiversity plans
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NewsGrenfell memorial design competition launched with brief calling for “bold” ideas
Design should incorporate water, light and a space to shelter from the weather, according to brief
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NewsLendlease’s development arm begins consultation on job losses
Firm says construction business not affected by cull
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Features5 minutes with … Ben Hopkins at Bennetts Associates
The firm’s sustainability lead on his work with LETI, losing his job before he had started and teaching in a country where he had only just learnt the language