Cities & regeneration Comment
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Re-purposing an office HQ? Make it green and lean so it will last for many decades
In a post-covid world, clients now require flexibility and sustainability when future-proofing their office buildings, writes Joe Sweeney of Fletcher Priest Architects
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What will the end of lockdown spell for the high street?
A resurgence in local shopping means it is time to focus on the high street’s other uses, writes Sheppard Robson’s Claire Haywood
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Partnering means more than helping to generate funding and mitigate risk
“Partnership” has long been the buzz-word for contractors in the public sector. But it means more than helping to generate funding and mitigate risk
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Grenfell review must be considered and fearless
Politicians and professionals must be responsible and forensic in seeking the truth
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Five tips for fending off dreaded ‘scope creep’
There will always be changes to projects as they progress, but there are steps architects can take to ensure alterations do not derail the scheme
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What this year's Serpentine Pavilion means
The secrets behind this year’s Serpentine Pavilion and how the team meets a deadline of only 20 weeks
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Tragedies underline that we must understand ‘why’ before deciding ‘what’ to build
Recent events have stressed how involved construction is with communities and shows that we must take the long view when planning urban environments
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Zero-carbon way forward for COP21
Proven examples of low carbon development have a role to play in inspiring the confidence to make the environmental commitments we need
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Out of the frying pan, into a flat
Overheating in homes, particularly in city flats, is increasingly common
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What makes a healthy city?
The vitality of our cities is the theme of this week’s World Architecture Day and one area we can make a difference as a profession is in the quality of elite and community sports venues
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Singapore is running hot
The gateway to booming South-east Asia, Singapore also has a thriving construction market in its own right
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Can World Green Building Week make a difference?
Events like this aim to inspire people to bring about large scale and rapid change, let’s hope enough of us get involved
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One direction
As Building reveals the response to our Agenda 15 initiative, our construction manifesto for the next government has started to take shape
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City planning in the Middle East
These vast cities rising from the sand can’t just be about bling
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Ethiopia: It's not about the oil
Political stability and solid investment in infrastructure and renewable energy make Ethiopia an attractive proposition, but new entrants to the market should proceed with care
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Do we need a new best practice for our supply chains?
If we scrutinise something hard enough, the cracks will start to show, and demonstrate that today’s best practice is not enough
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The future of infrastructure lies with industry collaboration
The technology exists to bring together the government, businesses and the public on infrastructure schemes
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Future impossible?
A couple in the future decide to extend their semi-detached home - here’s how they might do it
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More small sites needed to boost housing supply
There’s no chance of meeting demand for homes by prioritising large sites, despite political consensus, says Chris Tinker of Crest Nicholson
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Garden City Prize: Now the hard work begins
Barton Willmore’s Ian Tant on how a housing obsession bagged a place on the prestigious Wolfson Prize shortlist