Opinion – Page 188
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Why did so few women in my class end up as architects?
Mac class of ‘83 reunion begs question of what we need to do to retain female graduates
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Sleepwalking into the next generation of BIM silos
We need to make a deliberate decision to store BIM information in open, free formats - not lock it away in corporate vaults
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Merry Christmas for brickies
With the housing market rebounding the materials industry needs to act quickly if there is to be enough capacity
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The ABC of growth
The only way to tackle the nimbys and build more homes is through more planning, not less
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Building the cities of 2050
The growth of megacities around the world creates both opportunities and threats
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The challenge of providing public open space
We know parks and trees in our cities are good for public health so how do we fund them?
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Construction cost outcomes - spending time where it really matters
Trying to second guess inflationary trends is less important than getting the basics right on making a project successful
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The importance of cost in design
Whole life costs are increasingly important drivers for clients expecting maximum return on good design
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ECO is the victim of political point-scoring
It’s fine to reform ECO but cutting it back would be an act of political vandalism
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Hansom: Drying up
This week, Ed Balls reminisces about Labour’s ‘zero homes’ policy, a Building columnist faces every public speaker’s worst nightmare, and EC Harris is (temporarily) off the sauce
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The faltering transition to treating solid walls
All this debate over policy isn’t driving the industry where it needs to go
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Not everyone accepts BIM
Tony Bingham’s article on BIM has sparked a fierce debate, but it’s important to realise that not everyone in the industry is a BIM convert
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HS2 gains momentum
The government has done well to publish the HS2 hybrid bill this week, now the hard work really begins …
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The devil in the detail
Developers are coming under increasing pressure from some planning authorities to use a building’s concept architect to do the technical working drawings as well. But combining these two specialised roles may be a mistake
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Building with the lights off
How are we going to build low carbon buildings if the UK’s power supply is cut?
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Making up energy policy as we go along
Without a proper evidence base, this government is making decisions on energy, carbon and buildings that are disastrously ill-informed
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The backlog of essential hospital works is reaching critical levels
With the backlog of essential capital works growing every year, the coalition risks passing on an estate in a worse condition than 1997