Sadie Morgan
Sadie Morgan is a co-founding director of dRMM Architects. She is also the HS2 design panel chair, sits on the UK’s National Infrastructure Commission and is a mayor’s design advocate for the Greater London Authority
CommentWe need a new group for change in construction
In construction, we could do a much better job of positive promotion – a new industry body would publicise the good changes taking place and show the sector is open to everyone
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Wellbeing: how can we ensure our buildings deliver a better quality of life?
A trip to New Zealand reveals that even on the other side of the world, designers of the built environment could do more to put wellbeing first
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Great infrastructure requires more than nuts and bolts - it needs vision
Great infrastructure, led by design, can shape a town or city and transform the lives of communities but it takes vision, collaboration and leadership
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Communication made simple
Architects need to learn to express their role and the value of good design more clearly if the public and politicians are to be won over, writes Sadie Morgan
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Better by design
We need to embed design into the DNA of our built environment and ensure infrastructure connects on a human scale. A new assessment from the NIC points to how it might be done
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The argument for design
Architects risk losing the ability to influence if we don’t try harder to engage with the rest of industry and explain more convincingly the value of good design
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Everything in its place
The new design taskforce of the National Infrastructure Commission will help us see the bigger picture – and create places for people
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Leading by principle
As Adonis and Heseltine have shown, a vital element of leadership is a refusal to toe the line – in our industry, we need such champions for change
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By the people, for the people
dRMM’s Hastings Pier winning the Stirling prize is the satisfying result of seven years of close collaboration, crowdfunding and community
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Co-creating a buzz
A trip to one of the strangest spectacles on Earth shows how exciting construction can be when done in collaboration with the culture it springs from
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At what cost?
It’s important to look at what is lost when competing design proposals are judged simply on how much money they will take to build out
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Looking forward together
All too often different parts of the design community work in silos and fail to engage or collaborate. But now, more than ever, we must reach out to our peers, rethink our approach and transform our built environment
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Station to station
A visitor’s first and last impression of a town or city will often be formed by its rail station so it’s vital they are beautiful in both form and function
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Drawing conclusions
Projects on a grand scale generate innumerable written reports setting out the developer’s vision, but very few contain the hard information you get from an architect’s visual plan
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Homes for humans
As we scramble to address the housing crisis and rapidly changing demographics, we must not overlook the positive difference good design can make
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Skills shortage: Back to basics
As the skills shortage worsens, the urgency of inspiring young people to get into construction becomes more critical
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Embracing uncertainty in the wake of Brexit
We mustn’t let cynicism guide our response to the result of the EU referendum. Let’s stay positive and use the uncertainty of Brexit to create new opportunities
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Sadie Morgan reflects on her diagnosis
A recent diagnosis has brought time into sharp focus in my life, but also emphasised that patience and thoroughness when faced with decisions - personal or professional - can only help to inform and strengthen the outcome
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Total infrastructure
Specialist skills are valuable assets for any profession but they work most creatively when they’re flexible and adaptable
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UK infrastructure: Thinking big
What’s required to make the UK’s infrastructure fit for the 21st century? It’s important that imagination is at the heart of our thinking
