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
CommentFocus on design is critical as the optimism grows
Confidence is returning to the industry. We must use the renewed energy to ensure that we build in a responsible and resilient way, says Sadie Morgan
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A framework focused on improving quality of life
Too many homes are still being built without people’s health and wellbeing in mind. We must change that, says Sadie Morgan
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Quality of life and climate action will define 2021
Despite everything, there have been successes and positive shifts of focus in 2020. We must build on this to create a better environment
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Diverse voices must shape our future
Design leadership must grow and adapt in the wake of Richard Rogers’ retirement, says Sadie Morgan
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Recovery must not trigger a race to the bottom
Lockdown has forced us to focus on what makes healthy homes and neighbourhoods - which we need to remember as we rebuild our economy
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Help young workers fight for what they believe in
We need to encourage advocacy in new designers and architects
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Let’s take a long, hard look at ourselves
To solve today’s complex problems we need to engage the brainpower, passion and talent of a truly diverse workforce
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Quality and quantity: Let's set the standard for the industry
Good design has a positive effect on the lives of people. We need to collaborate to improve our built environment
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UK must lead the green revolution
Britain is at the forefront of the fight to protect the environment with world-class designers and engineers – but we need more government action
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We 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
