Designing Social Value
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Opinion
Making the world a better place - through design
Building Design has launched a new initiative placing social value at the heart of our coverage
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Opinion
The Coach: How to give (and take) criticism constructively
Knowing how to give and take criticism is an essential skill in the workplace, says Louise Rodgers
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Chipperfield and Feix and Merlin win LSE Lincoln’s Inn Fields competition
Chipperfield and Feix and Merlin beat a field of six runners to win the commission
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Opinion
Why is it so difficult to build a high street?
We can create thriving new high streets, but it requires curation and a different financial model, writes David Rudlin.
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Opinion
What’s stopping us from having a better work-life balance?
如果现在是下午5点,而你正在阅读这篇文章,请停止拖延。Turn off your computer and go and make the most of your evening, says Anna Beckett
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What’s stopping us from designing more holistically?
Architects and engineers need to work together more closely to realise the opportunities for efficiency, and beauty, says Anna Beckett
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我们所说的“景观导向”到底是什么意思?
A recent report exposes the collapse in green space provision in new development but the reason is not what you might expect, writes David Rudlin
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The Coach: It’s OK to get angry – it’s how we deal with our anger that’s key
There are workplace situations in which anger seems to be the only legitimate response and it can then be used as a force for good, says Louise Rodgers
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What’s stopping us from carrying on exactly as we are?
The target for achieving net zero may still be decades away but, in order to hit it, we have to make changes to the way we design and build right now, says Anna Beckett
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Chipperfield and Moussavi named as design advocates for London
David Adjaye is reappointed on 42-strong advisory panel, set up to improve capital’s built environment
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Opinion
Architecture is ephemeral, urban design is eternal!
Most masterplans are never built but, once they are, they can last for ever – even if the name of the masterplanner is quickly forgotten, writes David Rudlin
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National Gallery unveils revised Selldorf upgrade designs
Latest images of £30m proposals come ahead of planning application submission this summer
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Opinion
Design better, specify better and consume more carefully – that’s my (not so) radical idea
While we should all be taking action in order to preserve our planet, direct action is actually rather less effective than well-placed words if we want to drive real and lasting change, writes Matthew Lloyd
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The Coach: Quitting your job is a big deal. Have you really thought it all through?
Change is often good and perhaps never more so than in these post-pandemic times. But Louise Rodgers advises that you explore your desire for something different a little more carefully before you jump ship
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Opinion
What’s stopping us taking more risks?
The Victorians built long-lasting structures with limited foundations yet our perception of acceptable risk has changed completely and we are now overdesigning. Anna Beckett wonders if there is a better balance to be struck
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What’s in store for these great British emporia?
大卫·鲁德林(David Rudlin)说,一整类建筑已经变得多余,面临着永远消失的风险。But it was never about their external appearance
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Opinion
A time to take stock – and an opportunity to do things differently
This terrible war is a catastrophe but the eventual rebuilding of Ukraine could yet provide a legacy of which future generations can be proud, says Julia Park
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News
Charles Holland and Moebius Studio shortlisted for Davidson Prize
Co-living themed ideas competition also boasts NOOMA Studio with Gankôgui as finalists
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Hawkins Brown team picked for 2,000-home Oxfordshire masterplan
Competition-winning proposals for Oxford University Development will deliver £1bn “innovation district”
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Amid the devastation of Ukraine the desire to rebuild is urgent and powerful
Despite the awful human suffering and pointless destruction, there is a sense of solidarity and collective desire about the global response that brings hope for a better future, says Matthew Lloyd