Ben Flatman
Ben Flatman is the architectural editor at Building Design
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OpinionWill Oki the radical survive contact with the RIBA?
We should all wish Oki well, but he faces an uphill struggle, writes Ben Flatman
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News
Bell Philips showcases ‘tree house’ pavilion at Elephant Park
Lendlease and Bell Phillips complete timber ‘tree house’ within the heart of Elephant Park
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News
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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News
Winner of RIBA Norman Foster Travelling Scholarship announced
Royal College of Art student will visit direct air capture sites in Iceland, Norway, Switzerland, Canada and the US
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News
The profession responds to Oki’s RIBA victory
Fellow candidates Bacon and Singha, plus former RIBA president Ben Derbyshire, are amongst those who have shared their responses to Oki’s victory
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News
Muyiwa Oki elected as next RIBA president
Reform candidate wins out over better-known names but says he looks forward to working with Jo Bacon and Sumita Singha in future
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Opinion
There is a candidate for everyone in this RIBA election, so go and vote!
RIBA members have every reason to be disenchanted but this list of candidates offers a real choice, writes Ben Flatman
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Opinion
This is a more restrained Stirling prize shortlist, but not lacking in quality
Despite some surprising inclusions, this year’s Stirling prize has nominees to match the best from any previous year
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Opinion
Boris Johnson may be going, but his built (and unbuilt) legacy will live on
More than any of his predecessors, Boris Johnson was a PM obsessed with big building projects, writes Ben Flatman
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Building Study
Building study: West Hub by Jestico + Whiles
A new hybrid building in Cambridge mixes academia with enterprise and hospitality to reimagine what a university should be in the 21st century, writes Ben Flatman
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Building Study
In Pictures: The Marlo by Barbara Weiss Architects
This extensive refurbishment and restoration project in Marylebone provides impact without the need to shout about it, writes Ben Flatman
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Review
The Lebanese House: conservation and urban catastrophe collide in V&A’s new installation
Ben Flatman speaks to architect Annabel Karim Kassar about how history, identity and loss are interwoven in her latest work about a house in Beirut.
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News
Aecom releases time-lapse film of Serpentine pavilion under construction
Watch Theaster Gates’s pavilion rise from the ground in Kensington Gardens
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Building Study
Building study: 111 West 57th Street by SHoP
The world’s skinniest skyscraper gloriously embraces the rich legacy of Manhattan’s historic skyline, but it also raises awkward questions around sustainability and affordable housing, writes Ben Flatman
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Opinion
Bartlett report sheds much-needed light on our profession’s wider failings
The Bartlett sought to break down its students in order to build them back up again in the school’s own mould, writes Ben Flatman
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Building Study
Building study: Technique by Buckley Gray Yeoman
Buckley Gray Yeoman’s refurb and extension of a former Clerkenwell gin distillery is a fine example of how to revitalise an old industrial building and repair the wider urban fabric.
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News
V&A reveals future architecture programme after RIBA split
Tropical, South Asian and social housing architecture among subjects the museum intends to explore
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Opinion
New Labour: remembering an era of optimism, enthusiasm and mixed results
It is 25 years since Tony Blair’s 1997 landslide victory and the architectural legacy is both good and bad, writes Ben Flatman
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Building Study
Building study: the Elizabeth line – a welcome civic legacy designed to last 120 years
From the contextual to the finely detailed, the new Elizabeth Line is an eclectic and ultimately uplifting addition to the capital’s ever expanding transport network, writes Ben Flatman
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Building Study
Building study: Homerton College Dining Hall by Feilden Fowles
AYA Gold Award winner Feilden Fowles’ new dining hall at Homerton College, Cambridge signals a profound commitment to openness and diversity by both client and architect
