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Aecom brings in Dan Meis to target more sports stadia work

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Everton stadium architect says sector ‘dominated by handful of firms’

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Architect launches judicial review of DSDHA’s Bloomsbury tower plans

James Monahan to argue that Camden council’s decision to green light 19-storey tower breaches planning policy

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Let’s avoid the green belt becoming a giant cul-de-sac

Labour says it wants to build housing on the ‘grey belt’, but how can architects help ensure this doesn’t end up as just more suburban sprawl, asks Chloë Phelps

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What’s stopping us from looking beyond embodied carbon?

2024-05-07T05:00:00+01:00By

Measuring and reducing our embodied carbon is still the best tool that we have to limit our impact on the planet, but it shouldn’t be the only factor that we’re considering, writes Anna Beckett

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I saw the Co-op Live site with my own eyes three months ago. These delays do not come as a surprise

2024-05-03T11:41:00+01:00By

The UK’s largest arena was still far from being finished when Building went to see it in early February, says Tom Lowe

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Where now for a net zero Scotland?

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With the Scottish government in turmoil, what can industry and key stakeholders do to deliver a just transition in Scotland

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Let’s avoid the green belt becoming a giant cul-de-sac

2024-05-01T05:00:00+01:00By

Labour says it wants to build housing on the ‘grey belt’, but how can architects help ensure this doesn’t end up as just more suburban sprawl, asks Chloë Phelps

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Why is our heritage on fire… again?

2024-04-30T00:05:00+01:00By 3 comments

The fire at Copenhagen’s historic stock exchange is a reminder that we need to value traditional building skills as much as the buildings themselves, writes Liz Smith

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Drawing for urban design: The fine line between vision and delusion

2024-04-29T06:00:00+01:00By 1 comments

Idealised renderings of landscapes and urban design schemes are not new, but we should beware using images as a stand-in for real understanding, writes David Rudlin

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