Design
Design
"Pods have quietly become a standard part of our open-plan interior landscape"
Pods are more popular than ever but offer far more than merely a place to take a call in a busy office, writes Freyja Sewell. More
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Architecture
Architecture
"Architects are too often complicit in gentrification and social cleansing"
French studio Lacaton & Vassal, which was today named the winner of the Soane Medal, demonstrates how architects can work with, not against, communities and existing buildings, writes Edwin Heathcote. More
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Social housing
Social housing
"The tide may finally be turning against knocking down social-housing estates"
Vast swathes of London's social housing continue to be demolished in the name of estate regeneration, but Anna Minton believes things could be about to change. More
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Designing for Disaster
Designing for Disaster
"It is time for all of us to become aware of the gravity of the situation"
Continuing our Designing for Disaster series, Yasmeen Lari warns that architects in the Global North cannot ignore the threat from environmental hazards exacerbated by climate change. More
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Designing for Disaster
Designing for Disaster
"Design professionals can make choices to prove that disasters are not natural"
Continuing our Designing for Disaster series, disasters expert Ilan Kelman shares advice for designers and architects on averting catastrophe. More
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Designing for Disaster
Designing for Disaster
"How we respond to disasters tells us a lot about our future"
The world urgently needs architects and designers to start prioritising humanitarian projects, writes Cameron Sinclair as part of our Designing for Disaster series. More
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Architecture
Architecture
"Architecture in the Netherlands has become notably boring"
Dutch architecture may be at the forefront of sustainable building practices, but Aaron Betsky feels it has rather lost its sparkle in recent years. More
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Stirling Prize
Stirling Prize
"What do such dutifully dull shortlists say about the wider state of the Stirling?"
Yet another low-key shortlist for the Stirling Prize this year reflects UK architecture's continued fading from the public eye, writes Catherine Slessor. More
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Technology
Technology
"The tech hype-cycle is spinning ever faster"
Tech companies must move away from hype-chasing annual product releases in order to drive meaningful design innovation, writes Sarah Housley. More
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Design
Design
"Our built environment embodies violations against human beings"
Designers and architects must start taking human-rights violations in the supply chain more seriously, writes Talia Radford. More
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London Design Festival
London Design Festival
"This year's LDF generally felt energetic and optimistic"
Dezeen editorial director Max Fraser reflects on this year's LDF, touted by organisers as a full revival of the UK's biggest design festival post-Covid. More
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Circular economy
Circular economy
"The design industry needs to let go of its obsession with the new"
If design is about solving problems we need to start questioning whether new products and furniture are always the answer, writes Katie Treggiden. More
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Accessible design
Accessible design
"People living with disabilities are done waiting for accessible designs"
Designers and brands must get thinking now about the simple, immediate changes that can make their products more accessible to people living with disabilities, writes Luc Speisser of Landor & Fitch. More
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The Line
The Line
"Why would architects let themselves be so vitiated?"
A recent documentary about The Line mega-project in Saudi Arabia paints a bleak picture of the architecture profession, writes Dana Cuff. More
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Landscape and urbanism
Landscape and urbanism
"I have a confession to make: I have no idea what placemaking is"
Discussions about planning and urbanism are awash with talk of "placemaking" but the term remains strangely and troublingly opaque, writes Reinier de Graaf. More
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RIBA
RIBA
"If we're to ask one man to turn this around, that's a heavy task indeed"
The inauguration of Muyiwa Oki as RIBA president must become a moment of real, positive change in British architecture, writes Marsha Ramroop. More
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Opinion
Opinion
"I am not at all worried about facing the newly empowered competition enabled by AI"
AI should be embraced by architects rather than met with scepticism or fear, writes Zaha Hadid Architects principal Patrik Schumacher. More
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Diversity
Diversity
"Space that is exclusionary does not live up to its full potential"
It's time for equitable design to become a priority rather than an afterthought, writes Google's Annie-Jean Baptiste. More
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Wildfires
Wildfires
"The design professions are not stepping up to address the wildfires problem"
As wildfires exacerbated by climate change wreak increasing havoc around the world, Greg Kochanowski argues it's time for a different approach. More
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Opinion
Opinion
"Britain's architects should refuse to let moralising snobbery define their approach to laundry"
Architects need to rethink their part in Britain's dysfunctional relationship with laundry, writes Phineas Harper. More
