International Women's Day
International Women's Day
"Many cities do not work for women"
This International Women's Day, Arup's Sara Candiracci reflects on how cities are still overwhelmingly designed for men – and how to change that. More
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Timber Revolution
Timber Revolution
"We need to start using our wood more efficiently"
A Timber Revolution requires us to focus on reducing mass-timber structures' raw-material use instead of trying to design the tallest possible wooden building, writes Maximilian Pramreiter. More
Sustainability
Sustainability
"Bad news is still good information"
A recent University of Cambridge study that cast doubt on the long-term effectiveness of insulating UK homes is not as bad news as it first appears, argues Insulate Britain campaigner James Thomas. More
Timber Revolution
Timber Revolution
"We can't detox our built environment by swapping out fossil-fuelled building materials for timber"
The way we build must fundamentally shift to harmonise with tree and carbon cycles in order to realise the Timber Revolution, writes Smith Mordak. More
Architecture
Architecture
"Listening to any contemporary conversation on architecture is like being indulged in a form of Orwellian Newspeak"
Architects must stop using the vacuous buzzwords that dominate the profession if they are to make a positive difference in the world, writes Reinier de Graaf. More
Ukraine war
Ukraine war
Eight wartime designs by Ukrainian studios
To mark one year since Russia's invasion of Ukraine, Ukrainian design writer Tetiana Makowska has selected eight products designed for the war effort. More
Landscape
Landscape
"More than 30 years after she left office Margaret Thatcher's stamp on the city remains"
Defensible space policies championed by right-wing politicians in the '70s and '80s continue to alienate people in low-income areas and blight our public spaces, writes Anna Minton. More
Artificial intelligence (AI)
Artificial intelligence (AI)
"AI is putting our jobs as architects unquestionably at risk"
Architects urgently need to get to grips with the existential threat posed by AI or risk, in ChatGPT's words, "sleepwalking into oblivion", writes Neil Leach. More
Viewpoints
Viewpoints
"Tate Modern court ruling could mark the beginning of the end for one of London's greatest joys"
The Supreme Court's ruling in the Tate Modern privacy case is part of a depressing trend towards London's views becoming increasingly controlled and commoditised, writes Helen Barrett. More
Disaster relief
Disaster relief
"Earthquakes don't kill people, bad buildings do"
Architects should play a major role in the recovery after disasters like the recent earthquake in Turkey and Syria, but egotistical posturing will not help anyone, writes Cameron Sinclair. More
Technology
Technology
"Despite the media buzz, 'Femtech' is still struggling to find equality"
This year's CES demonstrated why so-called "Femtech" still has a long way to go to get the recognition it deserves, writes Seymourpowell's Mariel Brown. More
Architecture
Architecture
"The architecture does matter in the storming of the National Congress"
The bemusement of the rioters who made their way into Brasília's National Congress this month pointed to an increasing disaffection with architectural symbols of power, writes Will Wiles. More
Opinion
Opinion
"Metaverses will be the digital equivalent of huge empty cities without character or community"
Digital spaces can create communities but the ownership-obsessed metaverses envisioned by tech companies are depressing and uninspiring, writes Holly Nielsen. More
Opinion
Opinion
"Both sides in the style wars are equally wrong"
Incessant squabbling between advocates of classical and modernist architecture is an unhelpful distraction in the face of the climate emergency, which requires us to escape both, writes Barnabas Calder. More
Opinion
Opinion
"Cities should not just build green transport but actively dismantle car infrastructure"
Instead of desperately trying to reduce road congestion in the short term, politicians should be using traffic as a tool for making urban transport more sustainable, writes Phineas Harper. More
Landscape
Landscape
"Cities born fully formed are simply bad ideas thrown at the world"
Proponents of the built-from-scratch smart cities emerging around the globe fail to understand that communities cannot be created through technological innovation, write Adam Scott and Dave Waddell. More
Opinion
Opinion
"The simplistic solution of net-zero buildings is a rushed silver bullet"
To truly tackled tackle climate change we have to focus on happiness not reducing energy or embodied carbon, say Ramboll's Gorana Shepherd and Adam Selvey. More
Sustainability
Sustainability
"We need to let designer-makers get sustainability wrong"
The fear of being called out for "greenwashing" is paralysing designer-makers into doing nothing on the climate crisis. It's time to let them make mistakes, writes Katie Treggiden. More
COP27
COP27
"COP27 was a deeply depressing experience"
The COP27 conference was made a miserable affair by its dreadful architecture as much as the disheartening tenor of the discussions and debates, writes Smith Mordak. More
Grenfell Tower fire
Grenfell Tower fire
"Putting architects in control will not solve the building safety crisis"
Following the Grenfell Tower inquiry, architects must face up to their responsibility for Britain's building safety crisis instead of blaming contracts that lessen their influence, writes Peter Apps. More