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
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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
Architecture
Architecture
Seven principles for designing low-carbon skyscrapers
Despite growing concerns about the carbon emissions associated with their construction and operation, skyscrapers continue to spring up around the globe. Here, Philip Oldfield sets out seven ways to design tall buildings that are more sustainable. More
COP27
COP27
"Architects need to embrace radical change if we are to avoid a hellish future"
As yet another COP fails to put the world on a path to avert climate catastrophe, it's time for architects to fundamentally rethink the work they do, writes Michael Pawlyn. More
Opinion
Opinion
"Architects can rest easy that AI isn't coming for their jobs just yet"
Despite the justified controversy surrounding AI art, architects need not worry about being usurped by software that can generate images of buildings, argues Will Wiles. More
Opinion
Opinion
"All those complicit in Neom's design and construction are already destroyers of worlds"
Architects working on the Neom mega-project in Saudi Arabia, including the 170-kilometre city The Line, must decide whether they are content to be complicit in an "ecological and moral atrocity", writes Adam Greenfield. More
Opinion
Opinion
"It's hard not to wonder what Neave Brown would think of the award in his name"
For all their architectural merits, the shortlisted projects for this year's Neave Brown award cannot escape the problems that continue to plague the British housing sector writes Kaye Stout, chair of the jury panel for the recently announced prize. More
Opinion
Opinion
"Maximalism is a manifestation of a desire for a different world"
A return to the frivolous aesthetics of the British Empire tells us that all is not right in the world, writes Samuel Johnson-Schlee, author of the book Living Rooms. More
Architecture
Architecture
"Sohofication is strangling our city centres"
A proliferation of strangely similar restaurants in our cities is at risk of making them boring places to live, writes Jonathan Nunn. More
Design
Design
"Declaring a climate emergency is just the beginning of the journey"
The design industry has joined several others in declaring a climate emergency. Design Declares organiser Alexie Sommer explains the background to the launch and what the movement hopes to achieve. More
Opinion
Opinion
"History now seems to be repeating itself at the Sainsbury Wing"
The criticism over Selldorf Architects' redesign of Robert Venturi and Denise Scott Brown's Sainsbury Wing at the National Gallery is the latest in a long line of controversies surrounding the building, writes Catherine Slessor. More
Solar Revolution
Solar Revolution
"The design industry needs to imagine a world where we use less energy, full stop"
Architects and designers have a huge part to play in the solar revolution, but they also need to find ways to reduce our energy consumption overall, writes Making Design Circular founder Katie Treggiden. More
Solar Revolution
Solar Revolution
"Now is the time to design a solar future"
A radical change in perceptions is needed for society to fully embrace solar power, write pioneering designers Marjan van Aubel and Pauline van Dongen as part of Dezeen's newly launched Solar Revolution series. More
Architecture
Architecture
"Grassy parks are no longer viable in the face of global heating"
In the face of climate change, Britain's lawned parks should be replaced with urban forests to help control city temperatures and keep green spaces green during hot summers, writes Phineas Harper. More
Architecture
Architecture
"Architects must reject the 'follow your passion' narrative and see ourselves as workers"
Widespread unionization should be supported by studio leaders as it would help architecture businesses thrive as well as giving workers a fair deal, writes Andrew Daley of Architectural Workers United. More
Architecture
Architecture
"High-tech is next in line for a revival and I for one would welcome it"
The high-tech architectural style is about to make a comeback and its philosophy could be central to decarbonising the built environment in the face of climate change, writes Jerry Tate. More
Architecture
Architecture
Ten principles for designing cool spaces for hot weather
Following a record-breaking heatwave in the UK and western Europe, with climate change meaning that sweltering temperatures are likely to become more common, Smith Mordak outlines 10 ways to design buildings that remain cool in hot weather. More
Architecture
Architecture
"Are we ready to see public housing's beauty and suburbia's impoverishment?"
Decades of harmful policymaking mean America exclusively associates public housing with squalor, but an influx of subsidized homes would make the suburbs infinitely better, writes Dana Cuff. More
Architecture
Architecture
"Homes manifest mechanisms of power via relationships of gender, class and age"
The way our homes are designed is intrinsically linked to domestic power struggles, write Charles Holland and Margaret Cubbage. More
Architecture
Architecture
"We must not allow the destruction of what is still great about architectural education"
The exposure of alleged abuse at the Bartlett must not become an excuse for dismantling how we teach architecture, says Sean Griffiths. More