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The government has missed a big opportunity to show it is serious about climate change
The government’s response to the Future Homes consultation is hugely disappointing in its neglect of energy efficiency improvements, says Geoff Wilkinson
Opinion
Comment from leading voices in British architecture on news, practice and discourse
Creative workspaces can replace retail and bring new life to urban centres
Commercial-to-residential redevelopment is only one part of the remedy for declining high streets. Adding workshops and start-up hubs at street level is the other ingredient in a successful regeneration mix, says Damien Sharkey
Three things you need to consider when retrofitting a green roof
Geoff Wilkinson looks at requirements in the Building Regulations relating to green roof installation
Fosters and ZHA should return to Architects Declare and debate the uncomfortable questions
The defection of Foster + Partners and ZHA from Architects Declare risks undermining AD’s global momentum and many positive initiatives, says Hattie Hartman
‘ZHA should live up to its climate promises or withdraw them’
When Architects Declare (AD) signatories make statements that contradict the fundamentals of the declaration, we have no option but to call them out, says the AD steering group
We must save Derby Assembly Rooms
Derby Council is set to demolish a late-70s Modernist landmark. Robert Evans of Derbyshire-based Evans Vettori urges it to reconsider
Planning reform: No mention of climate emergency in govt whitepaper
Planning for the Future proposes some of the most significant reforms to the rules governing land use since the Town and Country Planning Act 1948. Yet nowhere within the 84-page white paper is there any mention of our global climate emergency or the government’s declaration, writes HOK's Gary Clark
We need ‘guardian architects’ to protect our existing buildings
In a climate crisis we need to understand and protect the buildings we already have, says Jonathan Pilosof
Getting to net zero is hard: here are five tips for architects
There are many obstacles to creating a net zero carbon building, so how can we overcome them? asks Jerry Tate
Can 3XN’s new London tower be truly sustainable?
Architect Rab Bennetts, who worked on Peter Foggo’s 2 and 3 Finsbury Avenue, discusses the British Land skyscraper that is set to replace them