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The Secret Architect: The soul-destroying experiences of a Part 3 candidate
Things have come to a pretty pass when redundancy seems to be the best option for a new architect, writes the Secret Architect
Opinion
Comment from leading voices in British architecture on news, practice and discourse
Housing development in London has a new weapon: AI
Data from an AI learning model that mapped the London Borough of Lewisham suggests the capital’s targets for ‘small site’ development could be radically increased, says Russell Curtis
Poor housing and Covid deaths: it’s the same damn map
Poor housing does not just reduce life expectancy, it kills people suddenly – as the Covid pandemic grimly demonstrated. The solution involves a whole-house retrofit approach to existing homes, says Tania Jennings
Why we need help making architecture more inclusive
I still get people asking for help because they’re being treated badly in practice, writes Marsha Ramroop, who has published a free resource providing insight, guidance and support around inclusive behaviours
Poor housing is the logical outcome of the system you work in
In the context of environmental and social crisis, it is essential that architects view the built environment as pivotal to achieving political and economic change, argue Charlie Edmonds and Immy Kaur
Generative design vs generative AI: a guide to the basics
Architect and AI expert Keir Regan-Alexander explains how practices including Stirling Prize winner Mae Architects are beginning to transform their design processes through powerful new computing methods
Architects must embrace AI and harness its power
We can’t stop technological advances, so it is best to embrace them and use them to improve the output of architectural pursuits, says Kunle Barker
With the help of architects, healthcare can resuscitate the high street
The built environment has been slow to see the connection between healthcare and retail but, with both typologies under scrutiny and ripe for reinvention, this is about to change, argues Sheppard Robson’s Colin Hockley
Our guest editors POoR Collective throw down a challenge to the profession
We were thrilled when POoR Collective accepted our invitation to guest-edit October’s special issue of the AJ, says Emily Booth
Astragal: Chipperfield gets down with the kids at the Design Museum
To the Design Museum, where David Chipperfield delivered a lively Conran Lecture on architect marginalisation and other subjects