Though painted as a damaging act based on resistance to change, Michael Gove’s seismic decision to stop Marks & Spencer demolishing its Oxford Street store is actually a positive move, argues Rab Bennetts
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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
Our profession is dependent on a functioning construction industry
Architecture is deeply embedded within the construction industry. If it has to stop, so will we, says Rab Bennetts
Rab Bennetts on novation: ‘Delivery is an essential part of design’
We must show the construction industry that architects can deliver projects as well as design them – otherwise our profession will continue to be eroded, writes Rab Bennetts
Re-thinking the local authority HQ
Through this new workplace Camden has developed new ways of working, says Rab Bennetts
RIBA Awards winners 2014: Workplace
This year seven offices have won RIBA National Awards - and they have been hard-earned writes Rab Bennetts
Ecobuild China
Rab Bennetts reports from Shanghai
Rab Bennetts on sustainability – Low-carbon expertise will re-establish architects as leaders
I’ve lost count of the times I’ve been asked by concerned observers why architects so willingly gave up their traditional role as team leader or master builder.
‘The large-scale Lottery-funded cultural project is an endangered species’
Rab Bennetts fears the end of the road for huge cultural projects could lead to the long-term loss of hard-to-replace expertise
‘Sustainability can reintroduce integrity into architecture’
In Docomomo’s annual lecture, Rab Bennetts argued that sustainability could reintroduce integrity into architecture. Here we present an edited version of his talk