All Comment articles – Page 236
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CommentIreland: Green shoots
Architects working in Ireland hit rock bottom during the recession, but gradually activity seems to be picking up
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CommentBMG vs Galliford Try and Aedas Architects Limited: Expert shopping?
In this case Mr Justice Edwards-Stuart had to decide whether one of the parties had valid reasons to replace the expert they had appointed
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CommentMy digital life … Ben Walker
The LDA Design principal landscape architect on Katy Perry, scaffolding boards, and forgetting to log out of Facebook
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CommentExpert shopping: They're not just for Christmas
Choose carefully when picking an expert to support your case – replacing them if they don’t provide the answers you want may prove difficult
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CommentDelivering on our promises
BIM has led to some excellent networks and discussion groups, but we must remember that the reason for new technology is to improve outcomes
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CommentRetrofit for health
As we build new communities and remodel and retrofit existing towns and cities, we should see ourselves as the new front line in health provision
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CommentThe challenge of providing public open space
We know parks and trees in our cities are good for public health so how do we fund them?
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CommentThe ABC of growth
The only way to tackle the nimbys and build more homes is through more planning, not less
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CommentMerry Christmas for brickies
With the housing market rebounding the materials industry needs to act quickly if there is to be enough capacity
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CommentClarity vital in energy debate
Why conflating the different drivers for rising energy prices doesn’t help us tackle the problem
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CommentConstruction cost outcomes - spending time where it really matters
Trying to second guess inflationary trends is less important than getting the basics right on making a project successful
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CommentWe need a whole new way of doing things
The Construction 2025 vision is not ambitious enough - we need much more radical change to meet the challenges the industry faces
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CommentECO is the victim of political point-scoring
It’s fine to reform ECO but cutting it back would be an act of political vandalism
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CommentThe importance of cost in design
Whole life costs are increasingly important drivers for clients expecting maximum return on good design
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CommentSleepwalking into the next generation of BIM silos
We need to make a deliberate decision to store BIM information in open, free formats - not lock it away in corporate vaults
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CommentWhy did so few women in my class end up as architects?
Mac class of ‘83 reunion begs question of what we need to do to retain female graduates
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CommentBuilding the cities of 2050
The growth of megacities around the world creates both opportunities and threats
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CommentHansom: Drying up
This week, Ed Balls reminisces about Labour’s ‘zero homes’ policy, a Building columnist faces every public speaker’s worst nightmare, and EC Harris is (temporarily) off the sauce