Architecture

Grand Designs’ Kevin McCloud: ‘We need to place quality at the centre of our lives. Not quantity’
Housing

Grand Designs’ Kevin McCloud: ‘We need to place quality at the centre of our lives. Not quantity’

Kevin McCloud is on a personal quest to raise people’s expectations around housing

Architecture trailblazer Muyiwa Oki on building for tomorrow, AI and the race for net zero
Architecture

Architecture trailblazer Muyiwa Oki on building for tomorrow, AI and the race for net zero

Muyiwa Oki became the youngest and the first black RIBA president when he took on the role two years ago. As his two-year spell comes to an end, he spoke to the Big Issue

Community housing project offering affordable homes forever up for a prestigious architecture award
Housing

Community housing project offering affordable homes forever up for a prestigious architecture award

Citizens House in Lewisham was designed in collaboration with residents and partly funded through Big Issue Invest, Big Issue’s social investment arm. Now the homes have been nominated for RIBA’s Neave Brown Award for affordable housing

Patrick Geddes saved Edinburgh from demolition. We’re still learning from him after 100 years
Edinburgh

Patrick Geddes saved Edinburgh from demolition. We’re still learning from him after 100 years

Community-led housing is not just for city dwellers – it can boost overlooked rural areas too
Tom Bennett

Community-led housing is not just for city dwellers – it can boost overlooked rural areas too

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Elizabeth Line named Britain’s best new building at Stirling Prize 2024: ‘Flawless and beautiful’
Architecture

Elizabeth Line named Britain’s best new building at Stirling Prize 2024: ‘Flawless and beautiful’

Social housing, Elizabeth Line and an old dairy farm in race to be Britain’s best new building
Architecture

Social housing, Elizabeth Line and an old dairy farm in race to be Britain’s best new building

The difference between Glasgow and Edinburgh? Glasgow’s beauty is not overt, but subtle and beguiling
Robin Ince

The difference between Glasgow and Edinburgh? Glasgow’s beauty is not overt, but subtle and beguiling

Why residents must, must, must have a say in the design of their communities
Architecture

Why residents must, must, must have a say in the design of their communities

RIBA Stirling Prize 2023: Retirement day centre named UK’s best new building
Architecture

RIBA Stirling Prize 2023: Retirement day centre named UK’s best new building

A prestigious architecture prize is finding new ways to tackle homelessness
Homelessness

A prestigious architecture prize is finding new ways to tackle homelessness

A new photo exhibition is telling the stories of the people who lived at iconic Brutalist estate Robin Hood Gardens
Social housing

A new photo exhibition is telling the stories of the people who lived at iconic Brutalist estate Robin Hood Gardens

5 ways anti-homeless architecture is used to exclude people from public spaces
Homelessness

5 ways anti-homeless architecture is used to exclude people from public spaces

BetterPod: The radical power of design, with Alice Rawsthorn and Peter Barber
Housing

BetterPod: The radical power of design, with Alice Rawsthorn and Peter Barber

Social housing in Norwich could win a coveted architecture prize next week
Housing

Social housing in Norwich could win a coveted architecture prize next week

Street Art: Steve Mcintosh combines architecture with otherworldliness
Art

Street Art: Steve Mcintosh combines architecture with otherworldliness

Robin Hood Gardens: How the housing of the future became a relic of the past
Housing

Robin Hood Gardens: How the housing of the future became a relic of the past