Design

Are Margaret Calvert and Jock Kinneir the most-seen but least-known artists in the UK?
Art

Are Margaret Calvert and Jock Kinneir the most-seen but least-known artists in the UK?

We do not treat road signs as anything more than instructional, yet they deserve greater scrutiny and applause as exceptional pieces of design and draftsmanship 

Anyone should be able to become an architect. But apprenticeship funding is shaking the foundations
Chris Williamson

Anyone should be able to become an architect. But apprenticeship funding is shaking the foundations

National Apprenticeship Week should be a chance to celebrate the positive impact that apprentices bring to individuals, businesses and the economy. But, for architecture apprentices, there is a dark cloud over the future, writes Royal Institute of British Architects president Chris WIlliamson

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

This ‘life-changing’ project is transforming the bedrooms of children living in poverty
Child poverty

This ‘life-changing’ project is transforming the bedrooms of children living in poverty

Shocking art project spotlights ‘insidious’ anti-homeless spikes and hostile architecture
Homelessness

Shocking art project spotlights ‘insidious’ anti-homeless spikes and hostile architecture

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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

Comfortable, sustainable and energy efficient: This is what the house of the future will look like
Housing

Comfortable, sustainable and energy efficient: This is what the house of the future will look like

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

A prestigious architecture prize is finding new ways to tackle homelessness

Top 5 books on colour, chosen by Riccardo Falcinelli
recommended

Top 5 books on colour, chosen by Riccardo Falcinelli

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

Can design solve homelessness, the climate crisis and racism?
BetterPod

Can design solve homelessness, the climate crisis and racism?

The Rolling Stones, Kate Bush, The Cure: Great albums’ cover stories revealed
Music

The Rolling Stones, Kate Bush, The Cure: Great albums’ cover stories revealed

Big Issue illustrator draws up more success in US award
Art

Big Issue illustrator draws up more success in US award

A Big Issue-inspired design has helped a reader scoop a wood engraving prize
Art

A Big Issue-inspired design has helped a reader scoop a wood engraving prize

This bench is going to be at the centre of Stuart Semple’s new art show
Art

This bench is going to be at the centre of Stuart Semple’s new art show

Chronicler of Brexit Coldwar Steve designs exclusive Big Issue cover
Art

Chronicler of Brexit Coldwar Steve designs exclusive Big Issue cover

This LGBT bench design still excluded the homeless
Housing

This LGBT bench design still excluded the homeless

Meet the bench curing loneliness and social isolation
Housing

Meet the bench curing loneliness and social isolation

This competition could create homeless-friendly architecture of the future
News

This competition could create homeless-friendly architecture of the future

Hostile takeover: Who is welcome in our public spaces?
News

Hostile takeover: Who is welcome in our public spaces?