The Architects’ Journal Architecture News & Buildings
Labour Party plans to improve the built environment won’t work without a healthy procurement process, so here are seven suggestions for Keir Starmer, says Dennis Austin
If Keir Starmer wants to fix Britain, he should start with procurement
Why the Supreme Court’s decision on affirmative action matters in architecture
The US Supreme Court’s decision to ban consideration of race in college admissions will reduce opportunities for greater representation within architecture – and cause ripples in the UK, writes Dennis Austin
New York study trip NY-LON opens young minds to their potential in architecture
Travel is a vital way of raising aspirations among potential architects and designers, as our NY-LON programme shows, says HomeGrown Plus director Dennis Austin
As his birthday nears, here’s what I miss most about Richard Rogers
If architecture is frozen music, then Rogers was a maestro, able to bring out the absolute best in the orchestra, writes his former colleague Dennis Austin
Do we really want Nine Elms remembered for a gimmicky swimming pool?
The redeveloped area stretching from Battersea Power Station to Vauxhall seems like a missed opportunity; yet it is not too late to capitalise on the area’s industrial potential, argues Dennis Austin
Can David work with Goliath? Large and small practice collaboration
The combination of large and small studios can fuse agile thinkers with well-established deliverers – and the shortlist of teams shortlisted for Thamesmead Waterfront suggests its developers agree, writes Dennis Austin
The new wave of council housing requires big ideas
Like those behind the best interwar housing schemes, councils such as Barking & Dagenham realise they need to think big writes Dennis Austin