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The Coach: I’m 35, getting nowhere and I feel a failure
Most of your life won’t be newsworthy, being content with what we have can be the best way to feel fulfilled, writes Matthew Turner
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Jestico + Whiles completes £73 million Cayman Islands secondary school
The practice won a competition to design and complete the largest school on the islands after work on a previous scheme was left half-built in 2012
Whipped up by election slogans, the housing debate is turning toxic
A recent community consultation about new homes was punctuated by the phrase ‘send them back’ – echoing the hostile and dangerous anti-immigration rhetoric of the Conservative Party’s election campaign, argues Jas Bhalla
Case study: Somesuch 2.0 by Bureau de Change
The new London HQ for a film and video production company has been built on a 1960s industrial site near Spitalfields market. Photography by Gilbert McCarragher
DLA Architecture completes colonnaded YMCA in Wimbledon
The scheme’s first phase provides purpose-built supported living for 121 residents in south-west London
Why Profitable Neighbourhoods could be the key to successful house-building
As the Labour government sets out plans for 1.5 million new homes, the term ‘profitable’ needs to be reclaimed to signify sustainable neighbourhoods that work for existing communities, argues Cany Ash
Chipperfield completes ‘sculptural’ residential scheme in Belgium
The Hertogensite scheme in Leuven consists of a 14-storey tower, nine townhouses and a small apartment block, combined into a single building
‘Edinburgh Council’s retrofit strategy is an Orwellian nightmare’
No-one is a winner under Edinburgh Council’s retrofit scheme, argues Mel Esquerre, retrofit campaigner with Living Rent, who says the programme is a classic example of retrofit being ‘done to’ residents, rather than led by them
Case study: Science Museum’s Adani Green Energy Gallery by Unknown Works
A major new gallery at London’s Science Museum, designed on circular economy principles, examines the rapid decarbonisation needed to limit climate change. Photography by Ståle Eriksen
Stirling Prize: ‘More forgettable and uninspiring than ever’
AJ deputy architecture editor Fran Williams takes a look at this year’s Stirling Prize contenders – and doesn’t find much to get excited about