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Félicie Krikler of Barr Gazetas explains why awards help push our industry forward
A winning project is not a trophy but a moment of leadership, setting a standard that encourages ambition.
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Rockefeller Center’s grand vision
The New York complex is a great example of long-term stewardship, branding and the power of place.
Homing in on office conversions
With the right vision, we can repurpose more existing buildings into much-needed sustainable housing.
Design slips down the homes agenda
The government must not overlook the need for good design in its policies to address the housing crisis.
Collaboration is key to good design
The most successful new places are hardly ever the vision of one person. They are usually the result of sustained collaboration – with the community, between architects, but also across sectors and disciplines and benefiting from being strongly driven by the clients.
High streets need a non-retail fix
As we start to envisage the end of the Covid crisis, our high streets and surrounding neighbourhoods will play a huge role in how we look closer to home for all those services or occupations we were previously travelling for.
New toolkit helps to create social value
One positive trend to have emerged during lockdown is the growing importance people now place on physical activity and engaging with their local communities.
Interaction is key to creativity
Speculation that the Covid-19 crisis will herald the end of the office makes me think of Mark Twain’s quip that reports of his death had been greatly exaggerated. Just like Twain in 1897, the office has not died in 2020.
Design is key in later-living sector
My grandmother always told me that “until you’re 80, nothing changes, but after that your knees start to be sore when you get out of bed”.
Designing for a net-zero future
London mayoral candidate Rory Stewart has faced a backlash after suggesting that trees should be planted on Regent Street. He tweeted that it was a “disgrace” that the historic street lacked greenery “crucial for the environment – carbon, air quality – but also for mental health and wellbeing”.