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The Coach: Are you leading your team, or just managing them?

Louise Rodgers explores the concept of how becoming a “design coach” can help deliver more effective management and leadership

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  • Is the lack of ornament in architecture a barrier to diversity?

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Jack Pringle

Why architects must embrace the Principal Designer role

As RIBA launches a domestic category of its Principal Designer Register, Jack Pringle explains why the role is an opportunity for architects to take the lead

Thinking of entering the Architect of the Year Awards? Explore some of the 2023 finalists

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  • What made this project… Haberdashers’ Boys’ School by NVB Architects

  • What made this project… Newson’s Yard by Stiff+Trevillion

  • What made this project… Salford PassivHaus by PRP Architects

  • What made this project… 78 St James’ Street by Squire & Partners

  • What made this project… The Broadway by Squire & Partners

  • What made this project… Quadrangle Building, King’s College London by Hall McKnight

  • What made this project… National Manufacturing Institute Scotland by HLM Architects

WA100 2024

  • WA100 2024: Architects expect patchy international growth

  • WA100 2024: The big list

  • WA100 2024: Digital edition

In Pictures

  • Merrett Houmøller Architects unveils trapezoidal reworking of traditional London terrace

  • In pictures: HOK delivers BBC Studios Comedy Productions workspace in London

  • SPPARC adds hive-like extension to Fitzrovia townhouse

  • Former Voysey factory given new lease of life by dMFK

  • In Pictures: Eavesdrop by Tom Dowdall Architects

  • Alma-nac unveils redesign of Tooting community incubator for Business Launchpad

  • Grafted seeks to redefine design and build with Cast Corbel House

  • Fraser Brown Mackenna unveils Bow housing scheme

  • Mecanoo completes refurbishment of Perth museum

  • Unknown Works unveils Science Museum gallery space

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Upcoming webinars

  • Net Zero Live - Material matters: How are advancements in low-carbon construction products driving the net zero agenda?

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Reviews

  • Brutalist Paris: ‘A reminder that the Paris of the future has long existed on the other side of the périphérique’

  • RIBA Principal Designer’s Guide: ‘An excellent and much needed book’

  • How to Enjoy Architecture: A Guide for Everyone

  • Review | Brutal Wales

  • An Atlas of Es Devlin: ‘The impact of her work can last a lifetime’

  • Review | RIBA Ethical Practice Guide

  • The Ingenious Mr Flitcroft, Palladian Architect

  • The Architecture of Sir Edwin Lutyens – Volume 2: Gardens, Delhi, Washington

  • 100 Women: Architects in Practice

  • Property: The myth that built the world

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The Coach: Are you leading your team, or just managing them?

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Louise Rodgers explores the concept of how becoming a “design coach” can help deliver more effective management and leadership

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Is development on top of protected buildings really a good idea?

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As controversial schemes to build above listed structures proliferate, Eleanor Jolliffe asks whether the architects involved are putting profit before principle

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Affordable housing in city centres: necessity or luxury?

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Mixing social housing in with privately owned homes is key to making British cities more vibrant and liveable

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Why architects must embrace the Principal Designer role

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As RIBA launches a domestic category of its Principal Designer Register, Jack Pringle explains why the role is an opportunity for architects to take the lead

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Public Practice: How working in the public sector helped me build the self-belief to explore a new path

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Moving from the private sector to an enabling role at a local authority can open up a wide range of new opportunities, writes Suzanne Mei Coong

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Why we need long-term planning to meet society’s housing needs

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Politicians must stop opting for short-term bribes and instead pursue large-scale policies to build a community-led economy to deliver the homes we need, writes Chris Brown.

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