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Upcycling can transform architecture, AJ100 lunch told
Alternative materials including waste products are key to creating circular practices in architecture, Duncan Baker-Brown and Studio Bark architect Misbah Mahmood Asim have told an AJ100 lunch
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‘Design leadership should start from school,’ infrastructure chief tells AJ100 lunch
The chair of the National Infrastructure Commission (NIC) has said UK design leadership ‘should start from school’, with students being shown the difference between good and bad design from a young age
Design codes not a straitjacket, says government architect
Government architect Sarah Allan has said at an AJ100 event that new design codes now being drawn up will not necessarily hamper the profession
‘Be nice to planners,’ Public Practice chief urges architects
The chief executive of Public Practice has urged architects to show more empathy when dealing with over-stretched planners
Solving housing: why architects should team up with nimbys
A housing expert has said architects should be pragmatic and harness the power of ‘nimbys’ to persuade government to reuse buildings and regenerate town centres
New estate regeneration developer looks to snap up architecture firm
A Manchester-based developer founded in January is looking to buy an architecture practice to bolster its work regenerating housing estates
Free AJ event: Arup to discuss its circular economy strategy
Arup architects will reveal how ambitious goals for the circular economy and carbon reduction were achieved at the landmark 1 Triton Square scheme at this month’s AJ100 breakfast tomorrow (Friday 26 February)
Deputy London mayor slams architecture’s complacency on diversity
London’s deputy mayor, Jules Pipe, has criticised architecture’s lack of improvement on diversity, telling an AJ100 audience ‘progress isn’t inevitable’