Opinion – Page 184
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Smart buildings need smart people
Changes in building performance technology is a huge area of opportunity for architects and engineers entering the profession
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Getting energy investment is not rocket science
The government needs to provide the market confidence investors need to put money in to new infrastructure
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Learning lessons from past recoveries
We need clients and the industry to work together so that as prices rise they do so gradually and sustainably
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The construction industry is holding up infrastructure development
We blame long public consultations for delaying big projects, but actually we’re at fault for not giving the public adequate data
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Boris needs to reassess his energy priorities
The London mayor’s focus on distributed energy generation risks missing the greater prize of energy efficiency
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Retrofit for health
As we build new communities and remodel and retrofit existing towns and cities, we should see ourselves as the new front line in health provision
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Ireland: Green shoots
Architects working in Ireland hit rock bottom during the recession, but gradually activity seems to be picking up
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BMG vs Galliford Try and Aedas Architects Limited: Expert shopping?
In this case Mr Justice Edwards-Stuart had to decide whether one of the parties had valid reasons to replace the expert they had appointed
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My digital life … Ben Walker
The LDA Design principal landscape architect on Katy Perry, scaffolding boards, and forgetting to log out of Facebook
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Delivering on our promises
BIM has led to some excellent networks and discussion groups, but we must remember that the reason for new technology is to improve outcomes
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Clarity vital in energy debate
Why conflating the different drivers for rising energy prices doesn’t help us tackle the problem
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We need a whole new way of doing things
The Construction 2025 vision is not ambitious enough - we need much more radical change to meet the challenges the industry faces
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Why did so few women in my class end up as architects?
Mac class of ‘83 reunion begs question of what we need to do to retain female graduates
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Sleepwalking into the next generation of BIM silos
We need to make a deliberate decision to store BIM information in open, free formats - not lock it away in corporate vaults
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Merry Christmas for brickies
With the housing market rebounding the materials industry needs to act quickly if there is to be enough capacity
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The ABC of growth
The only way to tackle the nimbys and build more homes is through more planning, not less
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ºÚ¶´ÉçÇø the cities of 2050
The growth of megacities around the world creates both opportunities and threats
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The challenge of providing public open space
We know parks and trees in our cities are good for public health so how do we fund them?