Henrietta Billings, director of SAVE Britain’s Heritage, on why the M&S demolition decision exposes a broken planning system and how we need urgent reform to safeguard heritage assets and reduce embodied carbon emissions.
AT talks to Finn Williams, co-founder of Public Practice in the UK and now the city architect for Malmö in Sweden, as he discusses the political and architectural challenges of the role, his ambitions for the city and dealing with an 'architectural uprising'.
There is no doubt the Elizabeth Line will alter our perceptions of London's geography. But is it too little, too late? Or can our planning system move fast enough to allow newly connected neighbourhoods to flourish?
How can residential design cater for today’s lifestyles, while also meeting changing expectations around sustainability, health and wellbeing? This question was addressed by a panel of architects and developers at a round table discussion in London hosted by AT and Geberit.
Barrister Estelle Dehon KC makes the case for whole-life carbon assessments and outlines the regulatory, policy and legal issues that are transforming planning departments’ attitudes to demolition and retrofit
