How purpose-built rental infill can help solve the GTA's housing crisis

Glasgow 850 provides us with a unique opportunity to imagine the city’s future, and for us to enter that future with a clear vision.

Rotterdam is transforming climate risk into opportunity. This Good City paper shows what happens when citizens are empowered.

Adam Darby says public-private partnerships are key to the future of housing.

Inclusive design can help solve complex urban challenges, while enhancing societal well-being.

Architect, Michael Mullen, introduces Ireland’s Most Sustainable Hotel.

Rethinking our urban centres as multi-generational communities.

David Rudlin shares his research into Britain’s high street crisis, finding that there is much cause for optimism.

With inclusion comes a sense of belonging – a connection to others and our surroundings.

Making Canada’s heritage buildings accessible to all people regardless of physical ability.

Ossie Airewele, Senior Associate at BDP Quadrangle and Residential and Mixed-use lead at BDP North America, in conversation with host Dani Stover.

Michelle Xuereb explains why designing for inclusion creates better science and technology facilities with global appeal.

We undertook a study proposing the conversion of large scale event venues into temporary ICU facilities.

Architect, Ehren Trzebiatowski, explains how the imaginative adaptation of space and recycling of equipment can help solve the problem.

Adam Darby shares his thoughts on the design approaches that will shape the future of housing delivery.

The past 18 months have been like no other.

Peter Jenkins describes how a new metro system will alleviate congestion and pollution in the capital of Bangladesh and stimulate economic prosperity.

Glasgow Queen Street, the third busiest station in Scotland, has been redeveloped.

Architect Björn Bleumink describes how adaptive eco-systems can transform measures for water mitigation into an asset to enhance the public realm.

Vicky Casey makes the case for design that is considerate to all sensory perceptions in hospitals.

Apprenticeships are accessible for all and have a real part to play in terms of social mobility.

Developers across Canada are rethinking how to deliver housing.

As Toronto moves beyond car dependency, parking is evolving - from buried infrastructure to adaptable, above-grade spaces serving future needs.

Across the world, the landscape of higher education is shifting.

ReFrame: Rethinking the future of housing with MMC

In collaboration with Multiple companies, our Better Balconies-Low Carbon Now study offers a holistic view of the technical aspects of balcony design.

Ireland is at a crossroads in its transport evolution, with a national goal of reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 51% by 2030.

Every year 120,000 new people call the Toronto region home. This Good City paper examines how to leverage this growth to improve urban living.

BDP Quadrangle has consistently looked for ways to blend exceptional human-scaled design with affordability in housing.

Toronto's balconies are an opportunity to take progressive action to address key problems of our housing market.

Mass timber, a renewable building material that sequesters carbon, contrasts with high-carbon concrete and steel construction.

Cities house 56% of people but emit 70% of CO2. Good Cities must decarbonise, retrofit, and adopt smart energy systems.

Five key challenges facing towns and cities across South Wales and considers how we can tackle them.

The primary function of cities is to bring people together. In a world of social media and online meetings, face-to-face contact still matters.

Adapting existing property assets is the first step in the process of designing sustainable research and development facilities.

Ben Ashton introduces the university campus of the future in the United Arab Emirates.

Manisha Bhartia highlights opportunities for global investors in India’s booming real estate.

We explore the importance of retaining culturally significant architecture.

Ben Ashton explains the design vision for an open-plan district in Abu Dhabi fostering collaboration and innovation.

Paul Zheng, describes how integration of city-scale design is creating more progressive, globally influential places.

We explain how it only takes a little imagination to turn a redundant building into something fresh and remarkable.

Ireland’s New Children’s Hospital has been developed around child and family-centred identity.

Creating a sense of belonging through design means thinking at every scale of campus life.

Lindsey Mitchell explores how school design in Scotland is embracing inclusivity, sustainability, and community connection

Our new brand idea, ‘Built Original’, is inspired by our history as the original multidisciplinary design practice.

The roadmap to accessibility: where should organisations start?

Garry Wilding explains why the intersection of space, art and culture is crucial in shaping the future of mixed-use developments.

Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH) has been a beacon of paediatric care since it was founded by Dr Charles West in 1852.

Isabelle Priest of the RIBA Journal explores 21st-century socially progressive architecture and its relevance to the common good.

Daniel Robbins, Senior Curator, discusses the restoration of Leighton House.

How Whitechapel station provides interconnectivity across London without sacrificing its distinctive, historic character.

Björn Bleumink shares insights on two creative education campus designs in The Netherlands.

Darrell Wilson shares how a post-industrial canal in Lancashire will transform into a vibrant new linear park.

How fusing homes and education can create a framework for new community-focused places.

An installation at Senate House has created a symbol of opportunity for the University of London’s flagship building.

Elliott Crossley talks about the evolution of VR at the Autodesk Conference.

Transforming Architecture with Real-Time Visualization: Enhancing Design and Collaboration.

Thomas Friedman explores the challenges and opportunities of living in a rapidly changing world.

Addressing this challenge requires a holistic approach

Liverpool is a remarkable city, a hub of history and culture with a well-earned international reputation.

Embodied carbon presents new opportunities for deep collaboration, aligning corporate commitments and transparent knowledge sharing.

We're rethinking the way we frame the story about embodied carbon to account for what the World Green Building Council has called “upfront emissions”.

Lighting Designers Chris Lowe and Nick Meddows explore the transformative power of lighting in reclaiming neglected areas of Manchester.

Lighting Consultants, Colin Ball and Jonathan Redden, explain the pioneering innovation in theatre lighting from whale oil to low energy LEDs.

Acoustician, Gavin Stevenson, analyses the importance of acoustics in realising major heritage refurbishment projects.

How the sensitive refurbishment of one of the UK’s most important cultural buildings.

Innovative strategies and forward-thinking approaches that form the cornerstone of our commitment to tackling climate change head-on.

Architect Rob Stevens defends the inimitable character of the reinstated Bute Building

With adaptive reuse and clever thought, buildings can be transformed to provide unique and inspiring spaces.

Jeremy Farrington advocates green infrastructure to regenerate habitats and renew neighbourhoods.

How does green infrastructure support holistic design?

Limited lab space and ESG pressures drive the case for retrofitting old buildings for science.

The Nakagin Capsule Tower in Tokyo is being secured a second life in the metaverse.

John Roycroft celebrates the protean engineering properties, structural efficiency, beauty and positive carbon impact of wood as a building material.

Back in 2013, Lima hosted, the XVIII Pan American and Para-pan American Games.

Problems and solutions for sustainable mass transit in Asia.

A planner’s perspective on biodiversity net gain in the development of homes, businesses, and infrastructure in the UK.

A free guide that can be used to identify opportunities to achieve energy savings in existing offices, without requiring significant investment.

A holistic to carbon reduction in laboratories and research facilities.

Rachel Hough explains how planning can be used as a tool to protect the environment - if regulation and policy allows.