Sustainability

The Towers Debate: does London need more tall buildings?

At the start of London Festival of Architecture 01-30 June 2014, a debate took place at the LSE on Monday 02 June and provided a platform to listen to the arguments for and against London’s ‘need’ for tall buildings. There are now proposals for

Commonwealth accredited associations identify post 2015 priorities

CAA joined other Commonwealth Civil Society organisations to make recommendations for the CHOGM Communiqué to the Commonwealth Committee of the Whole (COW) comprising foreign ministers of member nations, which met at Marlborough House, London on 16 October 2013. The COW drafts the Communiqué for

Unlearning Sustainability by Ismat Hossain

                    Unlearning Sustainability by Ismat Hossain, Architect, DESHi and Senior Lecturer, North South University, Bangladesh Much of our work at DESHi is based on a continual understanding of the contextual parameters that shape and inform

Assessing the Resilience of Windhoek by Sophia van Greunen

On the road to re-defining sustainability. Sophia van Greunen, Spacestudio Architects, Windhoek, Namibia As architects we are constantly searching for new technologies and updated practises to create “Sustainable” buildings. Despite continuous efforts to minimise our impact on the environment and to reverse the effects of climate change,