Stone: An Ecological Construction Material - Commentaries
Could stone help to lower the ecological footprint of buildings?| Buildings and Cities
Could stone help to lower the ecological footprint of buildings?| Buildings and Cities
Both technical advancements AND human- and nature-centred solutions of culture & heritage are needed.| Buildings and Cities
Overview and reflections on key built environment research challenges raised in B&C's anniversary essays Raymond J. Cole(University of British Columbia) reflects on the key challenges raised in the 34 commissioned essays for Buildings & Cities 5th anniversary. Not only are key research issues identified, but the consequences of changing contexts for conducting research and tailoring its influence on society are highlighted as key areas of action.| Commentaries
How to decide which research challenge to address| Buildings and Cities
Rethinking the building code means including performance objectives to limit damage and increase redundancy| Buildings and Cities
By Rihab Khalid (University of Cambridge)| Buildings and Cities
Why urban spaces need to be reimagined from an intersectional perspective, incorporating the voices and experiences of women| Buildings and Cities
Why policymakers should create mitigation roadmaps for construction and real estate| Buildings and Cities
How can a self-organised initiative in an informal settlement foster community engagement and confront social issues?| Buildings and Cities
Why the built environment research community is vital for policy and strategy implementation| Buildings and Cities
By Alexander Passer, Thomas Lützkendorf, Rolf Frischknecht (representing IEA EBC Annex 89)| Buildings and Cities
by Matti Kuittinen (Aalto University & the Nordic authority group working for climate declarations for buildings 2020-2023)| Buildings and Cities
Strategies for decolonising street names: top-down by city authorities or bottom-up by local communities?| Buildings and Cities
Nature-based design, combined with the transformation of underlying worldviews, can enhance urban resilience.| Buildings and Cities
Why a coordinated programme of built environment research needs to be based on the public good| Buildings and Cities
Why a new approach to sustainable development is needed.| Buildings and Cities
How building research can harness AI for mass decarbonisation| Buildings and Cities
Understanding the interactions between urban form, outdoor and indoor spaces, and local climate requIres interdisciplinary interaction| Buildings and Cities
Why large cities will need to contract or be abandoned altogether| Buildings and Cities
Both research and practice have a key role in developing positive, shared visions for the built environment| Buildings and Cities
Why research funders, institutions and academics need to frame research agendas that are locally responsive| Buildings and Cities
Observations from 15 years of built environment reuse research about how change occurs| Buildings and Cities
Highlights from the 2024 COP29 conference in Baku| Buildings and Cities
How can research assist architects & others to substantiate the intended social benefits in an architectural project?| Buildings and Cities
Challenges ahead: why urban planning and urban design need robust quantitative evidence for decision making.| Buildings and Cities
Challenges ahead: why robust research and education can help drive the necessary changes in regulating construction products to meet society's demands| Buildings and Cities
Challenges ahead: collecting, managing, integrating and sharing comprehensible findings on actual performance from cradle to grave| Buildings and Cities
Challenges ahead: how the recent past is shaping the research agenda| Buildings and Cities
Challenges ahead: research has a role to protect the public interest and inhabitants| Buildings and Cities
Challenges ahead: Making the UN's Building Breakthrough a reality| Buildings and Cities
Challenges ahead: how the conduct of research needs to change| Buildings and Cities
Challenges ahead: why relational research is vital for society and reduces dysfunction and disaster| Buildings and Cities
It's B&C's 5th year of publication. Celebrate with us by reading these thought-provoking essays.| Buildings and Cities
Challenges ahead: the curriculum in many US built environment courses needs to change| Buildings and Cities
Message to COP29: more effective collaboration is essential| Buildings and Cities
How should the research community engage with populist narratives that undermine social justice?| Buildings and Cities
Challenges ahead: how the conduct of research needs to change| Buildings and Cities
Why regulatory interfaces should be re-opened and re-experimentalised to produce more socially just data-driven cities.| Buildings and Cities
Have civil society and governments ceded too much power and influence to a few tech corporations? Why analysis of the smart city needs to include private sector data.| Buildings and Cities
Why more just and democratic ways are needed for living in smart built environments.| Buildings and Cities
A new process for evaluating political parties’ manifestos for climate mitigation| Buildings and Cities
Applying lessons from indigenous urban planning can make Nigerian cities more sustainable| Buildings and Cities
Lessons on how vernacular design is informed by the local climate.| Buildings and Cities
Demolition has far-reaching consequences for people, nature and the climate. What can be done to slow its rate?| Buildings and Cities
Why urban planning needs to become more diverse and inclusive.| Buildings and Cities
