Opinion

The built environment has been slow to see the connection between healthcare and retail but, with both typologies under scrutiny and ripe for reinvention, this is about to change, argues Sheppard Robson’s Colin Hockley

We were thrilled when POoR Collective accepted our invitation to guest-edit October’s special issue of the AJ, says Emily Booth

To the Design Museum, where David Chipperfield delivered a lively Conran Lecture on architect marginalisation and other subjects

We can’t stop technological advances, so it is best to embrace them and use them to improve the output of architectural pursuits, says Kunle Barker

The Secret Architect has taken on some freelance work for a trendy ‘digital experience’ group

New policies in the pipeline will make it clear that retrofit is the best solution for the vast majority of buildings in the borough, says Westminster councillor Geoff Barraclough

The Labour leader’s macho posturing on housebuilding ignores the 60 megatonnes of upfront carbon that building 1.5 million new homes would produce, writes Alice Moncaster

The Labour Party conference has set out plans for infrastructure and housing projects if the party wins power, but it will face considerable obstacles, says architect and former Labour Parliamentary candidate Jay Morton 

With several people taking management roles in a practice, would some training be appropriate or can they simply learn on the job? Matthew Turner gives his advice