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Brexit provides the opportunity to rebalance anti-retrofit VAT rulesSubscription
The perverse tax rules that favour new-build over refurbishment could go once we no longer have to conform with EU regulations, writes Paul Finch
Despite all the year’s uncertainties, architects are producing great workSubscription
In the face of doom and gloom, architecture remains an essentially optimistic activity, writes Paul Finch
How to give your design the best chance of winning an awardSubscription
Great architecture may not even make it on to the shortlist if attention hasn’t been paid to its presentation, writes Paul Finch
The Tulip symbolises how the City of London is changing for the betterSubscription
Creating a more attractive environment in the Square Mile is the driver behind a broader mix of tenants, writes Paul Finch
Archigram’s radical designs are part of our architectural heritageSubscription
A newly published compendium of the avant-garde group is a pertinent reminder of the importance of trailblazing radical design, writes Paul Finch
Whitehall’s confusion about architecture explains the beauty paradeSubscription
Concern for architectural aesthetics has transferred from the Culture Department to the Ministry for Housing, with weird references to Alabama courthouses ensuing, writes Paul Finch
Forget ‘beautiful buildings’ – the government should create a Housing Delivery Authority insteadSubscription
Politicians are busy foisting their half-baked #BuildBeautiful ideas on us, but we’d be better off if they created a national housing delivery body, writes Paul Finch
Up against the elements: high tide in VeniceSubscription
It sometimes seems the classical elements – Earth, Air, Fire and Water – are as relevant to today’s architectural environmental politics as ever they were, writes Paul Finch
We need to consider green-belt land when finding sites for housingSubscription
For far too long there has been an assumption that green belt and Metropolitan Open Land are all beautiful landscape that it would be offensive to build on, writes Paul Finch
Stirling criticism undermines design talent that we should be celebratingSubscription
The cliché about architects being a bunch of squabbling egos starts to ring true when people who should know better rush to judgment about others’ work, writes Paul Finch
