Research and analysis

Poster of the Hongqi People’s Commune, entitled ‘People’s Commune are Good’, 1958.

Research reveals how spatial design helped collectivise rural China

President’s Awards for Research commendation sees link to changing Western way of life

Shantytowns and social engineering in 1950s Argentina

How Argentina’s shantytowns became a 1950s battleground

Collective design project finds that as we teach we learn from children too

Participatory practice makes for whole-community learning

Hidden fire hazards of media facades

Fire risk of video cladding demands specific regulation

Rewritten Banister Fletcher embraces the modern world

Murray Fraser's and Catherine Gregg's edition dumps outdated colonialism

3D printed plant waste offers security to flood-struck Amazon homes

Plant-based material is breathable and flood-resilient

No sweat: easy ways to cool Bangladesh garment factories

How to improve air quality and thermal conditions in workshops

Design as a sum of interlocking parts

Autonomy and connectedness work towards one goal

Lessons from refugees

How aid workers’ voices help shape borderland spaces

State propaganda and human habitation tango at Korean DMZ

Villagers humanise politically driven settlements

How constructing climate shaped Hong Kong

Weather data collection bolstered colonial rule with civic architecture

Microbes are our friends

Imagine buildings boosting our immune system

Socialist internationalism and the Global South

Architecture and urbanism in post-colonial nations

How to make the mapping of social value work

Collaboration is key to effective mapping of social value

Carbon cutting starts early with a carbon calculator

Whole life carbon must be architects’ priority

Geothermal co-operative steps down the hill to win President’s Medal, Silver

Renewable power and existing infrastructure support artisan works

Circular approach to timber construction takes President’s Medal, Bronze

Proposed timber institute is vehicle to maximise tree’s potential

Fanzine-style Cesspits of Filth takes President’s Medal, Dissertation

Lizzie Osborne challenges notions of what is deserving of study

Beyond business survival: preparing for practice after lockdown

Turn downtime into practice value during the Covid-19 hiatus

Families and flexibility over time in housing design

Dissertation winner charts how attitudes to age have affected spatial relations

Familiar harbour landmarks become pollution monitors in Sydney

Silver Medal scheme addresses Sydney Harbour contamination

Community masterplan works with nature to revive New Orleans

Bronze medallist aims to end disaster/victim cycle of climate change

Mixing with neighbours reveals what architects need to know

Rely on residents to inform your design argues winning dissertation

Form follows lifecycle: The story behind Cork Construction Kit

Oliver Wilton and Matthew Barnett Howland’s Cork Construction Kit

What’s the best design for hospital wards?

Rosica Pachilova and Kerstin Sailer offer a diagnosis

Inside colonial India’s cutcherry

Research winner explores the everyday spaces of British rule in India

Growth and violence in Bosnia and Herzegovina

Maps drive Mirna Pedalo’s research into ‘slow violence’

Do proven methods build more reliable homes?

Tried and tested methods offer valuable longevity in tall buildings

Ideas burn white-hot in UCL’s Here East crucible

Bartlett students interrogate the future

Wellbeing in prison design

Roland Karthaus’ design guide is founded on psychology and rehabilitation

Building without bolts

Kostas Grigoriadis sees a future in fusion

Photos set off space sleuthing

Jane Rendell tells how salvage started a story of social housing

Craft and Kalavela combine to guard knowledge

Sonia Magdziarz works out How to Carve a Giant

How do you design a hotel in a power station?

Justin Bean is Dreaming of Electric Sheep

Nooks, nakes, and the quest for individual spaces

Rosemary Milne peeps into Species of Nooks and Other Niches

Addresses help the homeless regain identity

Chris Hildrey's ProxyAddress builds routes back into the system