Adapting and opening up urban harbours to contemporary needs is vital to improving resilience and wellbeing, says Hanna Harris
The pandemic has activated designers to expand their traditional roles – and we’re not going back, write Andrew Brown and Katherine Sacco
Artificial intelligence (AI) systems can have damaging effects, especially on marginalised communities, says Sasha Constanza-Chock
Green fields, blue skies and nostalgic architecture: the fossil fuel advertising of 20th-century Britain inspired delusion. Now we are not such willing participants
Design should embrace children and their development by enabling diverse play wherever possible, argue Amica Dall and Penny Wilson
Waterways have the potential to make cities more sustainable and joyful – but it requires collaboration, creativity and community, explains Mia Lehrer
From Bezos' Y721 to Abramovich’s Ecstasea, these are playthings of the uber-rich with designations that call to mind an eau de toilette or knock-off Nokia
Plans for Foster + Partners’ Marina Tower herald the greenwashed privatisation of an Athens suburb
The inflatable play-houses are more than just lurid eyesores – their use is bound up with plastic waste and social inequality
The pair has teamed up to launch the Terra Carta Design Lab, inviting RCA students to develop solutions to the climate crisis
First Nations people in Canada still suffer from unacceptable housing conditions – that must change, writes Caroline Monnet
In his new book, US architect Sekou Cooke shapes a powerful manifesto for marginalised voices
Design has been seduced by hypergrowth, leaving behind those with needs not considered profitable, explains Harriet Gridley
The two aspects are inextricably linked, says Ton Venhoeven
Communal spaces are far more important in Scandinavian housing – Britain could learn a thing or two
Three UK architects discuss how to improve emergency shelters for homeless youth
A new report on the capital's tall towers reveals a city still gripped by real estate speculation and unaffordable housing, despite ongoing crises
We need to leave behind toxic materials, systems and products whose damage we can’t justify any longer, argues Parley's Cyrill Gutsch
At a cost of £2.6m, the UK government's new press briefing room is nothing more than a vanity project, argues Matthew Ponsford
We have an urgent collective duty to retrofit and repurpose, argue Luke Pearson and Tom Lloyd
From Instagram-friendly bathrooms to gimmicky phone cases, terrazzo has become nothing short of a viral design trend