In the face of climate change, Britain's lawned parks should be replaced with urban forests to help control city temperatures and keep green spaces green during hot summers, writes Phineas Harper. More
Widespread unionization should be supported by studio leaders as it would help architecture businesses thrive as well as giving workers a fair deal, writes Andrew Daley of Architectural Workers United. More
The high-tech architectural style is about to make a comeback and its philosophy could be central to decarbonising the built environment in the face of climate change, writes Jerry Tate. More
Following a record-breaking heatwave in the UK and western Europe, with climate change meaning that sweltering temperatures are likely to become more common, Smith Mordak outlines 10 ways to design buildings that remain cool in hot weather. More
Decades of harmful policymaking mean America exclusively associates public housing with squalor, but an influx of subsidized homes would make the suburbs infinitely better, writes Dana Cuff. More
The way our homes are designed is intrinsically linked to domestic power struggles, write Charles Holland and Margaret Cubbage. More
The exposure of alleged abuse at the Bartlett must not become an excuse for dismantling how we teach architecture, says Sean Griffiths. More
On the 50th anniversary of Pruitt-Igoe's demolition, it's clear that Charles Jencks declaration that modernism had died was a self-serving myth, writes Catherine Slessor. More
Design practices and architecture firms need to rethink capitalist business models to meet the challenges of the climate emergency, writes Katie Treggiden. More
Deconstructivism existed long before the 1970s, writes architecture critic Joseph Giovannini, who wrote the book Architecture Unbound to tell the full history of the style, in this opinion piece as part of our series revisiting deconstructivism. More
The UK government's plan to encourage "gentle densification" of neighbourhoods by promising communities financial benefits and neo-Georgian aesthetics will not help solve the housing crisis, writes Anna Minton. More
There are lessons to be learned from the dying embers of deconstructivism, says Aaron Betsky in this opinion piece as part of our series revisiting the style. More
A promising new future for Minneapolis is emerging from the trauma of George Floyd's murder by a police officer two years ago, writes a local architect who knew him, James Garrett Jr. More
The recent events at SCI-Arc are a flashpoint for industry-wide labor grievances and must lead to systemic change writes Corie Yaguchi, a former student of the Los Angeles architecture school. More
Dezeen's deconstructivism series has overlooked the role publisher and editor Dr Andreas Papadakis played in defining the movement, according to his daughter Alexandra Papadakis. More
A transition to sustainable jobs will not be a silver bullet to solve the global climate crisis, writes Smith Mordak. More
High-density, low-rise urban housing is the key to accommodating another three billion people over the next 80 years without costing the Earth, writes architect and urbanist Vishaan Chakrabarti. More
The excess and self-indulgence of deconstructivism stand in stark contrast to the urgent existential issues facing architects today, writes Catherine Slessor as part of our series revisiting the style. More
Architects and designers should become B Corp certified so they can benchmark their environmental and social progress against companies in other sectors, says Peter Fisher, director at architecture studio Bennetts Associates, which has recently been certified. More
With a focus entirely on commercialism, NFTs are the most boring form of digital art being developed, writes Phineas Harper. More
