• Profile - Mark Simpson

    11 June 2018

    Mark Simpson has been head of workplace and chair of design at BDP since 2012, joining as design director. But he’d been with the practice earlier, as a new graduate from the then Leicester Polytechnic...

  • Reporter

    11 June 2018

    Another summer, another pavilion on the lawn of the Serpentine Gallery, this year by Mexican architect Frida Escobedo, who has significant national projects and multiple awards under her belt

  • If Only...

    31 May 2018

    ...I could meet Lucienne Day in the Fifties, says Hayley Barrett, senior designer at Camira

  • Focus: Schools

    29 May 2018

    A primary school has expanded upwards to provide more pupil places, while putting fresh air and nature first

  • Focus: Hospitals

    24 May 2018

    Healthcare environments that promote calm and well-being for patients and staff are just what the doctor ordered...

  • Focus: Embassies

    23 May 2018

    Embassy design presents its own challenges, with the need to provide security and protection as well as being welcoming

  • One to Watch

    23 May 2018

    is Abigail Edwards, a graduate of the Wimbledon School of Art and a designer and producer of unique wallpapers, fabrics and accessories

  • Focus: Libraries

    22 May 2018

    Can great design halt the slide in the use of public libraries and put them back again in the heart of the community?

  • Guild Marks 2018

    17 May 2018

    A new crop of British-designed furniture pieces have been selected by The Furniture Makers Company to receive the Guild Mark of distinction.

  • Talking Points - Donald Insall

    16 May 2018

    Francis Maude of Donald Insall tells us about the finer points of conservation work