Cristina Monteiro hopes radical writer Colin Ward’s values of social justice, ethics, and empowerment can still guide us towards creating places where people can connect, feel authorship and be creative
Better provision and care for green infrastructure would benefit public health, the environment, wellbeing and social priorities, says Cristina Monteiro
A mixture of fear and doubt about the consequences of an AI-saturated profession leads Cristina Monteiro to consider the pioneering craftsman, designer and socialist William Morris and what he might have made of artificial intelligence
To contribute to social equity and embed social value in our projects, we must begin inside our own organisations, says Cristina Monteiro
Architects have a pivotal role to play in transforming streets into inclusive spaces suitable for children’s activities, interaction, and play, says Cristina Monteiro
The human cost of moisture in our homes is front-page news. It's time we let our buildings breathe, writes Cristina Monteiro
London may be the largest urban forest in the world but that doesn’t mean we should rest on our laurels, argues Cristina Monteiro
David Hare’s play about Robert Moses, Straight Line Crazy, carries with it a timely message as it heads for Broadway, writes Cristina Monteiro
Post-war renovation of homes was seen as progressive and aspirational – we need to think like that about today’s building upgrades, writes Cristina Monteiro
The wildly polarised views of young and old are just one reason why architects need to adopt a smarter approach to public consultation, writes Cristina Monteiro
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