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Having said that, ADF has had to take steps to adjust some of its publishing schedules, following a temporary slowdown in the construction market. This has resulted in this combined April/May edition, a bumper affair bolstered by our new Heritage and Adaptive Reuse Supplement. We look forward to fully reconnecting with our industry – following what is a strange and unsettling period where everyone is ‘on hold’ – to bring you the latest in architecture across the UK and beyond.


Lastly, we would like to apologise to LOM Architecture and Design for a rare error in our March 2020 issue, where we wrongly credited SOM for the design of Santander’s new Campus in Milton Keynes.


To use another overused expression, but one that’s sincerely meant, stay safe, and we’ll see you on the other side!


James Parker Editor


04/05.20


ON THE COVER... Coloured panels cover cantilevered sections of the Riverside Leisure Centre in Chelmsford, designed by Pick Everard (their hues changing depending on the light and the angle they’re viewed from).


RIVERSIDE LEISURE CENTRE, CHELMSFORD Pick Everard creates an engagingly sustainable new swimming pool and gym designed to increase local participation


LINDEN COURT, SOUTH EAST LONDON How embracing the HAPPI standard led to happy design results for retirement living in Lewisham


HERITAGE, HISTORIC & ADAPTIVE REUSE SUPPLEMENT


Cover Image © Paul Starr For the full report on this project, go to page 30


FROM THE EDITOR


The word ‘unprecedented’ has been a key part of the Government’s mantra in trying to manage the COVID-19 crisis. This extreme situation has forced the administration to underwrite most employees’ jobs, yet not, as you might have hoped, to take early action in investing in extra PPE for NHS staff, and countrywide testing.


The ‘unprecedented’ refrain has probably also been rolled out to explain just why we will all be expected to remain in lockdown for a lot longer than most people can stomach. (Personally, however, I find working at home can generally help to enable the elusive concentration you need to produce good content).


We can argue about whether this clearly colossal viral threat to our old and vulnerable should have triggered significant investment from Government, such as we have seen in Germany on testing. What we have seen however is a concerted effort among most people the country to see off this threat. This ranges from turning the ExCel exhibition centre into the world’s biggest hospital in an incredibly short period, to the whole of society withdrawing into a different lifestyle, and one that has several pros as well as cons.


For one, our newly isolated lifestyles are causing a dramatic change of our environment for the better. Bar the vans delivering groceries, our cities are increasingly vehicle, and therefore pollution-free, aeroplanes are grounded, and although many may not get to see it, our natural world is reaping the benefits of reduced human activity. Once the UK has come through the curve of this disease, as it surely will within a few weeks or months, there will be a reappraisal of whether we will need to revert to our former ways.


Of course life will return to normal in many respects – we will probably go back to driving to the shops for small items, whether we should or not, and there will be a short-term rush of people simply congregating together because they’ve been forbidden to (which no doubt the Government will have to keep a tight watch on to avoid a re-emergence of the problem). But, having become used to harnessing technology even more thoroughly to achieve what we need to do – in more IT-based professions – will we revert fully to face to face, commute-based work, knowing that a lower-impact, cheaper model can bring equally effective results?


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