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maltatoday | SUNDAY • 4 SEPTEMBER 2022 12 COMMERCIAL THE Planning Authority (PA) has launched the 3rd edition of its annual publication fea- turing the latest Malta Archi- tectural and Spatial Planning (MASP) award prize winners and all the participating pro- jects, under the Patronage of the President of Malta. Held on 26 August, in the awe-inspiring MUŻA court- yard in Valletta, this year's much anticipated PA activi- ty featured a high-profile line up of speakers, including one of the UK's top architects, Ed Hayden from Scott Brownrigg. In his speech, Minister for Public Works and Planning Dr. Stefan Zrinzo Azzopardi said, "the spirit of the MASP awards fits the type of future that the government envisages for this sector, one built on excellence and a positive contribution to society. Let these exemplary projects catalyse more positive change and serve as inspiration to others." The international guest speaker at this year's MASP- talks event was UK Architect Ed Hayden, a director at Scott Brownrigg, one of the UK's largest architectural firms with an extensive international practice. Hayden leads teams of archi- tects and technicians and fo- cuses on championing sustain- able design and design quality, particularly within the prac- tice's life science and offices sectors. During his talk, he shared his experience championing zero carbon projects and design in- novation within Scott Brown- rigg and the wider industry. He stressed that, as an architect, design is an integral part of reinforcing the value of peo- ple's lives and that, "anything we build should be a building that's cherished". As a first principle, "it's all about enrich- ing people's lives with build- ings which people care about". "If one cherishes something, he looks after it, so it lasts – and that's sustainability." At Scott Brownrigg, research is an essential part of the de- sign process. In fact, its Design Research Unit was founded in 1942 by Herbert Read, Misha Black and Milner Gray, making it the first consultancy to com- bine expertise in architecture, graphics and industrial design. The unit was responsible for some of the most iconic and recognisable brands produced in post-war Britain, from the identities for British Rail, Courage Brewery and ICI, to significant work for the Lon- don Transport Executive and Westminster's Street signs, as well as a number of interiors for the P&O Orient Line's new liner, the Oriana. In his presentation, Hayden highlighted how the construc- tion industry plays a vital role in world economy, creating, operating and maintaining its physical infrastructure. It is al- so a significant contributor to the world's carbon emissions, with energy consumed at every stage of the infrastructure life- cycle. Hayden's recent projects in- clude the Cambridge Science Park Bio-Hub, Arm Headquar- ters, Peterhouse Technology Park, Cambridge international technology park, CABI Head- quarters, and the award-win- ning St Georges College Activ- ity Centre. The MASPtalks event con- Planning Authority launches latest architecture