Business resilience | Design in the making

Labour shortages and high cost of living combine to spell gloom for construction

A step-change in construction activity is needed to avoid calamity

Toolkit helps architects communicate the true meaning of social value

SBE Toolkit assesses architectural projects against a wide range of criteria, from water use to emotional value

It pays to be responsible environmentally, socially and in governance

How financial considerations are driving ethical business practice

The metaverse offers real prospects in virtual worlds

Architects can contribute to making the virtual realm a positive environment

Opportunities: Developers eye empty shops for hospitality and healthcare

Diversified uses could revitalise the declining high street

Will the lens of environmental social governance reporting change where architects work? Aerial of the National Museum of Qatar designed by Atelier Jean Nouvel.

International work and human rights- what the figures tell us

Are you exporting comfortably?

Opportunities: The metaverse

Bloomberg recently estimated the market to be worth $800bn. Is it virtual opportunity or a distraction from ‘real’ work?

An older population means more adaptation

With pensioners expected to outnumber under-16s in 20 years time, architects' roles will change

Get up and go: How O’DonnellBrown’s speculative education prototype won work

A research scheme in the front garden brought work and practice growth

Industrial work counters crashing retail

Commercial work might be down but industrial is flourishing

Changing industry hints at light in the Covid recession tunnel

Confident or cautious: what are the prospects for 2022?

The central staircase at the RIBA’s 66 Portland Place. Accessibility within the building is an important part of the brief for updating the building

RIBAJ Opportunities Hub launches with 66 Portland Place competition

The revamp of the RIBA's headquarters is the lead item in our new online opportunities hub

Building Safety Bill returns profession to centre stage

What the Building Safety Bill means for architects

What does the data say about which schemes win planning?

It's simplistic to blame the planning system for holding back new development

Material concerns and labour pain: is construction facing a major crisis?

Brexit, Covid – and the retirement of the ‘Loadsamoney’ generation

Fear and roving in the housing market

There’s more than the pandemic behind a changing sector

Do post-pandemic homes need the return of the porch?

The house of tomorrow might best be served by adding a porch

Platform design: can architects fit together a new way of working with P-DfMA?

How do architects fit together a role in P-DfMA?

Supply problems and apparent decline don’t spell disaster

Supply problems – look deep into the data for the real economic story

Premium problems: roundtable discusses the PII crisis

Roundtable brought together architects and insurance industry representatives to examine the soaring price of indemnity cover

PII is failing architects, say RIBA members

Indemnity insurance costs are soaring while exclusions are forcing practices to turn down work

International opportunities will continue to bloom despite Covid setbacks

Despite the pandemic there will still be plenty of overseas work for UK architects, particularly in Asia and sub-Saharan Africa

Inhabiting generous external spaces, business parks, as well as diversifying the building uses, could create a richer more communal centre as Apt’s concept sketch shows.

Business parks are ripe for a resurgence

The unloved out-of-town compound could play a key role in establishing new workplace models

Decarbonising the economy will require a new approach to housing, which is where architects come in

Decarbonising the economy will mean rethinking how we configure buildings