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Economics panel: What does 2024 hold for the business of architecture?

In a troubled financial climate, how can you strengthen your business? Our economics panel looks ahead to 2024 and picks out some key challenges – and active responses

31 August 2023

Sustainable architecture

Approved Document O is up and running. Mark Taylor looks at the pros and cons of routes to compliance and what it means for apartment and house designs

How Approved Document O will cut overheating in house and apartment design

Circularity was a critical part our new studio fit-out, says Joe Morris, which has improved facilities, an onsite café, more space and a public-facing ‘shopfront’

Circularity was central to the fit-out, says Joe Morris

Low-carbon upgrades to iron and steelworks could remove nearly 60 gigatonnes of carbon from the world’s atmosphere, although cost and other factors challenge its practicality

We could remove nearly 60 gigatonnes of carbon from the world

Learn more about the metric, ongoing maintenance and when net gain should be considered in the design process

Learn more about the metric, ongoing maintenance and when net gain should be considered in the design process

What are producers doing to decarbonise concrete – and can alternative concrete mixes and new binders dent global emissions enough to make a difference? Stephen Cousins reports

Can different mixes and binders dent CO2 emissions enough to make a difference?

Health, safety & wellbeing

How does Siderise maintain its position in the passive fire solutions market? It’s huge new 1000° test furnace is key to its product development, and its global ambitions

Innovation in fire protection starts with a 1000° test furnace

The big picture on what you need to know about changes to competencies, CPD, principal designers, liability and safer products as the secondary legislation details are published

The Building Safety Act explained

Architects urged to avoid white light LEDs in design and specify ‘NIR light-reflecting’ plants as study shows limited spectrum reduces the infrared wavelengths that boost human energy via mitochondria cells

Avoid white -only LEDs and add plants to offices to restore infrared rays to LEDs to boost wellbeing

Most improvements to the way we build have occurred in reaction to fatal tragedies, says Giulia Panedigrano, commended in the 2023 RIBAJ/Future Architects writing competition

Most improvements to the way we build have occurred in reaction to fatal tragedies

With the UK recording its highest-ever temperatures, building consultancy XCO2 has used parametric environmental modelling to suggest measures for improving outdoor thermal comfort when designing new cities

Amid record temperatures,XCO2's modelling suggests ways of improving outdoor thermal comfort

Building conservation and heritage

James Gowan’s Trafalgar Road housing estate was inspired by the Amsterdam School, and an outstanding example of what could be achieved with a limited budget

Trafalgar Road housing estate, London, 1968

Stefania Miravalle's photograph Sleeping Space captures a sense of calm and durability in Turin's International Fruit and Vegetable Market, despite its uncertain future

Stefania Miravalle captures a sense of calm and durability in Turin's graceful arches

Classrooms become bedrooms while larger spaces above make the living area in CANICE Architects’ Tipperary Silversprings House, a school turned home project that explores heritage, nature, modern intervention and materials

CANICE Architects explores heritage, nature, modern intervention and materials

The co-founder of Knox Bhavan sends a postcard from the Loire where he has found a hidden gem of a château, with a notable gallery of portraits and the largest Delft floor in the world

A hidden gem of a château reveals a magnificent gallery of portraits

The traditional architecture specialist’s go-to contacts include master stone-carvers, a young blacksmith and imaginative planning and heritage consultants

The traditional architect’s go-to contacts include stone-carvers, artists and imaginative planning and heritage consultants

Architecture for social purpose

The climate emergency, Grenfell and the exposure of workplace abuses have all led to architects’ behaviours coming under scrutiny. When do you call things out and how can you go about resolving situations? asks the co-author of a new RIBA guide to ethical practice

The climate emergency, Grenfell and the exposure of workplace abuses have all led to architects’ behaviours coming under scrutiny

Inclusion, sustainability, strengthening communities, tackling economic deprivation... architecture can address these burning issues – has yours? Submit your schemes that support the common good by 2pm Wednesday 1 November

Enter your project that tackles a pressing issue of our time

Fifth edition of The William Sutton Prize invites 'disruptors and innovators' from architecture and beyond to submit breakthrough ideas that accelerate the social housing sector’s transition to net zero

Prize invites 'disruptors and innovators' to submit radical and sustainable social housing ideas

Chris Foges does a route march round a record 64 pavilions, but finds weariness rewarded by the uplifting effect of their sincere desire to make life better

Tired but uplifted, Chris Foges reports on a record showing

How do you ensure you tell the truth about how sustainable your buildings are? Bennetts Associates director Peter Fisher shares how the practice came up with an anti-greenwash charter other architects can sign up to

Bennetts Associates on its anti-greenwash charter that other architects can sign up to

Business, clients and services

How do great architecture clients think? As the RIBA Client of the Year 2023 Award shortlist is announced, we get an insight into what the individuals behind these award-winning buildings wanted from their architects

As the shortlist is announced, we get an insight into how great architecture clients think

Architects’ 15% average earnings rise wipes out recent years’ under-performance as salaries restore their long-term trajectory shows RIBA survey

Pay shoots up as workforce contracts

Muyiwa Oki brings an egalitarian determination to the RIBA presidency, but he believes his ambitions to improve practice culture should appeal to all

Appeal rather than attack is the way to bring change

Learn more about liability periods, what records to keep and how long to keep them, and what role the Building Safety Act plays

Learn more about liability periods and what role the Building Safety Act plays

Mark Kemp, director of Cornish practice PLACE Architects, talks about the challenges of running a small but long-established practice and how it has informed his book on securing business resilience

PLACE Architects director Mark Kemp on how taking over a small practice informed his book on business resilience

Legal, regulatory and statutory compliance

It’s not just crises like RAAC or Grenfell that mean architects must keep on top of legal and regulatory issues. But delight and creativity are important too

Misrepresentation brings both pain and pleasure

The new structure’s form and material palette refer to those of the existing house in a contemporary way while embracing the beautiful surrounding Sussex landscape

The new structure’s form and material palette refer to those of the existing house in a contemporary way

How do we make developments that belong? Andrew Matthews and Stephen Proctor look at how design codes can encourage deeper investigations into a narrative of place

How do we make developments that belong?

Buildings are adapting to energy needs in climate crisis, but where’s the urgency, asks Eleanor Young

Regulation and technology are lagging on climate needs

Adrian Dobson looks at the lessons from Planning Gateway One and reports on RIBA efforts to maintain momentum on fire safety in high-risk residential buildings

What we have learnt from Planning Gateway One

Procurement and contracts

Associate Rob Leechmere on insulating a Cornish cottage without compromising its character, curtains’ ‘intimate embrace’ as partitions, and the gravitas of stone

Associate Rob Leechmere reveals three of the firm’s favourite products

Contract administrators could be putting their clients and themselves at risk if interim certificates are not issued, says RIBA Specialist Practice Adviser Robert Stevenson

Contract administrators could be putting their clients and themselves at risk if interim certificates are not issued

The latest digital tool is more than a pretty add-on for impressing clients. Its efficiencies mean streamlined bid pricing, better control of staffing costs and a proposal that’s clearer all round, reducing later confusion and repeat iterations

The latest digital tool is giving architects a competitive edge

Subscription-based system simplifies the drafting, checking and sharing of construction industry agreements, enabling collaboration across all parties

Subscription-based system simplifies drafting of construction industry agreements

Whether it's moving our reviewer to verse or protecting pharmaceuticals from ne'er-do-wells, the latest batch of doors and windows are truly inspirational

The latest batch of doors and windows are truly inspirational

Inclusive environments

From temples and Tange to the unsung everyday, it’s the plentiful and pleasant public toilets that make it easy to use and enjoy public spaces in Japan

Using public space is convenient rather than a challenge

De Matos Ryan and AOC Architecture enlisted youthful consultees for its joyful redesign of the former V&A Museum of Childhood

From assertive consultees to active users: under-18s inform museum design

Christopher Laing, founder of the Deaf Architecture Front, discusses the aims of the DAF and the experiences he has encountered on his journey to becoming an architect

Christopher Laing on the obstacles that led to the founding of DAF

A new book investigates the collaborative route to better design and diverse, inclusive practice – a way of working where one fosters the other

How working together effectively helps design to take on today’s big issues

From unequal provision of toilets to a preference for male-favoured outdoor activities, urban planning is gendered. Alanis Burgess considers ways to reverse this imbalance, in this article commended in the 2023 RIBAJ/Future Architects writing competition

Urban planning is gender biased – could a new standard be the answer?

Places planning & community

Architectural Review’s 1969 Manplan editorial series, focussing on people’s use of architecture and gritty reportage, was radical and illuminating, and remains highly relevant

What buildings are for: RIBA exhibition charts Manplan

Peter Barber Architects does it again with Edgewood Mews, a peaceful, car-free, characterful street right beside a main London traffic artery

Peter Barber Architects makes space for quiet community life behind barrier to heavy traffic

Mæ’s welcoming John Morden Centre is both the heart of a home for seniors in need, and part of a more ambitious community plan

Centre for seniors is part of a much more ambitious community plan

Driven by a desire to create true neighbourliness, Apparata’s A House for Artists flouts all the usual housing conventions with style and future promise

Desire to create neighbourliness flouts usual housing conventions

The DSDHA director visits Thomas Heatherwick’s park on a pier in Manhattan and is pleasantly surprised to discover an inspiring and restorative pitstop whose users are overwhelmingly local

The DSDHA director visits Thomas Heatherwick’s park on a pier in Manhattan

Design, construction and technology

The Urchin Café was conceived and built as a sculpture for use as a café by Matthew Sanderson. It sits beside a 19th century gothic mansion, home to the Plas-Glyn-y-Weddw arts centre, close to Wales’ Llanbedrog beach. The sculptor teamed up with Mark Wray Architects and structural engineer Fold to realise the scheme

Sculpture and café are combined in the work of sculptor, engineer and architect

The red-pink concrete, mountainside family home overlooking the sea embraces and builds on the traditions and courtyard vernacular of South Korea

The mountainside family house embraces the traditional style of South Korea

Circularity was a critical part our new studio fit-out, says Joe Morris, which has improved facilities, an onsite café, more space and a public-facing ‘shopfront’

Circularity was central to the fit-out, says Joe Morris

Low-carbon upgrades to iron and steelworks could remove nearly 60 gigatonnes of carbon from the world’s atmosphere, although cost and other factors challenge its practicality

We could remove nearly 60 gigatonnes of carbon from the world

Architectural Review’s 1969 Manplan editorial series, focussing on people’s use of architecture and gritty reportage, was radical and illuminating, and remains highly relevant

What buildings are for: RIBA exhibition charts Manplan

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