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Conference - Building safety regime starts to settle in

Teamwork, expertise, reliable information and a holistic approach to projects form part of the new building safety regulations’ balancing act. Our seminar found benefits, challenges and a positive prognosis

20 May 2024

Sustainable architecture

Building-scale installation validates use of reclaimed timber for structural glulam and cross-laminated timber frame construction

Building-scale installation from waste points way to circular economy

The refurbishment of a 20th-century house in Ashburton, Devon, is enhanced by a dynamic first-floor extension that maximises views of Dartmoor

Gillespie Yunnie adds a dynamic first-floor extension to a 20th-century house in Ashburton, Devon

Launching our new summer series on inventive house extensions, Artefact co-founder Benedetta Rogers talks about a new wing to a detached home in Epsom, informed by the clients’ Caribbean heritage

Artefact on its new wing for a detached home in Epsom that spurns open-plan living spaces

RIBA-backed platform developed by Grimshaw-led team provides comprehensive guidance and management tools to help cut carbon throughout the building process

Grimshaw-led team's guidance and management tools cover the entire building process

Green facades, environmental materials and modern architecture as viewed through windows: three fascinating books packed with valuable information

Three fascinating books packed with valuable information

Health, safety & wellbeing

Karey Wardhaugh of AEW explains how the firm works to nurture and develop its staff, a strategy that has won it Investors in People gold accreditation and a place on the Sunday Times Best Places to Work list

How AEW won a place on the Sunday Times Best Places to Work list

Ellie Olszewski-Smith, a Part 1 student, argues that by prioritising accessibility from the outset, station design can empower individuals of all abilities to navigate with confidence

Greatly improved accessibility should be a key architectural function of train stations

Design studio Haque Tan worked with children from the hospital’s school to co-create colourful AI organisms that ‘burst out’ of the hospital’s new entrance

Haque Tan worked with children from the hospital’s school to co-create colourful AI organisms

In the safety-conscious world of post-Grenfell regulation, taking responsibility will strengthen the profession. Jack Pringle assesses the significance of the principal designer

Jack Pringle: Taking this responsibility will strengthen the profession

While there is now a BSI standard relating to neurodiversity in the built environment, it remains largely overlooked by the profession. Three experts with lived and design experience look at how architects can better respond to the issue

While there is now a BSI standard relating to neurodiversity in the built environment, it remains largely overlooked by architects

Building conservation and heritage

The debut project by craft-led architect Grafted celebrates the original detailing of a house in Norwich’s Golden Triangle through concrete panels which the practice cast itself

Grafted’s debut project celebrates the original detailing of a house in Norwich’s Golden Triangle

A journey to Turkey for a summer wedding prompts the Purcell architect to consider aspects of place and time

Joining the dots to make sense of disruption

A close collaboration between the architect and artist John Booth makes an imaginative and highly coloured exhibition relaying the history of Greenwich Peninsula

Up in Smoke reveals the enduring appeal of the chimney

Howells’ new restaurant building has turned a run-down services area into a leisure asset and made a National Trust house into a local destination

From down-at-heel services area to leisure asset

The Article 25 architect takes time out from Kathmandu's leprosy hospital to visit Patan and soak up the characteristic Nepalese clash of old, new and places awaiting their fate

Timeless, ever-changing UNESCO World Heritage Site

Architecture for social purpose

Our annual, free celebration of buildings that work for the common good is welcoming submissions. Send us projects you know of that bring real social benefit to boost recognition and encourage such work

Send in projects that work for the common good for free entry to the competition

Now all this year's RIBA Regional Awards have been published, how do the figures compare? Isabelle Priest assesses the largest and smallest, highest and lowest, most and least densely distributed accolades

With 111 accolades distributed, how do the figures compare?

Housing need and public amenities drove AHMM’s design of Magna Square in Egham, a high-density but contextual development in a conservation zone

AHMM’s Magna Square boosts housing and public amenities

Storyteller negotiates domestic and commercial architectures to help open a new chapter for a suburban high street in south-east London

DRDH opens a new chapter for Sidcup’s suburban high street

‘We’ve always sought other voices to inform our work, and these long-term collaborative relationships have been at the root of our practice’ – Witherford Watson Mann’s Stephen Witherford explains

Witherford Watson Mann’s influences for socially powerful design

Business, clients and services

International work by UK chartered architecture practices jumped by 43% last year, accounting for over a fifth of all revenue and providing a buffer against domestic market volatility

International work by UK chartered architecture practices jumped by 43% last year, reaching £170 million

Politician or construction professional – Eleanor Young notices that strategies to win influence by either side look much the same

General Election strategies echo architects’ attempts to win influence

How is China’s economic slowdown affecting architecture in Hong Kong? Architects from three practices, specialising in different sectors, describe how they are seeking new opportunities while grappling with business challenges

How is China’s economic slowdown affecting architecture in Hong Kong? We speak to three practices

From supercharging ideas to cutting the cost of visualisations and de-stressing admin tasks, generative AI tools are reshaping architectural practice with long term implications for the profession

‘We’re in a weird Wild West with AI’: implications of Gen AI on the profession

Architecture is filled with many different opportunities. Why limit ourselves to just one aspect, asks Muyiwa Oki?

Opportunity comes in many guises – embrace them says Oki

Legal, regulatory and statutory compliance

As the BSA imposes profound changes on the construction process, Pilbrow & Partners is putting a rigorous checklist and proof of principal designer competence at the heart of its quality control

Pilbrow & Partners is putting collaboration, competence and checking at the heart of quality control

A new sustainability hub has been added to the national planning application service, providing concise information advice on biodiversity net gain, nutrient neutrality and Future Homes Standard

Sustainability hub provides advice on biodiversity net gain, nutrient neutrality and Future Homes Standard

Scotland’s New Build Heat Standard sets the pace for zero carbon heating adoption in the UK, but what does it mean for designers and will plans for dedicated Passivhaus legislation leave the rest of us playing catch up? Stephen Cousins reports

What does Scotland’s New Build Heat Standard mean for designers and the rest of the UK?

In the second in his series, Simon Sturgis asks why we, as architects, should carry out whole-life carbons assessments, where we should start, and what we should consider through the RIBA Stages

Why should we carry out whole-life carbon assessments and where do we start?

Coherent and realistic regulation for sustainable building as part of a climate positive political environment is needed urgently, writes Eleanor Young

A climate-positive political environment needs coherent regulation

Procurement and contracts

Three borough councils are expected to pipeline their projects through a new agreement designed to build engagement between the capital's public sector clients and a diverse range of architects

Three boroughs are expected to pipeline their projects through new agreement, which launches in May 2025

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

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

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

Inclusive environments

Population change is one of four key themes identified by RIBA Horizons as shaping the global future. Pollard Thomas Edwards’ lead for later living and co-design projects, Patrick Devlin, discusses its implications on architecture

Population change is one of four key themes identified by RIBA Horizons as shaping the global future

From Baby Boomers to Generation Z, the age gap can be bridged says one leadership coach

From Baby Boomers to Generation Z, the age gap can be bridged says one leadership coach

Witherford Watson Mann stitches in a narrow, triple-height extension at Clare College, Cambridge, to create coherent circulation and better accessibility with natural, finely crafted materials

Witherford Watson Mann stitches in a narrow, triple-height extension

Curl la Tourelle Head’s Alfreton Park School takes advantage of its semi-rural location with flexible learning spaces, room to expand, and the client’s progressive approach to pupils’ special needs

Curl la Tourelle Head makes a social, happy hilltop

An inspiring 13-strong collection of success stories built on community engagement, sustainable builds and an ability to make the most of limited budgets make up this year’s MacEwen Award shortlist

Thirteen impressive and varied schemes make up the contenders for the top award

Places planning & community

As the search begins for a design team, Paul Boateng, co-chair of the Grenfell Tower Memorial Commission, explains the many roles of the memorial for a traumatised and marginalised community

Neglected community seeks a sacred monument, says Paul Boateng

RUSS takes cues from Walter Segal’s radical self-build housing in a south London apartment block by Architype and Shepheard Epstein Hunter

Why 1100 people joined RUSS, housing for and by the people

Sarah Wigglesworth’s trip to Transylvania launches this summer’s collection of news and impressions from architects on their holiday period travels

Birds, bears and beautiful views: Sarah Wigglesworth steps back in time

NLA's annual report on the capital's towers reveals the truth of new housing provision and changing attitudes to the typology

NLA reveals a changing skyline and local priorities over 10 years

Emilia Chegini, a Part 2 student at the University of Dundee, makes a heartfelt and engaging case for preserving small-scale retail outlets that can be key to communities

Kiosks are more than retail outlets, they can be the cornerstones of communities

Design, construction and technology

The debut project by craft-led architect Grafted celebrates the original detailing of a house in Norwich’s Golden Triangle through concrete panels which the practice cast itself

Grafted’s debut project celebrates the original detailing of a house in Norwich’s Golden Triangle

Building-scale installation validates use of reclaimed timber for structural glulam and cross-laminated timber frame construction

Building-scale installation from waste points way to circular economy

Emulating the patterns of natural light and our deeply embedded responses to it are central to lighting design, said experts at the RIBAJ/Occhio lighting event

Light and atmosphere are the key to making a magical place

The refurbishment of a 20th-century house in Ashburton, Devon, is enhanced by a dynamic first-floor extension that maximises views of Dartmoor

Gillespie Yunnie adds a dynamic first-floor extension to a 20th-century house in Ashburton, Devon

Launching our new summer series on inventive house extensions, Artefact co-founder Benedetta Rogers talks about a new wing to a detached home in Epsom, informed by the clients’ Caribbean heritage

Artefact on its new wing for a detached home in Epsom that spurns open-plan living spaces

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