Eco advice for architects added to Planning Portal
Sustainability hub provides advice on biodiversity net gain, nutrient neutrality and Future Homes Standard
Water source heat pumps on trial in Scotland
Technology performs at levels comparable to the most efficient air source heat pumps
Beat the rush: MacEwen Award 2025 is open to entries
Send in projects that work for the common good for free entry to the competition
Saving the world by taking inspiration from it
The many forms of nature-based design are championed in an exhibition at Roca London Gallery
Leader: Let nothing be set in stone
Eleanor Young sounds a note of caution for the profession
Recycling breakthrough paves the way for zero emissions cement at scale
Demolition cement can be reactivated during steel recycling process
How MMC helped build York University’s new student housing
Sheppard Robson explains its thinking and procurement at University of York
2024 RIBA Awards in numbers
With 111 accolades distributed, how do the figures compare?
Making buildings: The concrete slab with a third less CO2
LC3 limestone calcined clay cement concrete cuts carbon content
Four in ten architects are using digital tools to measure embodied carbon
Two-thirds of architects are using digital methods to calculate at least one form of environmental metric
2024 RIBAJ/Future Architects writing competition runner-up: from dusk till dawn, by Siobhan Coker
Navigating the intricate tango of tradition and modernity within the Nigerian context
Regenerative interiors: the next step in sustainability
Truly sustainable interior design can pay off – even commercially
Garden Hide is a labour of love and learning for Commonbond Architects
Building a back garden studio has been an educational journey
How timber helped SUMA step up to the top
Interview with the Spanish architect of Gabriel García Márquez Library
High-rise post-grad course confronts challenging urban future
Built-in cement plants and mycelium-inspired towers
Scotland’s new heat standard ups the UK's zero carbon ante
What does Scotland’s New Build Heat Standard mean for designers and the rest of the UK?
Energy Revolution Gallery design is part of the exhibit
Sustainable design and build matches gallery’s energy message
Pierre d’Avoine: ‘Working creatively with others can be an almost ecstatic experience’
The architect looks back on the satisfactions and frustrations of 50 years in practice
Webinar: One-off homes: think outside the box
Experts showcase sustainable, stylish and innovative houses
Cat A fit-outs: the real carbon gap
What AHMM discovered about the carbon cost of Cat A fit-outs
Bricks made from quarry waste cut carbon on Hackney extension
Draper Studio adds warmth and precision detailing with upcycled limestone bricks
Whole life carbon assessments: where should architects start?
Why should we carry out whole-life carbon assessments and where do we start?
Shireland CBSO Academy office-to-school scheme raises the tempo
ADP Architecture on how it designed Birmingham music school
A system tied up in nots
A climate-positive political environment needs coherent regulation
Biodiversity net gain: how architects can best use the statutory metric calculation tools for small sites
With biodiversity net gain soon to be mandatory for all sites, learn more about the tool most likely to be used by architects
What is stopping us from arresting climate change?
Lessons from the RIBA Horizon 2034 environmental challenge
Architects Declare climate manifesto for government
What UK Architects Declare proposes in Building Blocks
Life cycle assessment could cut carbon by at least 10%
Lack of regulation plus poor developer and investor awareness is limiting progress
Workplace specified: 18-20 Greycoat Place
Procurement details revealed for this mixed-use building
How reusing and recycling glass can cut a building’s carbon emissions
Glazing designs should better exploit glass’s ability to be reused or recycled
Student hits a high note as idea for mobile nightclub in Nairobi wins £50,000 international prize
Jessie Mugambi’s scheme usesrepurposed shipping containers and renewable materials
Phoenix Bridge takes 3D printed technology a step nearer commercial viability
Can 3D printed concrete become a viable option for construction?
UK researchers join Horizon Europe's bio-products development project
University of Bath joins ‘Inbuilt’ project creating natural and bio-based building materials
What architects can do to help reach net zero
How can we break our addictions to fossil fuels, waste and consumption?
Global policies on timber in construction should inform UK approach
Europe, Scandinavia and the USA provide key lessons
Tools to fire the journey to net zero
Understanding whole life carbon assessment
Webinar: Sustainable places work on many levels
There are plenty of committed innovators working to improve design
What biodiversity net gain will mean for architects
The biodiversity net gain rules are now in force for major sites, meaning architects need to design with nature
Straw ‘OSE’ boards tackle crop burning in Asia
Construction panels divert rice straw from burn-off
How Delve Architects united Miami and Ibiza at sustainable Hobbs House
Art Deco box meets sustainable bohemia
How to boost your site’s biodiversity net gain
Sites will need to create a 10% uplift in biodiversity from 12 February
In association with Autodesk