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Sustainable architecture

Alex Raher talks about his practice’s Camberwell Cork House extension, which uses cork cladding and insulation, making the most of the material’s excellent thermal, acoustic and sustainability properties

A house extension by Delve Architects makes the most of cork’s thermal, acoustic and sustainability properties

UK-based French stonemason Pierre Bidaud, whose projects include the Stirling-shortlisted 15 Clerkenwell Close, explains why he wants to democratise the use of stone as a low-carbon affordable alternative to concrete

Stonemason Pierre Bidaud explains why he is championing stone as a low-carbon affordable alternative to concrete

Planners, architects and finance experts consider the need to provide more homes – and find great, sustainable opportunities by using the existing housing stock better and incentivising downsizing

Sustainable options include improving existing buildings and using them better

As COP-29 kicks off, Duncan Baker-Brown shows how architects can embrace the circular economy now to reduce carbon use, and shows how important demonstrable commitment is in the process

Easy ways to use the circular economy now

£50,000 funding will expand HomeNotes app with low carbon advice, EPD access, and an interface to help architects guide and monitor clients through projects

Poulsom Middlehurst will use the £50,000 funding to expand HomeNotes app

Health, safety & wellbeing

Modern life is stressful enough without environments that exacerbate this, yet good architecture can help us feel safe and connected, say the authors of Blueprints for the Soul: Why We Need Emotion in Architecture

In a stressful world, good architecture can help us feel safe and connected

Studious attention to air quality, sound, lighting and materials has earned the Huddersfield University scheme the UK’s first ever Platinum certification for wellbeing in a higher education building

Certification recognises attention to air quality, sound, lighting and materials

The RIBA is committed to providing the guidance and support you need following publication of the Grenfell Tower Inquiry report, says Muyiwa Oki

The RIBA is committed to providing the guidance you need following publication of the Grenfell report

Last week’s report placed particular criticism at the feet of Studio E, the architect behind the tower’s refurbishment. John Jervis summarises its findings and recommendations for the profession

Summarising the report's findings and recommendations for the architecture profession

The wild simplicity of mountains makes sense of being an architect for the founder of Klas Hyllén Architecture, who shares his exhilaration from the Haute-Savoie

The value of the work-to-live moment of being in the mountains

Building conservation and heritage

There’s a distinct theme of preservation in this selection of must-reads, looking at historic materials, restoration and retrofitting, and why we should design out hazardous materials

Investigations into indoor air quality, retrofitting historic buildings and heritage materials

O-office Architects’ Jianxiang He explains the process of design and reuse on a remarkable indoor-outdoor building, which has been shortlisted for this year’s RIBA International Prize

O-office Architects on the process of design and reuse on a remarkable indoor-outdoor building

Chipperfield’s Alexander Schwarz explains the risky process of revelation on this reinvention of the remains of a 17th-century German monastery into the headquarters of a family firm, which has been shortlisted for this year’s RIBA International Prize

Chipperfield’s Alexander Schwarz on the reinvention of the remains of a 17th-century monastery

With the Net Zero Carbon Buildings Standard pilot released at the end of September, governance board -member David Partridge reveals the thinking and aims behind it

A pilot has been published for a UK Net Zero Carbon Building Standard

Lost Gardens of London at the Garden Museum reveals sites both public and private, planted and constructed, formal and wild that once brought delight and respite

Lost Gardens of London reveals spaces where flora and fauna once flourished

Architecture for social purpose

A sensitive rural setting puts much of this Hungarian cider press and visitor centre underground, but it's the rule-busting top of the building that is the toast of the design

Roof is the star in Hungary’s sensitive rural setting

Timber looms large in Steinberg Hart’s Children’s Museum of Eau Claire, Wisconsin, both as a material and a design motif, referencing the logging boom-town origins of a US city now reinventing itself as an arts and culture destination

Timber looms large in the Children’s Museum of Eau Claire, both as a material and a design motif

IF_DO has transformed a former newspaper printworks into a community building for social enterprise Hastings Commons

IF_DO has transformed a former newspaper printworks into a community building

With issue driven politics and direct action on the rise, architects are playing their part in helping to give protest a voice. Nick Newman on what's happening

Nick Newman looks at the relationship between architecture and civil resistance

Our annual, free celebration of buildings that work for the common good is welcoming submissions until 25 October. Send us projects you know of that bring real social benefit

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

Business, clients and services

Over the past 10-to-15 years, Weston Williamson + Partners (WW+P) has grown across the world, working on major infrastructure projects with nine studios across four continents. Chief executive Ali Mowahed explains how the UK-based practice achieved this

WW+P's chief executive on how the practice achieved its worldwide expansion

From Babel to Grand Designs, communication has been the make or break of projects for thousands of years. Will we ever master it, asks Eleanor Young

Communication is key to construction, but will we ever master it?

Learn more about how practices can make meaningful improvements to their ways of working in order to increase growth and efficiency

Learn more about how practices can make meaningful improvements to their ways of working in order to increase growth and efficiency

The market for new homes is changing, with a shift from private buyers to build-to-rent as well as an ageing population. A restructuring of the sector is on the cards with major implications for architects

A restructuring of the housing sector is on the cards with major implications for architects

Large-scale projects and the design of a practice have provided equally enjoyable challenges to Allies and Morrison’s managing partner Joanna Bacon

Allies and Morrison’s managing partner speaks about large-scale projects and the design of a practice

Legal, regulatory and statutory compliance

Arup Hong Kong head of design Freddie Hai talks about his role as an authorised person, which combines aspects of principal designer, building control approver and building inspector

Arup Hong Kong head of design Freddie Hai talks about his role as an authorised person,

Practice co-founder Dan Jones describes the kitchen and dining space he has designed for Simon House, his own family home in Honor Oak, south-east London

Civic co-founder Dan Jones on the ground-floor extension designed for his own family home

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?

Procurement and contracts

Learn more about new initiatives and frameworks that help to boost social value and purpose.

Learn more about new initiatives and frameworks that help to boost social value and purpose.

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

Inclusive environments

Chris Hopkinson, one of the 2-4 per cent of the population with aphantasia, explains how his career has nevertheless taken a very visual direction – and argues that our education system shouldn't assume everyone's mind works in the same way

Despite his aphantasia, Chris Hopkinson’s career has taken a very visual direction

Promotes diversity in the profession through mentoring

Promotes diversity in the profession through mentoring

Dedicated to empowering agency in the built environment and driving positive change in the profession

Dedicated to driving positive change in the profession

Disability activist drawing on her experience as a blind woman to advocate for inclusive design

Disability activist drawing on her experience as a blind woman to advocate for inclusive design

Lack of inclusivity in the design of buildings and spaces is affecting ‘millions of people’ with knock-on impacts for footfall and commerce, say Grosvenor and The Crown Estate

Failure to design fully accessible buildings damages footfall and commerce says report

Places planning & community

Fostering culture and community in a modern, local context is important to Dubai-based Saudi architect Sumaya Dabbagh. We can nurture our identity, she says

We can nurture our identity in a connected world, says the Saudi architect

In a city that seldom celebrates its everyday architecture, new stations by UK architects Fosters, Grimshaw and McAslans, along with Australian practice Woods Bagot, have provoked public joy at their sheer grandeur, writes Sydney-based critic Elizabeth Farrelly

The publicly acclaimed new line includes stations by Fosters, Grimshaw and McAslans

The UK shortage of available homes needs better than the laudable initiatives to build more. Muyiwa Oki demands action

We need more than laudable initiatives to build more says Muyiwa Oki

Dedicated to integrating nature into the built environment

Dedicated to integrating nature into the built environment

A complex series of set-back, sloping, mansard roofs enabled Nick Baker Architects to add two storeys to the top of a former warehouse in a conservation area to create a new London hotel

Set-back, sloping mansard roofs create new London hotel

Design, construction and technology

Sustainable design remains a priority in the race to supply homes to alleviate the housing crisis. Industry experts discuss some of the issues – and potential solutions

Sustainability is a priority in the race to supply homes

Alex Raher talks about his practice’s Camberwell Cork House extension, which uses cork cladding and insulation, making the most of the material’s excellent thermal, acoustic and sustainability properties

A house extension by Delve Architects makes the most of cork’s thermal, acoustic and sustainability properties

From facades to lighting, furniture to metalwork, where does Buckley Gray Yeoman go to source the details that put its architecture on point?

Where does BGY go to source the details that make its architecture successful?

UK-based French stonemason Pierre Bidaud, whose projects include the Stirling-shortlisted 15 Clerkenwell Close, explains why he wants to democratise the use of stone as a low-carbon affordable alternative to concrete

Stonemason Pierre Bidaud explains why he is championing stone as a low-carbon affordable alternative to concrete

As COP-29 kicks off, Duncan Baker-Brown shows how architects can embrace the circular economy now to reduce carbon use, and shows how important demonstrable commitment is in the process

Easy ways to use the circular economy now

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