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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

Material passports can enable reuse of materials as part of a circular economy. Adam Ozinsky of 3XN explains how it is implementing passports in practice

Material passports can enable reuse of materials as part of a circular economy

Insulation installer SCIS Group has commissioned Peregrine Mears Architects to create two testbed affordable eco-homes in Hampshire, seeking to prove that such housing can still be well designed

Two testbed affordable eco-homes seek to prove such housing can be well designed

The Emory hotel offers lessons in leanness from collaborating engineers, to avoid unnecessary structure or enclosed spaces, so expending less carbon, says RSHP’s Ivan Harbour

The Emory hotel offers lessons in avoiding unnecessary structure or enclosed spaces

The architecture of reuse can lead to surprise revelations once a project goes on site, says Eleanor Young

The architecture of reuse can lead to surprise revelations once a project goes on site

The sustainability-focused architecture practice's go-to contacts include a professor of planting design, a bespoke joiner and a specialist in green oak carpentry

The practice details the experts and craftspeople who have played in a key role in its projects

Health, safety & wellbeing

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

Tactile materials, user involvement and natural greenery are helping create safe but friendly facilities for vulnerable young people

Architects are employing tactile materials, user involvement and natural greenery

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

Building conservation and heritage

Architect Nex– brings imagination and a touch of intrigue to update the Oxford college's library and add study space, while barely affecting the sensitive context

Invention and intrigue see Oxford college library flourish

Corstorphine & Wright’s The Scoop office building has been sculpted to frame the circular window of a neighbouring grade II-listed church

Corstorphine & Wright’s office building is sculpted to frame the circular window of a neighbouring church

Hélène Binet's intense photographs of Nicholas Hawksmoor's London churches feature in a new exhibition at St Anne's Limehouse – just one of the approaches used to speed the restoration of the church in time for its tercentenary

Intense photographs by Hélène Binet of Hawksmoor churches speed restoration

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

Stonewood Design’s museum uneasily combines a restored Victorian Cornish rectory with a stark exhibit on Boer War concentration camps

Stonewood Design’s museum combines a restored Victorian rectory with an exhibit on concentration camps

Architecture for social purpose

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

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. 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

Business, clients and services

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

Peter Morris Architects’ extension and refurbishment of a house in West Hampstead taps into childhood memories of play with a design that aims to be joyful and surprising

Peter Morris Architects’ house extension and refurbishment taps into childhood memories of play

Matthew Giles Architects has extended and remodelled a dilapidated Edwardian house, drastically expanding its living spaces

Matthew Giles Architects extended and remodelled a dilapidated Edwardian house

Mat Barnes, who enjoys the richness that references and reminiscences bring to architectural design, explains his approach. Plus Piers Taylor of Invisible Studio on the way stories make sense of buildings

How to make the most of references and reminiscences to enrich design

Age and location widen the income gap as earnings flatline after a bumper year, reports Aziz Mirza

Age and location widen the pay gap as salaries stall

Legal, regulatory and statutory compliance

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?

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?

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

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

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

Places planning & community

Foster + Partners’ masterplan for the ancient earthquake-struck city of Antakya in Turkey is part of a speedy rebuild that’s vital to keep this special place alive

Masterplan is part of critically speedy rebuild

In the 1960s and 70s, Newcastle embarked on an ambitious transformation of its urban fabric in an attempt to turn the city into the ‘Brasília of the north’, now revisited in a programme of exhibitions and events at the Farrell Centre

Newcastle's 1960s/70s ambitious transformation of its urban fabric is revisited at the Farrell Centre

At the final RIBA Horizons 2034 webinar key contributors explored the intersection between themes in a global context and assessed future opportunities for architects

Growing south needs newbuilds while retrofit suits built-up north

There are big plans and high expectations for the development of Cambridge Biomedical Campus as a centre for scientific excellence, but broader concerns about local infrastructure, planning and the city as a whole, not to mention government policy, raise important questions

Can the Biomedical Campus meet its ambitious plans – and should it?

How do architects set about consulting the public, particularly young people? Can they go further and engage with them? Can architects work alongside them, so they are part of the doing rather than having something done to them?

How can architects move consultation from informed design to collaboration?

Design, construction and technology

Material passports can enable reuse of materials as part of a circular economy. Adam Ozinsky of 3XN explains how it is implementing passports in practice

Material passports can enable reuse of materials as part of a circular economy

Architect Nex– brings imagination and a touch of intrigue to update the Oxford college's library and add study space, while barely affecting the sensitive context

Invention and intrigue see Oxford college library flourish

Corstorphine & Wright’s The Scoop office building has been sculpted to frame the circular window of a neighbouring grade II-listed church

Corstorphine & Wright’s office building is sculpted to frame the circular window of a neighbouring church

The Emory hotel offers lessons in leanness from collaborating engineers, to avoid unnecessary structure or enclosed spaces, so expending less carbon, says RSHP’s Ivan Harbour

The Emory hotel offers lessons in avoiding unnecessary structure or enclosed spaces

Stonewood Design’s museum uneasily combines a restored Victorian Cornish rectory with a stark exhibit on Boer War concentration camps

Stonewood Design’s museum combines a restored Victorian rectory with an exhibit on concentration camps

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