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Latest news
Peter Barber sweeps the board as RIBA London Award winners revealed
National retrofit scheme must give householders clarity, confidence and protection, prime minister warned
Grid gets green light for mixed-use Battersea scheme
In pics: DSDHA completes National Youth Theatre redevelopment
HS2 appoints 16 new members to its design panel
Revealed: All the 2021 Architect of the Year Award finalists
City approves John Robertson Architects’ Daily Mail makeover
LDA appointed to draw up net zero design codes for RTPI
Government bows to pressure and extends deadline for post-Brexit certification rules
Design Council appoints former Cabe chief as director of place
RIBA urges policymakers to act on Bacon Report
MP’s custom-build report warns of political unrest without urgent reform
Penoyre & Prasad’s angular addition to Birkbeck campus completes
2021 Architect of the Year Award shortlists
Revealed: All the 2021 Architect of the Year Award finalists
Focus
Can’t get no satisfaction
Why not just make all homes accessible?
Technical Study: Cutting 75% of emissions from Powell & Moya’s Wolfson College, Oxford
50 Wonders
50 Wonders | Karen Cook: Place des Vosges, Paris
Intelligence
Government’s Green Homes Grant fiasco is either bumbling incompetence or callous disregard
Explainer: How the proposed Future Buildings Standard will affect the way you design
Explainer: Five things you need to know about the Future Homes Standard
Spiralling insurance premiums are putting architects out of business
Imagine a future where we don’t have to choose between economy and ecology
What the Brexit deal means for architects
Grenfell Inquiry explainer: How rival insulation firms covered up fire-safety data
Webinar: The role of architects in designing social value
We must keep fighting the battle over PDR
Addressing the problems of public procurement
Ten things you need to know about the planning white paper
Upcoming webinars
Webinar | CPD: Acoustic standards in schools
Webinar | CPD: Acoustic standards in schools
Opinion
Can’t get no satisfaction
Why not just make all homes accessible?
On building safety, professional qualifications should count
The Coach: How can I get my team to contribute in meetings?
Why Manchester is not a World Heritage Site
Buildings
Technical Study: Cutting 75% of emissions from Powell & Moya’s Wolfson College, Oxford
50 Wonders | Karen Cook: Place des Vosges, Paris
50 Wonders | Graham Morrison: Fondazione Querini Stampalia bridge
Technical Study: Kingston Cycle Hub, Sarah Wigglesworth Architects
50 Wonders | John Pawson: Le Thoronet Abbey, Provence
50 Wonders | Anna Liu: Palace of Labour, Turin
50 Wonders | Keith Williams: Capitol Complex, Chandigarh, India
Antarctica: Designing for the planet’s most hostile continent
One Triton Square by Arup: a refurbishment with a difference
50 Wonders | Tara Gbolade: Benga Riverside, Mozambique
Technical Study: Cutting 75% of emissions from Powell & Moya’s Wolfson College, Oxford
50 Wonders | Karen Cook: Place des Vosges, Paris
50 Wonders | Graham Morrison: Fondazione Querini Stampalia bridge
Technical Study: Kingston Cycle Hub, Sarah Wigglesworth Architects
50 Wonders | John Pawson: Le Thoronet Abbey, Provence
50 Wonders | Anna Liu: Palace of Labour, Turin
50 Wonders | Keith Williams: Capitol Complex, Chandigarh, India
Antarctica: Designing for the planet’s most hostile continent
One Triton Square by Arup: a refurbishment with a difference
50 Wonders | Tara Gbolade: Benga Riverside, Mozambique
Latest CPDs
CPD 04 2021: The future of heating – Part L 2022 options
CPD 03 2021: Identifying suitability of concrete blocks
CPD 02 2021: Ventilation requirements for roofing membranes
CPD 01 2021: Specifying roofs to reduce fire risk
CPD 15 2020: Specifying HVAC Systems for Ventilation
CPD 14 2020: Environmental Product Declarations
CPD 13 2020: Steel and assessing embodied carbon
CPD 12 2020: Bespoke structural glazing solutions for commercial daylight design
CPD 11 2020: Heating and ventilation in the light of emissions targets
CPD 10 2020: Daylight design for commercial buildings using structural glazing
CPD 9 2020: Understanding the Passivhaus Standard
CPD 8 2020: Specifying acoustic architectural glazing
CPD 7 2020: Building Regs Parts L and F: Planned Changes
CPD 6 2020: Building a modular future
CPD 5 2020: Natural ventilation; the principles, benefits and practicalities
CPD 4 2020: Designing commercial buildings for improved health and productivity
CPD 3 2020: Designing daylight solutions for commercial buildings
CPD 2 2020: Understanding PAS 2035 and PAS 2030:2019
CPD 1 2020: Ambient loop / carbon zero
CPD 24 2019: Radiant ceiling cooling
Sponsored content
William Sutton Prize invites entries from architects
Equitone [linea]: Cladding designed with architects
Five lesser-known architectural wonders of Egypt
Allies and Morrison choose 50mm format Vandersanden brick for award-winning Westbourne Park Baptist Church
Wellbeing in healthcare: Ceilings and healing
Get ready for an agile future
BUILDING [RE]DESIGN: THE STRATFORD DESIGN CHALLENGE
Resilient high streets need space for surprises
Repurposing is key to unlocking the future of our city centres
Deadline extended for Stratford Design Challenge
Future of the Profession
We need to talk about the future of the profession
Briefing
Living with Beauty promised much but its delivery is falling dangerously short
Switch ‘working from home’ to ‘working near home’
Social value is not just for PQQs but should infuse your whole culture
Interview: Nicholas Boys Smith on design, deregulation and the Office for Place
Westminster’s heartbreaking work of staggering folly
Designers can prevent new homes overheating, so why do we have a problem?
Analysis: What on earth is happening at the RIBA?
Resilient high streets need space for surprises
Liverpool’s loss is a salutary lesson for the UK’s remaining World Heritage Sites
Repurposing is key to unlocking the future of our city centres
There are a lot of talented designers who could create a covid memorial
Specification
Roofing
Envelope
Materials
Structures
Interiors
Doors and Windows
BIM and Digital
World Architecture
WA100 2021: Digital edition
Long reads
Shifting that stubborn needle on inclusion and prejudice
Museum of the Home, Hoxton by Wright & Wright Architects
It is time to talk again about protecting the function of architects
Interview: Designing Britain’s biggest infrastructure project
Antarctica: Designing for the planet’s most hostile continent
David Adjaye: One of the most important storytellers of our time
Designing Social Value
In pics: DSDHA completes National Youth Theatre redevelopment
HS2 appoints 16 new members to its design panel

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