All Future of the Profession articles – Page 6
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NewsAll new buildings must emit a third less carbon, government announces
Building Regs to mandate 30% cut in carbon emissions from new homes and 27% from other buildings from this summer - architects react
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NewsPrepare now for new rules on high-rise design, regulator warns
Detailed records of decision-making will need to be kept for decades in retrospective change to law
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OpinionDesign teams could be on hook for retrospective leaseholder claims
The Building Safety Bill will allow safety claims for buildings dating from 1992, writes Andrew Mellor
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OpinionMeanwhile… here’s a great way to test your risky brainwaves
Placemaking is a responsibility not a workstream, argues Martyn Evans
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NewsArb approves Cambridge’s part 2 architecture apprenticeship
Course involves both off-site and on site intensives
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OpinionCreative thinking and collaborative tension can help solve a towering dilemma
High-rise blocks represent a huge challenge for the urban architect if they are to fulfil residents’ needs and have a positive impact on the environment. Eleanor Joliffe calls for some fresh thinking, from conception to construction
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FeaturesThis changes everything! Why architects should embrace integrated project insurance
Cullinan Studio designed one of the first completed building projects to use the IPI model. Partner Peter Inglis explains how it works and its implications for architects
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NewsArchitects maintained profits despite pandemic, RIBA’s annual survey finds
But revenues plunged 15% in year to May 2021
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NewsAb Rogers Design wins £250,000 Wolfson Prize with modular hospital design
Practice beat ZHA, Perkins & Will and John Simpson Architects
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OpinionWhy more architects should write children’s books
An understanding of the built environment and the careers it offers must be seeded at an early age, urges Siu-Pei Choi
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OpinionMonday-Tuesday, happy days?
How do we decide whether and when WFH devotees should be forced into the office, asks Martyn Evans
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OpinionWhat’s stopping us from measuring embodied carbon?
Why isn’t an embodied carbon assessment done as standard on every project, asks engineer Anna Beckett
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NewsCOP26: Time for entire industry to take responsibility, urges Steve Tompkins
Architects vow to push on with race to net zero despite frustration at UN climate talks
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FeaturesThe pandemic has made designing offices more interesting
Covid has forced a new focus on how and where we work. We should rise to the challenge and opportunities, says Joe Morris
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FeaturesLean, low-tech architecture is the future. The question is how we scale it
The days of high-tech are over. We need to make each building element work as hard as possible, says Edmund Fowles
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NewsBuilt environment can meet net zero by 2050 – but only with urgent government action, says report
Detailed roadmap launched at COP26 by coalition of architects and other construction professionals
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OpinionHeat and Buildings Strategy requires major commitment. Let’s hope it works
Property owners are advised to take a holistic approach to the retrofit of their buildings to meet future needs and emissions targets, writes Andrew Mellor
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OpinionManufacturers and suppliers, this message is (mainly) for you
Hitting sustainability targets is an exciting challenge, but Eleanor Jolliffe thinks it almost impossible without the full buy-in of client, design and construction teams
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OpinionNo more needless, ego-driven demolition. Conservation is key
Sustainability is about more than the challenges of climate change. We should remember we are custodians of what surrounds us, argues Ben Flatman
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OpinionWhat’s stopping us from reusing materials?
In the first of a new series, engineer Anna Beckett shows how some fresh thinking could solve apparently intractable issues