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Is it time to stop building in the wildfire affected areas of California?

£15m-turnover insulation specialist heads into administration

WA100 2025: Western Europe leads on net zero

Clients show ‘total lack of engagement’ with Building Safety Act, says engineering services body

The government’s race to remediate unsafe homes: the promises and pitfalls

Confidence slumps to lowest level for a year as practices weigh impact of autumn Budget

Is an oversupply of architects driving down fees?

London office starts plunged by nearly half between April and September

Developers’ confidence creeping up but supply chain worries remain, London cost consultant says

Practices ‘increasingly cautious’ about staffing as sector confidence weakens, says RIBA report

What to look out for in the Autumn Budget 2024

Alex Norris replaces Rushanara Ali as building safety minister

Homes England ‘supporting’ TopHat amid wind-down reports

ARB launches comprehensive overhaul for registration of international architects

Arb seeking feedback on proposed post-Grenfell code of conduct

‘We will deliver a generational shift’… Why the Grenfell Inquiry report means another building safety shake-up

Seven years after Grenfell: We have come a long way, but there is still a huge amount to do

Grenfell: a tale of systemic failures

Government promises to stop Grenfell firms from future public sector work

Product manufacturers come out fighting after Grenfell Inquiry’s damning verdict

Decades of central government failure led to Grenfell tragedy, says inquiry

Grenfell Inquiry report: Studio E “bears a very significant degree of responsibility” for disaster

Construction’s day of reckoning as Grenfell Inquiry finds severe failings across industry laid ground for deadly blaze

Product manufacturers knowingly misled the market over combustible construction materials, Grenfell Inquiry concludes

The Grenfell Inquiry’s final report: what to look out for

‘We must be honest with ourselves’: Mace boss says industry needs further improvement as firms brace for Grenfell Inquiry report

RIBA survey: Architects foresee workload growth despite small practice pessimism

Host of architects appointed to £2bn housing framework

Tributes paid as Cundall founding partner dies aged 78

Hackitt’s golden thread guidance on digitalisation being ignored by most product manufacturers, CLC report finds

Lendlease’s development arm begins consultation on job losses

Bell Phillips founding director to step down

Small practices feeling optimistic about workloads for first time in more than a year

Bond Bryan acquires Manchester’s Fairhursts Design Group

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Housing Today Live: Unlocking housing delivery: What do we need from the English planning system?

Is the City set for a new tower boom?

How the new Approved Document T addresses the contentious issue of single-sex toilets

Architects broadly welcome Labour’s ‘wealth creation’ manifesto

Strong rhetoric on planning but no surprises as Keir Starmer launches Labour manifesto

Liberal Democrats outline housing and net zero plans in manifesto

BDP appoints new head of Bristol studio

Industry leaders caught off guard by Lendlease’s decision to sell UK construction arm

Lendlease to pull out of UK and sell its overseas construction business

Confidence returns to profession for the first time in ten months, RIBA survey finds

New buildings to provide single-sex toilets under proposed legislation

Dan Meis confirmed to have left practice he founded 17 years ago

Broadway Malyan appoints new group chair

Architects put on notice for design services framework

‘You’ve got to be prepared to see change. It’s natural’: HLM on its plan for the future

What the second staircase guidance means for the industry

Government publishes second staircases guidance for higher risk buildings

Extension gives councils enough time to ensure building control provision, says LABC chief

Campaigners to launch High Court challenge against Make’s £700m ITV Studios plans

Building control averts looming crisis after accreditation deadline extended

City formally approves plan to build 1.2 million sq m of office space by 2040

Building safety group ‘deeply concerned’ by developers still building to old standards

Westminster council unveils plans to become a ‘retrofit-first’ city

Building Safety Act slowing down recovery, Arcadis warns

Do you want, or need to be, liked?

Working smarter in challenging times – the role of independent design review

How the latest HSE guidance on Mandatory Occurrence Reporting affects Principal Dutyholders

How to address the emotional fallout of redundancy

WA100 2024: Back to reality for the world of architecture

Regulator confirms ‘full’ designs won’t always be needed for building control approval

A new generation of architects and developers works hard and demands more – that’s something to be celebrated

Minister dodges questions on Morrell products review as wait continues for government response

The genesis of ‘starchitect’ culture: A product of education or practice?

In praise of slow working

Built environment needs to decarbonise twice as fast to meet 2025 target, UKGBC says

How strategic city frameworks could help resolve the tension between demolition and retention

Is architecture a 'greedy' profession?

It’s probably going to take a year for industry to get familiar with the new Building Safety Act regime

PLP draws up yet more Westferry Printworks proposals

Why we need a new culture of collaborative city planning

Make frets about state of London office market as revenue from UK arm slumps

The Coach: To be, or not to be, flat

The emotional construction programme: an architect’s journey

A Principal Designer and Contractor become a legal requirement from October, but are architects and clients ready?

Birmingham council declares itself effectively bankrupt

Government expands RAAC surveys of court buildings after Harrow closure

Concerns about future workloads increase among architects

The loss of the Crooked House pub reveals that built heritage is about a lot more than buildings

Government to fast-track ban on shared mixed-sex toilets in new buildings

The dial has moved: the age of automatic demolition and rebuild has come to an end

The Coach: The ‘trust glue’ and how to use it

It’s time to move the net zero debate beyond ‘retrofit’ versus ‘new build’

Fears government’s slow response to Morrell review could ‘freeze progress’ on building product safety

London practices eyeing staff cuts as confidence falters

Government delays national planning policy framework shake-up

Six years on from Grenfell and real change is happening. Don’t leave it too late to get up to speed

The Coach: The state of flow and how to find it

Architects lobby Sunak for new climate change legal duty in planning system

The art of collaboration in architecture: A call for genuine partnerships

Gove calls in two more planning applications on design grounds after Berkeley Homes row

New London Architecture survey captures ‘mixed mood’ of London’s high rise sector

Latest version of BREEAM to include stronger embodied carbon assessments

The Coach: Tapping into your gut instincts could help you bring your ‘whole self’ to work

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Survey: Structural warranties and the housing supply chain

City Hall ‘wouldn’t rule out’ lowering second staircase threshold

Work stops on Conran’s 1,380-home estate rebuild due to second staircase uncertainty

Industry leaders ‘shocked’ by Building Safety Regulator chief’s sudden departure

Building Safety Regulator chief steps down days after ‘launch’ of new regime

A planning tale for all seasons

We urgently need Principal Designers. Are architects ready to step up?

What you need to know about Morrell’s ‘seminal’ review into products testing

Construction product manufacturers have to act, and act now

Government review into product testing proposes sweeping reforms to regulatory regime

You’re right to be concerned, but AI doesn’t yet have all the right answers

Gove blocks ‘generic’ Berkeley Homes scheme on design grounds

Kingspan meets Gove’s Easter deadline to discuss cladding compensation costs

URBED retrofit team: a guide to social housing decarbonisation

AHMM the latest to redesign plans following London’s single staircase ban

An architectural education doesn’t start at university: children are the future of our profession

Designing for dementia: how architecture can facilitate better care

Berkeley to focus on low-rise schemes if single staircase ban in towers goes ahead

The Coach: If we want real diversity, then we need to start investing in it

Demystifying the specification requirements of building safety reform

Gove threatens to put 11 developers who have not signed cladding contract ‘out of business’

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Risk & Regulations Summit: Tackling the challenges of the Golden Thread

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Risk & Regulations Summit: Demystifying the specification requirements of building safety reform

The only way this industry is going to change is if people at the top give a sh*t

Outcome of Sheppard Robson cladding battle could trigger similar suits, say lawyers

Architecture’s culture of cut-throat competition is bad for everyone

We might not be at risk from earthquakes, but structural failure should still be high on our agenda

The Coach: The stories we tell ourselves

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Webinar: What does the 2023 economic outlook mean for construction?

Don’t compromise on integrity - we need to nurture trust in these trying times

Does the changing regulatory environment provide an opportunity to look again at fee scales?

Can demolition ever be better than retention?

Rome reminds us that cities store memories. But who decides what is remembered and what gets forgotten?

The M&S inquiry must be decided on hard evidence, not well-meaning conjecture

WA100 2023: For architects in 2023, size matters

Grafton Architects beats other Stirling winners for latest Kingston University scheme

Perkins & Will raids Arup for new London managing director

More clarity on second staircases is welcome, but constant change creates risk and uncertainty

Why we need to challenge the status quo in 2023

Plans for new certification system need to be in place a year before deadline, industry chief warns

MJP Architects placed into liquidation after string of stalled jobs

Height is a complex typology

Why we need to invest in our shared public spaces

Gove to mandate second staircases in new buildings taller than 30m

Stepping back from your practice can be the start of an exciting new journey

A third of architects now expect workloads to fall in the coming months

How are architects planning for a recession?

Two and a half year respite for construction products as government finally provides CE mark clarity

Urban darning: How to densify our towns and cities

Firefighters call for stricter rules on modular construction

Developers need to look beyond bricks and mortar and embrace the human side of what they do

Public inquiry into Make’s ITV Studio redevelopment kicks off today

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Why retrofit first should not be retrofit only

Birmingham is putting the public realm at the heart of its future vision

Why the M&S public inquiry matters

The new Principal Designer role is going to require upskilling

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