News and resources for architects on how the built environment is impacted by the climate emergency
The climate talks kick off in Glasgow this week as world leaders meet to thrash out how to save the planet. With a dedicated cities day, and a packed catalogue of fringe events there is plenty for architects to explore. Updated 1 November
Stride Treglown has installed a semi-submerged house in the River Avon at Bath in a bid to ‘highlight the severity of the climate emergency’
In little more than a year, half the FTSE and many of the biggest clients in the UK built environment sector have signed up to the UN’s global net zero campaign. As COP26 approaches, architects should join them, writes Chris Brown
The government has said it will address embodied carbon in its policy making, by looking at how to tackle the issue in a forthcoming building strategy
With the clock ticking on the climate crisis, green Tories are beginning to voice frustration at the lack of detailed policy, Will Hurst found in Manchester
RIBA president Simon Allford has called on practices to mobilise behind a major built environment report published by the institute and Architects Declare ahead of next month’s global climate summit
Housing secretary Michael Gove has linked ugly buildings to embodied carbon in a sign that future planning reforms may seek to limit the use of steel and concrete
The issue is not that we cannot afford to retrofit our energy-inefficient built environment on the government’s budgets, but that we cannot afford not to, says Smith Mordak
Retrofitting of existing buildings is essential if we are to avoid a climate disaster, so it’s both surprising and disappointing to see that this year’s Stirling Prize shortlist fails to include a single example, writes Cristina Monteiro
FCBS Carbon has been named AJ100 Sustainability Initiative of the Year, with the judges describing it as ‘really impressive’ and a major industry contribution
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