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The RIBA is failing to connect – this election shows it
The winner of the RIBA presidential election can help the institute better engage with every member, says its former equality, diversity and inclusion director, Marsha Ramroop
Opinion
Comment from leading voices in British architecture on news, practice and discourse
Will a new Labour government build more car-dependent urban sprawl?
Labour is right to focus on the housing crisis but the party urgently needs a joined-up strategy to deliver sustainable urban growth, argues Tom Slater
Building Safety Act impacts: ‘Our industry needed a root-and-branch change of culture’
Seven years on from the Grenfell tragedy, ECD Architects’ James Traynor looks at the Building Safety Act 2022, its impacts and the challenges still to be addressed
AJ100 award-winners are encouraging a better way of doing things
The winners of our inaugural AJ100 New Talent and AJ100 Champions awards are pushing at the boundaries and challenging the status quo, says Emily Booth
Will someone join the dots between the skyscraper boom and flooding?
Major cities like London will be hit by widespread flooding if the planet’s temperature rises by 2°C. And tall buildings are making things worse, says Chris Wise
Why government policy must urgently support heat-proofing of homes
External louvres, blinds and thermal shutters should come under permitted development unless we want the death toll from overheating to spiral, writes Bartlett professor Stephen Gage
Building Safety Act impacts: We really need to talk about gateways
The industry needs to share its experiences about the Building Safety Act’s new gateway process to help architects navigate through unchartered waters, argues PLP’s Mark Kelly
Has Labour already fallen into the ‘style wars’ trap?
A report that Labour may cover Britain in Edwardian-style mansion blocks, following input from Create Streets, dismays former RIBA president Ben Derbyshire
Essential ingredients for a successful new town that the next government needs to know
Tom Mitchell of Metropolitan Workshop, who himself grew up in a new town, spells out how Labour can make its new-town proposals a success
How can the architecture profession survive if it can’t adapt?
Architecture’s aversion to change is perfectly illustrated in the new principal designer role, writes Toko Andrews