The Architects’ Journal Architecture News & Buildings
Marking the launch of a new ideas competition for M&S Oxford Street, zero-carbon expert Simon Sturgis calls for a more imaginative approach to changes to existing and even listed buildings
Whatever the project, the future must include the past
RIBA Stirling Prize 2018: the most sustainable shortlist ever?
Sustainability adviser to the RIBA Stirling Prize jury, Simon Sturgis, gives his verdict on the six buildings in the running for this year’s award. Photography by Jim Stephenson
Essay: How I advised the Stirling jury on sustainability
Carbon profiling expert Simon Sturgis explains how he assessed the whole-life use of resources for the six shortlisted projects
BIG’s Serpentine Pavilion: Organic in form, but not in construction
Bjarke Ingels has missed a trick by not making his Serpentine Pavilion as sustainable as it could be, writes Simon Sturgis
How green are the RIBA Stirling Prize finalists?
It is no longer acceptable for 50-60 years to be the assumed life of a high-carbon investment, writes Simon Sturgis