Lion Green Road, a council-commissioned housing scheme in South London by Mary Duggan Architects with RUFFARCHITECTS, has won the 2026 RIBA Stirling Prize.
Mary Duggan and Paul Ruff reflect on Stirling Prize win
Following Lion Green Road's 2026 RIBA Stirling Prize win, Mary Duggan and Paul Ruff reflect on the importance of generous, affordable housing and the wider lessons the project offers for the profession.
Circularity and intelligent specification
Forming part of Regenerative Design 2026, Architecture Today, in partnership with Interface, hosted a round table discussion exploring how circular design, material reuse and more intelligent specification can become standard practice across the construction industry.
Help the client – beyond business as usual
Leading names from across the industry ask how architects can help clients to realise regenerative ambitions and overcome the systemic barriers to collaborative design at a free-to-attend RD26 event on Tuesday 27th October, delivered in partnership with HDR.
Ask the expert: AI and architectural visualisation
George Proud, CEO of Gendo, answers readers’ questions on how AI is transforming architectural visualisation, opening up creative opportunities for practices of all sizes while keeping architects in control of the design.
Making materials matter
In Opera Group Co-founder and Director Enzo Favro talks to AT about supporting Regenerative Design 2026, developing more sustainable materials, and the need for clearer standards and closer collaboration across the construction supply chain.
Join Roger Madelin of British Land at Regenerative Design 2026
Roger Madelin of British Land joins the line-up for the Help the Client seminar, delivered in partnership with HDR on the morning of Tuesday 27th October at the Building Centre in central London as part of Regenerative Design 2026.
Whole life carbon and adaptive reuse
A Regenerative Design 2026 seminar, delivered by AT in partnership with Max Fordham and HLM Architects, explored the carbon, commercial and social benefits of adaptive reuse, and how to overcome barriers to retaining existing buildings.
From concept to structure
IStructE explores the pioneering work of structural engineer Frank Newby through David Yeomans’ new book, Structural Design for Architecture: The Work of Frank Newby.
Designing for acoustic comfort
New research from Oscar Acoustics reveals why acoustic performance is often considered too late and how earlier intervention can improve building design and occupant wellbeing.
AT Webinar: Future-proofing education estates – smarter strategies for new build and retrofit
Join us on Tuesday 17 November at 10am to learn how architects, clients and project teams can develop smarter long-term strategies for education estates, to create buildings that remain adaptable, efficient and fit for purpose over decades.
AT Webinar: Façades for the long term – refurbishment, maintenance and circularity
Join us on Tuesday 10 November at 10am to hear architects, façade specialists and suppliers discuss the practical challenges and opportunities involved in extending the life of building envelopes.
Guerrilla Shading Pavilion
PEARCE+’s demountable timber pavilion for Camden Inspire explores how reclaimed materials, collective making and simple shading strategies can help communities respond to increasingly hot urban environments.
UK Architects Declare launches new Regenerative Design Primer at RD26
The launch of the newly revised Regenerative Design chapter of the UK Architects Declare Practice Guide took place at the opening week of Regenerative Design 2026 at the Building Centre.
A concert pianist, a conceptual artist and an engineer
Barnaby Steel of experiential art collective Marshmallow Laser Feast and concert pianist Sarah Nicolls will join engineer Neil Thomas of Atelier One at Tree Stories (and some grass), a Regenerative Design 2026 event on the evening of Wednesday October 21st.
RIBA London innovation forum explores the ethics of architectural practice
The third RIBA London Ethical Practice Forum brought built environment professionals together at Regenerative Design 2026 to explore how innovation can help renew architectural practice.
Towards a regenerative supply chain
Forming part of Regenerative Design 2026, AT in partnership with In Opera hosted a round table discussion exploring the challenges of creating regenerative supply chains and making more responsible material choices.
Paradigm shift: Elora Hardy at RD26
Opening Regenerative Design 2026, Elora Hardy, founder of IBUKU, argues that regenerative practice begins by leaning to unlearn, and question the assumptions designers have inherited. Watch her keynote speech here.
Global Leadership Centre
John McAslan + Partners has given Oxford’s former Osney Power Station a new lease of life as an executive education centre, preserving its industrial scale while carving new teaching, social and residential spaces into the existing structure.
in partnership with AccuRoof (formerly SIG Design and Technology)
The Ribbon
Orms’ brick-clad mixed-use building on the corner of Oxford Street and Wells Street draws on the architectural and material character of Fitzrovia to deliver offices, retail and a new basement venue behind a richly articulated façade.
Paradigm shift: Kelly Alvarez Doran on changing the rules at RD26
Kelly Alvarez Doran, Co-Founder of Ha/f Climate Design, focused on the regulatory and economic systems that determine what gets built, arguing that carbon and cost are often driven by the same underlying decisions. Watch Kelly's talk in full here.
Paradigm shift: Amin Taha on using materials intelligently at RD26
Amin Taha, Founder and Director of Groupwork, sets out a radical approach to new construction: start with a timber building, then go through and assess each component, only substituting materials out where strictly necessary. Listen to Amin's talk in full here.
Spotlight on products in use
in partnership with manufacturers
Paradigm shift: Duncan Baker-Brown on reuse before extraction at RD26
Duncan Baker-Brown, Founder and Director of Baker-Brown Studio, focussed on extraction and the use of manufactured products and natural building materials, arguing that mass extraction for bio-based materials can be just as harmful to the planet. There is another approach. Find out more by watching Duncan's talk in full here.
Paradigm shift: Marian Garfield on moving from ambition to industrial reality at RD26
Marian Garfield, Director of Sustainability at Heidelberg Materials UK, offers the manufacturers perspective to the production of one of the industries most carbon-intensive materials, highlighting the rapid development and growth of carbon capture, and emphasising the importance of synced up industries. Watch Marian's talk in full here.
Paradigm shift: Ivan Jovanovic on working with natural systems at RD26
Ivan Jovanovic, Director of Sustainability and Environmental Design at Atelier Ten, suggests we must learn to operate within contemporary systems, understand their structure, and change them from within. Watch Ivan's talk in full here.
Designing for neuroinclusion: using colour to support different sensory needs
Dulux Trade’s Dawn Scott, in conversation with Architecture Today’s Technical Editor John Ramshaw, explores how colour, contrast and sensory choice can help architects create more comfortable, legible and inclusive environments.
Kicking off Regenerative Design 2026
Architecture Today has launched Regenerative Design 2026, a month-long programme of exhibitions and events at the Building Centre in central London.
Regenerative Architecture Index 2026: front-runners announced
The front-runners in this year's Regenerative Architecture Index were announced on Thursday 1st October at the launch party for Regenerative Design 2026.