Steve Johnson, Advanced Technical Panels Product Manager at James Latham, speaks to Architecture Today’s Technical Editor John Ramshaw about KYDEX thermoplastic laminate, exploring its design potential, construction, performance and use in demanding architectural environments.
Anna Hollyman, Co-Director of Policy and Industry Intelligence at UKGBC, sets out why scaling the use of natural and sustainable materials demands a coordinated approach to policy, procurement, skills and supply chains. Watch Anna's talk in full here.
Rowland Keable, Director of Rammed Earth Consulting, makes the case for earth as an overlooked construction material, demonstrating how locally-sourced clay and soil can create durable, adaptable and genuinely circular buildings. Find out more by watching Rowland's talk here.
Jordan Panayi, Part II Architectural Assistant at Groupwork, explores how structural stone and timber can replace carbon-intensive construction systems, drawing on the practice's experience of designing and delivering buildings with natural materials. Watch Jordan's talk here.
Eleonora Regni, Associate at Webb Yates Engineers, examines the structural potential of natural stone, explaining how innovative engineering can reduce embodied carbon without compromising performance. Find out more by watching Eleonora's talk here.
Siri Zanelli, Founding Partner of Collective Works, shares practical lessons from specifying natural materials, exploring how architects can overcome barriers relating to cost, regulation, construction methods and client expectations. Watch Siri's talk in full here.
Lee Fox, project architect at BakerBrown Studio, shares lessons from the Bradbury Den project, showing how material reuse, straw bales, and locally-sourced earth can be incorporated into a modestly funded education building. Watch Lee's talk here.
Page\Park’s affordable housing development for Tollcross Housing Association transforms a vacant brownfield site in Glasgow’s East End into a new residential neighbourhood, with 42 homes arranged around a pedestrian-friendly street and shared green spaces.
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.
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.
Lion Green Road, a council-commissioned housing scheme in South London by Mary Duggan Architects with RUFFARCHITECTS, has won the 2026 RIBA Stirling Prize.
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.
