Help for refugee architects seeking work in the UK
Isabel Allen2022-05-11T11:50:51+01:00Refugee architects face multiple obstacles to continuing their career in the UK. Social enterprise Renaisi is offering practical support to refugees restarting their careers and calls on practices to take a more inclusive approach to recruitment in 2022.
Call for entries – Architectural Drawing Summer School 2022
Isabel Allen2022-05-11T11:50:56+01:00The Architectural Drawing Summer School 2022 opens for student applications and calls for practice sponsorship
Richard Rogers 1933 – 2021
Isabel Allen2023-09-12T14:55:55+01:00Norman Foster pays tribute to his friend, collaborator and kindred spirit Richard Rogers who has died at the age of 88.
Sheghaf Abo Saleh and Hannah Brooke in conversation with Isabel Allen
Isabel Allen2022-05-11T11:51:53+01:00The myths and misconceptions that deter employers from recruiting refugees and the importance of building a diverse workforce and unlocking untapped talent.
Marion Baeli and Richard Dudzicki in conversation with Isabel Allen
Isabel Allen2022-01-26T19:02:04+00:00Passivhaus design, retrofitting buildings to EnerPhit standards, tensions and contradictions within building regulations and planning policy and the urgent need for central government to up its game.
Shajay Bhooshan and Belinda Ercan in conversation with Isabel Allen
Isabel Allen2021-12-07T13:21:35+00:00Zaha Hadid Architects’ culture of technological experimentation and the power of immersive environments as a tool for consultation, collaboration and anticipating the likely impact of human behaviour and climate change.
Cristiana Caira and Ewan Graham in conversation with Isabel Allen
Isabel Allen2021-11-30T17:15:35+00:00The new Cambridge Children’s Hospital, inclusive design, destigmatising mental health and the importance of creating sustainable healthcare buildings that nourish the mind, body and soul.
Pooja Agrawal and Zoë Berman in conversation with Isabel Allen
Isabel Allen2021-11-22T16:42:57+00:00Gender inequality within architecture and construction, tokenism, diversity, role models and mentors, new models of practice and the groundswell of groups campaigning for positive change.
UK Green Building Council launches net-zero carbon roadmap for UK at COP26
Isabel Allen2021-11-26T18:16:39+00:00UKGBC has launched a Net Zero Whole Life Carbon Roadmap for the UK Built Environment. Chief Executive Julie Hirigoyen talks to Architecture Today about its newly published Net Zero Whole Life Carbon Roadmap for the UK Built Environment.
Dean Murphy
Isabel Allen2022-11-22T12:13:36+00:00A career devoted to education and healthcare buildings has given Dean Murphy hope that this generation is laying the foundation stones for a transformative way of life.
RIBA, ACAN, and the race to redefine practice
Isabel Allen2021-11-26T18:16:07+00:00Representatives from ACAN, RIBA, and private practice discussed the challenge of reshaping practice to address climate breakdown at a roundtable discussion hosted by Architecture Today and Medite Smartply at the COP26 House in Glasgow.