Regenerative Design 2026 launches at the Building Centre
AT Editor2026-10-01T14:06:57+01:00Architecture Today has launched Regenerative Design 2026, a month-long programme of exhibitions and events at the Building Centre in London.
Learning from what works
AT Editor2026-10-01T11:52:51+01:00AHMM Associate Director and Head of Sustainability Craig Robertson talks to AT about supporting the Regenerative Design 2026 Case Studies exhibition, sharing knowledge across the profession, and the practice’s journey towards regenerative design.
Designing as nature
Jason Sayer2026-10-01T09:59:40+01:00Ahead of his keynote talk for Regenerative Design 2026, Michael Pawlyn, founder of Exploration Architecture, explores how rethinking our relationship with nature could help unlock the systemic change needed for regenerative design.
Mike Russum
Nelly Greig2026-09-17T15:06:32+01:00For Mike Russum of Birds Portchmouth Russum, regeneration starts with joy: bringing together climate, water, planting and biomimicry to create adaptable places that work more like healthy ecosystems than isolated buildings.
Gerry Hogan
Nelly Greig2026-09-10T11:13:05+01:00Gerry Hogan of Collective Architecture asks what it means to be a steward rather than an owner, embedding social and environmental responsibility in the practice’s legal structure, succession and everyday culture.
Neil Thomas
Nelly Greig2026-09-10T11:12:40+01:00Bamboo: vegetable carbon fibre, climate solution and a British crop. Neil Thomas of Atelier One asks what we can learn from nature’s 400-million-year head start in engineering.
Ian Poole
Nelly Greig2026-09-10T11:12:29+01:00What can a soap film teach us about concrete construction? Ian Poole of Elliott Wood discusses biomimicry, material reuse in a push to make structural engineering less extractive and more regenerative.
Free RD26 seminar: Specifying natural and sustainable construction materials
Isabel Allen2026-09-22T17:19:32+01:00BakerBrown Studio, Collective Works, Groupwork, Webb Yates, UKGBC and Rowland Keable of Rammed Earth join the line-up at a seminar on whole life carbon and adaptive reuse delivered in partnership with HG Matthews on the morning of Tuesday 20th October as part of Regenerative Design 2026.
DSDHA
Nelly Greig2026-09-10T11:12:18+01:00From Broadgate to the studio garden and experimental earth construction, Tom Greenall and Nicole Abernethy of DSDHA explore how testing ideas at different scales can turn landscape, biodiversity and material innovation into everyday practice.
How Should We Innovate? – speakers announced
Isabel Allen2026-09-16T14:47:52+01:00RIBA London Ethical Practice Special Interest Group to host a seminar entitled 'How Should We Innovate?' on the afternoon of Wednesday 7th October at the Building Centre in central London as part of Regenerative Design 2026.
Dispatches: Cooke Fawcett
Jason Sayer2026-09-16T09:22:49+01:00Oliver Cooke and Francis Fawcett, founders of Cooke Fawcett, discuss leaving Herzog & de Meuron, building a practice from scratch, and their evolving approach to heritage, retrofit and cultural projects.
RDA Architects
Nelly Greig2026-09-10T11:12:09+01:00Richard Dudzicki tells AT how cinema, Passivhaus principles and London’s constraints shape a practice focused on retaining what exists, using fewer resources and finding inventive ways to make lasting homes.