Barr Gazetas associate Magnus Wills reflects on how growing up in Shetland and encountering pioneering refurbishment projects shaped his belief in reuse, regenerative design and the future of sustainable housing.
Hear Suzy Jones from Urban Splash, Councillor Ruairi Kelly from Glasgow City Council, Holly Lewis from We Made That and Gary Clark from HKS discuss the role of regenerative design in unlocking the long-term value of public assets.
Mairi Laverty, Director at Glasgow-based Collective Architecture, reflects on an unexpectedly optimistic UKREiiF, the growing momentum behind housing investment in Scotland, and the importance of socially conscious collaboration in shaping the next generation of retrofit and new-build projects.
How do we unlock the economic, social and cultural value locked inside Britain's historic buildings? A roundtable of experts from architecture, law, engineering, finance and local government gathered to explore this question and debate the definition of value itself.
Finlay Ward, Capital Investment Executive at West Midlands Growth Company (WMGC), tells AT how architects can better align with regional economic growth priorities, why a belief in the West Midlands in crucial, and the geopolitics keeping him awake at night.
SNG’s Homes and Place Standard measures a portfolio of over 140 properties across London and the South and West of England against three metrics: Home, Place and Sustainable Futures. The panel discuss why the new standard presents a crucial shift in the industry’s approach to affordable housing, and how it seeks to tighten the gap between quantity and quality.
The Architectural Heritage Fund celebrates its 50th birthday with the launch of its biggest ever fund through the expanded Heritage Revival Fund.
As SNG’s unveil their Homes and Place Standard, their Design Director Antje Saunders share news of SNG’s new framework tender for housing and masterplanning – with space for up to 30 practices – and discusses the housing association’s ambition to raise the quality of affordable housing through collaborative, context-led design.
Jessica Hird, Associate Planner, tells AT what she thinks architects could being doing to better support planners, her biggest red flag when working with architects, and why she’s advocating for the next generation of Town Planners.
The next generation of clients speaks to AT about what they’re looking for when commissioning work from architects.
At UKREiiF, a panel explored how power, planning, data centres and logistics are reshaping the industrial development market.
Housing and Planning Minister Matthew Pennycook used his UKREiiF address to defend the government’s record on housing and planning, set out the next stages of reform, and call for greater collaboration between government and the construction sector.
