Climate ready education
Isabel Allen2021-11-18T10:43:25+00:00Experts from across the industry join Architecture Today and Medite Smartply at the COP26 House to discuss how to reshape education to address the challenges posed by climate change.
UK Green Building Council launches virtual pavilion for COP26
Jessica Mairs2021-11-16T12:15:57+00:00UKGBC Chief Executive Julie Hirigoyen drops into Architecture Today's temporary HQ at the COP26 House in Glasgow to talk to Editor Isabel Allen about Build Better Now, a digital showcase of built environment projects offering solutions to the climate and ecological crises.
New funding body for timber construction
Jessica Mairs2021-11-05T09:59:52+00:00Built by Nature, a new body promoting mass-timber construction in Europe, has launched alongside a fund offering grants of up to €250,000 for projects tackling barriers to building with timber.
Building a sustainable supply chain
Jessica Mairs2021-11-15T18:03:10+00:00Editor Isabel Allen discusses the importance of building a transparent and credible supply chain with Roly Ward of Medite Smartply, the manufacturer of the sustainable timber panels used in the zero-carbon COP26 House in Glasgow.
COP26 is a stepping stone not an end point, says ACAN
Jessica Mairs2021-11-17T14:20:24+00:00Architects Climate Action Network is hosting a series of fringe events at the COP26 climate change conference in Glasgow. Editor Isabel Allen speaks to ACAN's Bobby Jewell about the importance of giving the built environment a seat at the table.
COP26 House
Jessica Mairs2021-11-15T11:32:13+00:00Peter Smith of Roderick James Architects takes us on a virtual guided tour of the COP26 House, a modular timber house where Architecture Today is hosting a series of roundtable events with Medite Smartply during the UN climate change conference.
Learning from: Southampton’s housing estates
Peter Songi2021-11-03T18:18:25+00:00The experience of living in two very different housing projects in Southampton – one traditionalist, one modernist – taught Owen Hatherley to ask questions about the impact of municipal decision-making on the evolution of his home town and embark on a career as a writer.
RIBA Stirling Prize 2021
AT Editor2021-11-01T13:27:51+00:00Kingston University London – Town House by Grafton Architects has won the 2021 RIBA Stirling Prize.
Neave Brown Award for Housing 2021
Jessica Mairs2021-10-25T10:45:22+01:00McGrath Road by Peter Barber Architects has been named the winner of the 2021 Neave Brown Award for Housing, a prize given by RIBA to the best new high-quality and affordable housing project in the UK.
Festival of Britain
Peter Songi2022-05-11T11:59:29+01:00Historic England’s decision to relist nine structures associated with the Festival of Britain recognises the lasting cultural resonance of mid-century modernism and the urgent environmental need to recognise the value of our existing building stock.
Architecture Today at COP26
Jessica Mairs2021-10-22T12:45:41+01:00Join us for a series of fringe events at COP26 in Glasgow hosted by Architecture Today in partnership with Medite Smartply.
Introducing the September-October 2021 issue
Jessica Mairs2022-05-11T11:59:36+01:00It’s the countdown to COP26. The world is making a concerted effort to address climate breakdown. The construction industry needs to up its game.