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.
Founder of Exploration Architecture, Michael Pawlyn explored how biomimicry, systems thinking and a fundamental shift in our relationship with nature could transform architecture and help create a regenerative future, in a keynote at Regenerative Design 2026.
Roger Madelin of British Land joins the line-up for the Help the Client seminar, delivered in partnership with HDR on the morning of Tuesday 27th October at the Building Centre in central London as part of Regenerative Design 2026.
A Regenerative Design 2026 seminar, delivered by AT in partnership with Max Fordham and HLM Architects, explored the carbon, commercial and social benefits of adaptive reuse, and how to overcome barriers to retaining existing buildings.
The launch of the newly revised Regenerative Design chapter of the UK Architects Declare Practice Guide took place at the opening week of Regenerative Design 2026 at the Building Centre.
Barnaby Steel of experiential art collective Marshmallow Laser Feast and concert pianist Sarah Nicolls will join engineer Neil Thomas of Atelier One at Tree Stories (and some grass), a Regenerative Design 2026 event on the evening of Wednesday October 21st.
The third RIBA London Ethical Practice Forum brought built environment professionals together at Regenerative Design 2026 to explore how innovation can help renew architectural practice.
Opening Regenerative Design 2026, Elora Hardy, founder of IBUKU, argues that regenerative practice begins by leaning to unlearn, and question the assumptions designers have inherited. Watch her keynote speech here.
Kelly Alvarez Doran, Co-Founder of Ha/f Climate Design, focused on the regulatory and economic systems that determine what gets built, arguing that carbon and cost are often driven by the same underlying decisions. Watch Kelly's talk in full here.
Amin Taha, Founder and Director of Groupwork, sets out a radical approach to new construction: start with a timber building, then go through and assess each component, only substituting materials out where strictly necessary. Listen to Amin's talk in full here.
Duncan Baker-Brown, Founder and Director of Baker-Brown Studio, focussed on extraction and the use of manufactured products and natural building materials, arguing that mass extraction for bio-based materials can be just as harmful to the planet. There is another approach. Find out more by watching Duncan's talk in full here.
Marian Garfield, Director of Sustainability at Heidelberg Materials UK, offers the manufacturers perspective to the production of one of the industries most carbon-intensive materials, highlighting the rapid development and growth of carbon capture, and emphasising the importance of synced up industries. Watch Marian's talk in full here.
