Participants in the 2026 Regenerative Architecture Index are invited to showcase their work at Regenerative Design 2026, a new month-long event that will take place at the Building Centre in central London throughout October.

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As part of the ‘Imagining the future we want’ event in collaboration with Avon Wildlife Trust, Stride Treglown re-imagined areas of the city of Bath to stimulate debate about the art of the possible. (Credit: Stride Treglown)

Architecture Today is launching Regenerative Design 2026 — a four-week exhibition and learning programme that will take place this October at The Building Centre in central London.

Built around the Regenerative Architecture Index, a partnership between Architecture Today and UK Architects Declare, this will be the first permanent annual physical home of the Index, and will offer a platform for organisations within the RAI to share knowledge and showcase their work to the construction industry, clients and the public.

Opening on Thursday 1 October 2026 and running until Friday 30 October 2026, the Festival will include a ‘scene-setting’ week exploring the broad principles of regenerative design, with each of the following weeks focusing on one of the three broad pillars of the Regenerative Architecture Index: Being a good ancestor; Co-evolving with nature and Building a just space for people.

Every organisation that participates in the 2026 RAI will be eligible to present a case study and to take part in a series of events and learning opportunities throughout the event.

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The programme will include:

Opening party
Evening event/exhibition launch to include the announcement of the front runners in the Regenerative Architecture Index 2026

Exhibition
A free walk-in for all built environment professionals and the general public listing all RAI member organisations along with a curated selection of relevant case studies. The exhibition will be open to construction professionals and the public from Monday to Friday 9am–6pm throughout October.

Evening events and talks including:

  • Designing for 2126: Who is responsible?
  • Biodiversity, Circularity & closed-loop design
  • Social value & the just built environment

Seminars and round table events including:

  • What does regenerative design mean?
  • Whole-life carbon & adaptive reuse
  • Specifying for circularity
  • Participative design in practice

Contact Isabel Allen on isabel.allen@architecturetoday.co.uk to discuss getting involved.