Darren Brennan, Specification Director at Siderise, answers readers’ questions on passive fire protection for the building envelope.
A canvas for bathroom design
Villeroy & Boch discusses how its Skyla bathroom collection enables architects to balance individuality, functionality and visual coherence through a coordinated palette of forms, finishes and fittings.
Designing for living: Rethinking colour in social housing
Dulux Trade’s Dawn Scott and Andrew Roser in conversation with Architecture Today’s Technical Editor John Ramshaw, discuss how colour strategies and high-performance coatings can support wellbeing, durability and long-term value across social housing projects.
School of Specification – Introduction to the ARB professional conduct process
Ben Hall, Partner at JMW Solicitors, has produced a School of Specification module on the ARB professional conduct process. Here, he outlines how complaints are assessed and what architects can expect during an investigation.
Materials library: Tuckey Design Studio
Jonathan Tuckey, Catarina Kohut, Emma Carroll and Fraser Biggins discuss how the practice’s approach to materiality is shaped by reuse, site-derived materials, and close collaboration with craftspeople and makers.
School of Specification – Compliance for architects
Chloe Wynne, Solicitor in the Business Crime and Regulation team at JMW Solicitors, has produced a School of Specification module exploring compliance for architects. Here, she outlines the key legal obligations underpinning practice and how to reduce risk.
Designing out risk: Integrating solar and flat roof systems
AccuRoof National Sales Manager, Solar and Renewables, Edward Cooke explains why solar PV and flat roofs should be designed as a single system to reduce risk and ensure compliant, reliable performance.
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Future homes – delivering new housing, retrofit and performance at scale
Watch the AT webinar, in partnership with VELUX, exploring how the UK housing sector is responding to increasing demand, tightening regulations, and the urgent need to decarbonise.
Olympia Central
A fully-integrated roofing solution from Radmat combines performance and sustainability on a landmark redevelopment project in west London.
Futurebuild 2026 ignites a new era of connection across the built environment
Futurebuild reflects on its most ambitious edition to date, as its co-location of with UK Construction Week and Stones & Surfaces transformed Excel London into a major hub for collaboration, innovation and knowledge sharing.
Rethinking roofing for a lower-carbon future
Louis Weir, Sustainability Manager at IKO, discusses how the company’s environmental strategy, products and manufacturing processes are evolving to support lower-carbon, higher-performance roofing systems.
Blue roofs – unlocking the potential of the fifth façade
Watch the AT webinar, in partnership with IKO, exploring how blue roof systems can transform rooftops into active infrastructure that manages stormwater, supports sustainability targets and unlocks development potential.
Designing for learning: specifying colour and paint in education environments
Dulux Trade’s Dawn Scott and Jayne Roughan, in conversation with AT’s Technical Editor John Ramshaw, discuss how evidence-based colour strategies and high-performance paint systems can support learning, wellbeing and long-term performance across education projects.
Specification drift and silent liability: What the Building Safety Act means beyond Higher-Risk Buildings
AccuRoof Sales Director Ian Dryden discusses how the Building Safety Act is reshaping responsibility across all project types, and why controlling specification, documentation and design change are now critical to reducing risk.
SWA Awards 2026
The third annual SWA Awards are set to shine a light on the strength and elegance of steel windows.
Work in flux: Staying in control when projects shift
Milient explores how architectural practices can respond more effectively when project pipelines become unpredictable, and how the latest version of its Project Flow platform is designed to support that shift.
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Designing for sound
Sownd Affects introduces Sownd Certification, a new standard for audio-inclusive buildings that enables architects and designers to specify acoustic performance beyond compliance.
VELUX LKR Innovation House
Praksis Arkitekter’s transformation of a 30-year-old timber warehouse in Østbirk, Denmark, into a research and development hub for the VELUX Group demonstrates how daylight, material reuse and deep retrofit can deliver a flexible, low-carbon workplace.
Polkirt Hill
The transformation of a Grade II-listed townhouse in Mevagissey demonstrates how VELUX Heritage roof windows can unlock underused roof spaces, delivering daylight and usability within strict conservation constraints.
Shaping the future of facades
James Hardie discusses how its Hardie® Panel systems and comprehensive technical support help specifiers deliver durable, low-maintenance facades with reduced environmental impact.
How should you be using AI?
Watch the AT webinar, in partnership with Vectorworks, exploring how AI and digital tools are reshaping architectural practice, from heritage and design workflows to collaboration, visualisation and manufacturing.
Getting it right first time: Roofing specification under CF25
Ben Parker, Major Projects Manager at IKO, discusses how the company’s DfE Construction Framework Guide can help architects navigate CF25 roofing requirements, reduce specification risk and deliver compliant, high-performance education buildings.
Materials library: dMFK Architects
Julian de Metz and Rebecca Price discuss how the practice’s rigorous, hands-on approach to material exploration drives its work and informs its relationships with manufacturers and suppliers.
Ask the expert: Brick bonds
Dave Johnstone, Technical Services Manager at Michelmersh, answers readers’ questions on brick bonds
Uniting the supply chain
Futurebuild 2026 renews its partnership with the Supply Chain Sustainability School, highlighting the role of collaboration and shared learning in advancing sustainable construction.
Inside the Futurebuild 2026 Knowledge Programme
Spanning materials, energy and placemaking, Futurebuild 2026’s Knowledge Programme examines how the built environment is moving from ambition to delivery across net zero, retrofit and regenerative design.
Designing for compliance: Rethinking the flat roof as critical infrastructure
AccuRoof Trading Director Robert Edwards discusses how a more rigorous, evidence-led approach to flat roof design can strengthen specification, reduce risk and support accountable practice.
UKREiiF 2026
As UKREiiF returns to Leeds from 19-21 May, the UK’s flagship property and infrastructure event expands its programme, footprint and ambitions, bringing together industry leaders to explore the future of regeneration, investment and development.
Striking the balance with heritage assets
Watch the AT webinar, in partnership with Selectaglaze and Velux, exploring how architects, clients, and conservation specialists are improving the performance of historic buildings while safeguarding their heritage value.
Designing play spaces for all seasons
USA SHADE discusses how shade structures and climate-responsive design can support safer, more resilient playgrounds throughout the year.
School of Specification – Specifying Colour
Dawn Scott, Senior Colour Designer & Inclusive Design Lead at Dulux, has produced a School of Specification module on specifying colour. Here she discusses colour theory and perception, as well as the benefits of using the Dulux colour notation system.