Henrietta Billings, director of SAVE Britain’s Heritage, on why the M&S demolition decision exposes a broken planning system and how we need urgent reform to safeguard heritage assets and reduce embodied carbon emissions.
How architects, engineers and the construction industry are developing solutions to maximise transparency while meeting energy performance targets.
Zach Fluker, director of ao-ft, explains how Spruce House and Studio, constructed from CLT, establishes a prototype for sustainable housing on tight urban sites.
Peter Fisher from Bennetts Associates on challenging sloppy claims about building performance and holding journalists to account.
Barrister Estelle Dehon KC makes the case for whole-life carbon assessments and outlines the regulatory, policy and legal issues that are transforming planning departments’ attitudes to demolition and retrofit
