The Architects’ Journal Architecture News & Buildings
The Regs: What changes to Building Regs can we expect in the second half of 2024?
Geoff Wilkinson recaps the highlights of the year so far and predicts some changes still to come before the year is out
Building safety
News stories and resources for architects on building safety
Safety regulator halts work on 50 high-risk projects
The Building Safety Regulator (BSR) has said that work on more than 50 ‘higher risk’ projects will need to be halted until it can sign off their applications
Confusion as key bodies battle over rival principal designer registers
The Association of Consultant Architects (ACA) has launched an accreditation scheme for principal designers – seven months after the RIBA set up its own register for the role
Building Safety Act impacts: We really need to talk about gateways
The industry needs to share its experiences about the Building Safety Act’s new gateway process to help architects navigate through unchartered waters, argues PLP’s Mark Kelly
The Regs: Register ushers in a new age for building control
Geoff Wilkinson of Wilkinson Construction Consultants talks to Colin Blatchford-Brown, former operational policy lead at the Building Safety Regulator, about the impact of registration of building control inspectors
‘Strong focus on aesthetics’ contributed to Norwegian bridge collapse
A ‘strong focus on aesthetics’ contributed to the weakness of a bridge in Norway that dramatically collapsed in 2022, an official report has concluded
AHMM’s Paul Bussey: ‘We’ll be seeking greater transparency from manufacturers about products’
An architect and a manufacturer – Paul Bussey of AHMM and Stuart Pierpoint of MSA Safety – compare the impact of the Building Safety Act
Heatherwick Studio’s Vessel to reopen with safety meshing
New York’s Vessel, designed by Heatherwick Studio, will reopen later this year following the installation of new safety measures to prevent suicides
Second staircase provisions could cost industry £2.7bn
Introducing second staircases to new high-rise residential towers will cost the industry £2.7 billion over the next decade, official analysis has revealed
The Regs: Reports of Building Control’s death are greatly exaggerated
A recently leaked letter suggested the Building Control system was on the verge of collapse. Geoff Wilkinson responds