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Climate change

News and resources for architects on how the built environment is impacted by the climate emergency

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Opinion

Before you design with timber, ask how a fire would be tackled

Architects designing timber buildings actively need to get the fire and rescue service on board, argues Professor James Glockling

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News

Design Council says building ‘typical’ new homes will derail zero carbon drive

Boosting design quality is the only way the government can reach its 1.5 million new homes target without breaching the UK’s climate commitments, a report has found

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News

Upcycling can transform architecture, AJ100 lunch told
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Specification

In practice: Soak it up – flood prevention nature’s way
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News

New report: five buildings which ‘make the case’ for mass timber
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Opinion

Why is Labour failing to join the dots on housing delivery and the climate?
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News

LA fires destroy Modernist landmarks
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Specification

In practice: Working with reclaimed steel
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Opinion

We need to talk about Saudi Arabia
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Opinion

Four ways to scale up the use of timber in retrofit projects
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AJ Climate Champions podcast

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AJ Climate Champions podcast: ‘We start with a map of nearby materials and products’
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AJ Climate Champions podcast: ‘Retrofit is seen as really alienating. We’re trying to blow that apart’
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AJ Climate Champions podcast: Tara Gbolade – ‘We use an assessment chart to evaluate potential clients’
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AJ Climate Champions podcast: ‘Even a small practice can push the boundaries of reuse’
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AJ Climate Champions podcast: IF_DO’s Sarah Castle
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AJ Climate Champions podcast: Chipperfield’s MC Piccinelli on how retrofit can enhance creativity
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Opinion

ARB’s new draft Code of Conduct weakens its provisions
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News

Vertical building extension method Optoppen launches in the UK
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Opinion

Building upwards rather than outwards will create more sustainable housing
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News

Fewer than half of construction projects hitting sustainability goals
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AHMM publishes built-project carbon data for first time
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News

Less concrete, more jungle: the £10 billion Earls Court vision
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Opinion

It’s time for architecture to make space for nature between our buildings
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Buildings

How ‘sponge city’ Rotterdam is adapting to climate change
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Retrofit & sustainable buildings

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Carmody Groarke renovates London penthouse with rooftop pavilion

Carmody Groarke has transformed an apartment in a 19th-century Grade II-listed merchant’s house in Covent Garden with the addition of a  folded aluminium rooftop pavilion

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Squire & Partners transforms Seifert’s Brutalist icon Space House

Squire & Partners has performed an ambitious retrofit of Seifert’s Grade II-listed tower near Covent Garden, including the addition of a 2,000m2 rooftop extension

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