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What can you do if your client won’t pay up?
Why do some clients decide not to pay their architects in full? And what action can the architect take in response? asks David Green
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2025 W Awards entry deadline extended: last chance to enter!
The W Awards celebrate work by female and non-binary practitioners and those researching gender and architecture. The awards are free to enter. You can enter yourself or nominate someone else by this Friday 6 December
ARB’s new draft Code of Conduct weakens its provisions
Astonishingly, the proposed new code of conduct will dilute provisions – particularly regarding climate and clients – precisely when they should be being strengthened, says Jeremy Till
Architect salaries are shrinking. It’s a ticking time bomb in the profession
If we do not value the work of architects today, there will be no one left to design tomorrow’s buildings, writes Aga Szedzianis
Jersey architect struck off over benefit fraud
An architect has been struck off the Architects Registration Board (ARB) register after being convicted of benefit fraud
Why we need the word ‘care’ in the new ARB Code of Conduct
Acting with care is intrinsic to the value that architects bring while carelessness is behind many of the industry's problems, argues Cristina Monteiro
Architectural disruptor Danny Campbell: ‘I’ve learned lots from ARB reprimand’
Scottish celebrity architect Danny Campbell said he had ‘learned lots’ after being reprimanded by the ARB over a conflict of interest at his architecture company, Hoko Design
Is it possible to work on NEOM and still be an RIBA member?
Working on Saudi giga-projects such as NEOM conflicts not only with the obligations of being an ethical professional but with the very foundations of the RIBA, argues Duncan Baker-Brown
Architectural abuses exposed: ‘Underpaid, overworked and undervalued’
An official survey of workplace culture by ARB has unmasked widespread bullying, discrimination and sexual misconduct within practice
AHMM publishes built-project carbon data for first time
Allford Hall Monaghan Morris (AHMM) has become one of the first major UK practices to release its emissions data in full – including from the buildings it has designed