RIBA Journal magazine: | Design in the making
WEBSep 18, 2024 · RIBA Journal magazine: | Design in the making. Intelligence. Rising Stars 2024: meet the shortlist. The 20 shortlisted early-career designers have used their training as a jumping-off point for specialisms in sustainable design, harnessing emerging technologies and helping build a more inclusive profession. 1 October 2024.
Navigating the Building Safety Act's position of Principal Designer
WEBNov 20, 2023 · On 1 October the Building etc (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2023 came into force, providing further clarity on how the government intends to implement the new regulatory regime introduced under the Building Safety Act 2022, Any project requiring a new Building Regulations application, from domestic house extensions to higher-risk buildings (HRBs), will now require two ‘principal duty ...
Hindsight: Ken Yeang on blazing a trail for ecological design
WEBMar 25, 2022 · Ken Yeang talks about his five-decade-long career, creating his own experimental passive house in 1985 and how was only in the early 2000s that clients started asking for green buildings. Ken Yeang, 74, has been a pioneer ecological design since 1971. He founded Hamzah & Yeang in 1977 with …
How to create quality CPD | RIBAJ - RIBA Journal
WEBMar 26, 2018 · Here are our top five tips for creating an engaging, rewarding and professional CPD presentation. 1 Be engaging. Yes, architects are required to amass a certain amount of CPD credits, but we can still make it enjoyable. Make sure your online CPD is more than just clicking and reading – make it …
Architecture's best buildings from the RIBA Regional Awards to the ...
WEBBuildings; Mæ’s John Morden Centre wins RIBA Stirling Prize 2023. The day care and medical centre in Blackheath, London, is uplifting, sustainable architecture with a strong social programme – ‘a place of joy and inspiration’ say judges.
Muyiwa Oki: Rebel with a cause - RIBA Journal
WEBSep 1, 2023 · Muyiwa Oki becomes RIBA president this month. To get here he won not one but two elections. The first was unprecedented. Young practitioners, coalesced in groups like the Future Architects Front, Section for Architecture Workers and Architecture Climate Action Network, got together to ensure that the younger generation was represented.
Liftup's FlexStep 2-in-1 staircase and lift | RIBAJ - RIBA Journal
WEBNov 5, 2019 · The FlexStep has been installed next to a set of fixed stairs and is shown here in stair (left) and lift (right) modes. The FlexStep stair lift functions as an ordinary staircase and as a lift. Designed for pedestrians and wheelchair users alike, it is an innovative 2-in-1 solution that saves space compared to installing both a flight of stairs ...
The RIBA Plan of Work 2020 update analysed and explained | RIBAJ
WEBOct 28, 2019 · The 2020 Plan of Work responds to feedback on how Stage 2 works and particularly to different approaches to the timing of planning applications. It acknowledges adjustments required at the Stage 3 and 4 interface, depending on the procurement strategy. Industry has adopted terms such as Stage 3 minus or Stage 4 …
Hugh Pearman looks back and forwards on his 44-year-long …
WEBDec 22, 2020 · Hugh Pearman is the longest-serving post-war editor and has stewarded the magazine through good and turbulent times. At the very least he was going to have to be interviewed for a ‘where architecture’s at and going’ article. This is why he has agreed, it’s an excuse to look at architecture over a 44-year career.
Top ten dos and don’ts | RIBAJ - RIBA Journal
WEBMar 5, 2015 · It is also worth noting that the lap should always be taken from the lowest row of fixings in whatever it is covering. 9. Fixing. The fixing of lead sheet is carried out in many different ways, all of which are dependent on the particular application. For instance, a lead bay on a roof with a pitch of up to 3 degrees differs in the arrangement ...