Hattie Hartman

This week we explore two projects happening on the ground in Glasgow as the COP26 host city anticipates up to 30,000 visitors

The new RIBA president talks about how the institute can help architects combat climate change and his vision for a House of Architecture

Architect Sarah Featherstone and planner Jennifer Ross – both members of the all-female VeloCity team – describe their 21st-century strategy for the English countryside: fewer cars, more bikes and new housing in village clusters linked to rail stations

The conservationist and author explains why the proposed Buck Barn development – which goes before Horsham District Council this week – epitomises the controversy between the upcoming Environment Bill and the government’s intended planning reforms

Continuing its focus on landscape, AJ Climate Champions turns its attention to two recent high-profile competitions where green and blue infrastructure promise to drive the design

The founding partner of J & L Gibbons discusses why trees matter, urban forestry and how architects and landscape architects can work together to green our cities

‘Coal helped revolutionise architecture, but with the downside that it has the potential to wipe us off the planet’

COP26’s potential as a global event offers an opportunity to accelerate a change for more sustainable building, says Hattie Hartman

In this third episode dedicated to retrofit, Steve Webb of Webb Yates Engineers explains how to persuade clients to use more timber and stone while Wilf Meynell shares Studio Bark’s approach to Victorian house extensions

Harry Paticas explains why he left architectural practice to focus on retrofitting schools, and how he educates schoolchildren on the climate emergency