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Studio Weave founding director Je Ahn explains the challenges of sourcing timber from London’s streets and parks

The new-build home and self-contained garden studio was constructed from cross-laminated timber (CLT) on an infill site in Walthamstow, east London. Photography by Rory Gardiner 

The burnt larch-clad buildings in the Scottish Highlands provide the office for a mountain biking tour operator  as well as two low-energy private residences. Photography by Henry Woide

Reynaers Aluminium UK has released a white paper providing an in-depth guide to calculating the levels of embodied carbon in aluminium windows, doors and curtain walling systems

Julia Barfield of London Eye architect Marks Barfield describes how the climate emergency has changed her practice and outlines what’s ahead for Architects Declare

The rammed-earth and earth-brick community arts space, designed in colloboration with Kampala-based Localworks, is the new home of 32° East | Ugandan Arts Trust. Photography by New Makers Bureau, Tim Latim, Will Boase 

The new foyer for Eastbourne’s Towner Gallery aims to stitch the other spaces together while providing a convivial space where visitors can pause. Photography by Marcus Quigley, Rachel Ferriman

Adam Richards Architects has swapped out the originally proposed clay fired bricks for natural stone in its designs for an extension to the 19th century independent Mayfield Catholic boarding school

Montreal-based architect and systems thinker Scott Francisco explains why architects must rethink their timber sourcing strategies

The ultra-low-energy building provides facilities for both the University of Portsmouth and the wider city. Photography by Hufton + Crow, Richard Chivers