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Radical reformers reveal Funmbi Adeagbo as RIBA presidential candidate
Grassroots campaigners and activists who championed Muyiwa Oki’s RIBA presidency have named Funmbi Adeagbo as their candidate for the upcoming elections
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Michael Laird seeks planning permission for contentious Glasgow towers scheme
Michael Laird Architects has unveiled controversial £250 million redevelopment proposals for 750 student beds and 600 residential units in Glasgow's Charing Cross area
Can building with timber save the planet?
Built by Nature’s Joe Giddings spoke about the importance of timber in tackling the climate crisis, its use in adding extra floors to existing buildings, and how fire and insurance issues are being tackled. Phototography Theo Wood
Campaigners slam demolition plans for two Glasgow landmarks
Environmental campaigners have condemned Michael Laird Architects’ proposals to demolish two landmark buildings in Glasgow
AJ Climate Champions podcast: ‘We apologise for designing buildings that exploit the planet’
Earthen architecture specialist Anna Heringer believes architects of the global north should apologise for promoting an architecture that exploits the planet and furthers social injustice
Blog from The Big One: architects join Extinction Rebellion mega-protest
Follow all the action from today’s climate change protests as architects joined the thousands taking part in Extinction Rebellion’s (XR) The Big One rally in London
‘Climate quitting’: How millennials are demanding more from big practices
Growing numbers of newly qualified architects are steering clear of employers with questionable environmental credentials, the AJ has learnt
AJ Climate Champions podcast: Chinese architect Xu Tiantian on revitalising rural villages
Beijing architect Xu Tiantian talks about her work in southern China and this year’s Obel Award winner: a ‘net-zero’ concrete. PLUS win a copy of Greta Thunberg’s The Climate Book
Foster + Partners to design six-runway ‘aerotropolis’ in Saudi Arabia
Foster + Partners is designing a six-runway, 57km2 mega-airport to serve the Saudi Arabian capital of Riyadh
AJ Climate Champions podcast: Historic England’s Morwenna Slade on the limitations of ‘fabric first’
The head of historic building climate change adaptation at Historic England explains why insulation is the area of highest risk when working with heritage buildings