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The Regs: What changes to Building Regs can we expect in the second half of 2024?
Geoff Wilkinson recaps the highlights of the year so far and predicts some changes still to come before the year is out
Opinion
Comment from leading voices in British architecture on news, practice and discourse
‘A new day brings a new government. Let’s seize the moment’
Urgent action on tackling climate change has faltered in recent years. The new Labour government brings a real opportunity for specific and well-considered policy change, argues Smith Mordak
In simplifying office-to-resi conversions, PDR is on the right track
Permitted development is already allowing widespread conversion of buildings but could do with some further tweaks, argue Emily Newton and Adam Fothergill
Natural service, not national service, is what Britain needs
A biomimicry conference in Spain gets Kunle Barker thinking about how a truly forward-thinking new UK government might transform our relationship with nature
The RIBA is failing to connect – this election shows it
The winner of the RIBA presidential election can help the institute better engage with every member, says its former equality, diversity and inclusion director, Marsha Ramroop
Will a new Labour government build more car-dependent urban sprawl?
Labour is right to focus on the housing crisis but the party urgently needs a joined-up strategy to deliver sustainable urban growth, argues Tom Slater
Building Safety Act impacts: ‘Our industry needed a root-and-branch change of culture’
Seven years on from the Grenfell tragedy, ECD Architects’ James Traynor looks at the Building Safety Act 2022, its impacts and the challenges still to be addressed
AJ100 award-winners are encouraging a better way of doing things
The winners of our inaugural AJ100 New Talent and AJ100 Champions awards are pushing at the boundaries and challenging the status quo, says Emily Booth
Will someone join the dots between the skyscraper boom and flooding?
Major cities like London will be hit by widespread flooding if the planet’s temperature rises by 2°C. And tall buildings are making things worse, says Chris Wise
Why government policy must urgently support heat-proofing of homes
External louvres, blinds and thermal shutters should come under permitted development unless we want the death toll from overheating to spiral, writes Bartlett professor Stephen Gage