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Our response to the latest report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) – calling on global leaders to take urgent action to address the climate crisis.

Learn how to design in layers, with reuse as your goal. David Cheshire, Regional Sustainability Manager at AECOM, explains design principles for the circular economy to come.

Katy Wade, RIBA's Regional Schools Programme Co-Ordinator, shares some of our favourite outdoors architecture activities for students.

The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) has revealed the judges for the 185th President’s Medals, the world’s most prestigious awards in architectural education.

How practices lock sustainability ambitions into projects from the start

The July 2021 update confirms requirements for local design codes and implements changes to the ‘country house clause’ among others

Our response to the National Disability Strategy, which sets out actions the Government will take to improve the everyday lives of all disabled people.

The RIBA East Sustainability Group was formed in 2019 and is one of a handful of regional RIBA climate action collectives that serve to signpost and inform local members on sustainable design.

We are delighted to begin announcing the winners of the 2021 RIBA Student Prizes for the graduating cohort at universities across RIBA Wessex and RIBA South West. Supported by the RIBA Local Initiative Fund (LIF) and RIBA branches, the awards aim to recognise emerging talent, connect graduating students with the professions and RIBA, and inspire future generations.

Each month, RIBA East Midlands showcases one of the region’s Chartered Practices. For August, we spoke to Scorer Hawkins Architects who are based near Spilsby in Lincolnshire and specialise primarily in the conservation of historic buildings.