Knowledge

The Health and Safety Executive’s Working Minds initiative seeks to normalise conversations around work-related stress and make them as routine as managing any other health and safety issue.

Most architects are actively pursuing RIBA sustainability outcomes for their projects wherever possible, but their scope means that the client briefing process might not be achieving its full potential. A new briefing tool is designed to change this.

The UK government will implement outstanding legislation to bring in mandatory sustainable urban drainage systems (SuDS) for all housing developments in England beginning in 2024.

Today, Thursday 16 February 2023, the UK's Architects Registration Board (ARB) and the US's National Council of Architectural Registration Boards (NCARB) signed a Mutual Recognition Agreement (MRA), meaning that eligible architects can more easily register to work in each country.

A primary school and a converted fire station are among ninety two projects shortlisted for the 2023 RIBA (Royal Institute of British Architects) London Awards.

A luxury treehouse, a former jail and a reconstruction of a Roman villa are among the 23 buildings shortlisted for the 2023 RIBA (Royal Institute of British Architects) South West Awards.

A Norwich digital technology hub and a residential quarter in Chelmsford are among the 14 buildings shortlisted for the 2023 RIBA (Royal Institute of British Architects) East Awards.

Six projects that have been shortlisted for the 2023 RIBA (Royal Institute of British Architects) North East Awards include the restoration of Newcastle Cathedral and Sunderland’s new City Hall.

A survey of members’ abilities to comply with modern slavery requirements under RIBA’s Code of Professional Conduct, the first of its kind, has found a high level of awareness but a need for greater diligence.

Contemporary debates about architectural training and education remain rooted in historical questions of vocational identity and purpose. What is an architect? What skills are needed and how are they best acquired? Apprenticeships are now recognised as a critical work-based learning pathway.