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MacEwen Award 2025 longlist | RIBAJ
Dec 10, 2024 · Severn View Park Care Home, Chepstow, by Pentan Architects for Monmouthshire County Council. With an innovative approach to dementia care, Severn View Park Care Home employs a spacious open-plan design centred on a beautiful courtyard garden and a central ‘village hall’, creating a collaborative, nurturing environment in which staff and residents are actively involved in all aspects of ...
Elizabeth Line triumphs with RIBA Stirling Prize 2024 | RIBAJ
Oct 16, 2024 · Grimshaw has had a proud history of transport design in London since the International Terminal at Waterloo Station completed in 1993. It has now been co-opted for the expansion of the country’s domestic lines and also the first phase of reworking Paddington Station (1999) and the Northern Line stations on the spur to Battersea Power Station that pop up with their faceted canopies (2021).
Navigating the Building Safety Act's position of Principal Designer
Nov 20, 2023 · On 1 October the Building etc (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2023 came into force, providing further clarity on how the government intends to implement the new regulatory regime introduced under the Building Safety Act 2022, Any project requiring a new Building Regulations application, from domestic house extensions to higher-risk buildings (HRBs), will now require two ‘principal duty ...
President Workplace wellbeing - RIBAJ
Dec 12, 2024 · Shocking reports from the RIBA and ARB revealing dangerously low wellbeing among architects prompt RIBA president Muyiwa Oki to insist we make a just and supportive ...
Eye Line 2024: call for entries - RIBA Journal
Feb 19, 2024 · Eye Line rules. We seek the best 2D representations of a building design or concept through visual means. They may be hand or digitally drawn, incorporating collage or any combination or overlay of methods.
What are the key principles for architects when it comes to setting ...
Dec 5, 2024 · With upward pressure from payroll, insurance, premises and IT, costs are going up for architects. In addition, the arrival of the new building safety regime – albeit welcome - has created its own costs in terms of additional resourcing and competence required to perform the Principal Designer role.
2024 RIBA President’s Medal, Silver: Ultra Town by Joe Franklin
Dec 4, 2024 · Silver Medal winner Joe Franklin for Ultra Town Kingston University | UK Tutors: Nicholas Lobo Brennan, Astrid Smitham. Joe Franklin takes the belt of countryside for the shelved HS2 as a site for a forested new town, a ‘weird’ place in the woods for counter-culture and temporality: Ultra Town.
Breaking timber in Denmark: How, why and what next
Nov 27, 2024 · How is Danish architecture tackling sustainability? In 2023, new CO 2 requirements were introduced in Danish building regulations, which are being tightened next year, so there’s been a huge focus on these issues over the last five years. As part of that, C.F. Møller has been promoting timber buildings because, in contrast to Norway and Sweden, there actually isn't much timber in Denmark ...
RIBAJ January 2025 issue | RIBAJ
Jan 3, 2025 · Renzo Piano plays host at Paddington Cube, Scott Brownrigg’s massive film studios and how they keep them quiet, students’ projects with the RIBA President’s Medals, Texan practice Lake | Flato profiled