AJ Climate Champions podcast: Balancing heritage and climate urgency in listed buildings

By AJ Contributor 2 November 2022 1,107 Views

5th Studio co-founder Oliver Smith shares his radical approach to upgrading listed buildings

AJ Climate Champions podcast: Teaching climate-literate design

By AJ Contributor 19 October 2022 1,145 Views

Architect and author Professor Sofie Pelsmakers sets out why she thinks architecture is a political act and introduces her new book, Designing for the Climate Emergency. AJ readers have a chance to win one of three copies in our draw

AJ Climate Champions podcast: The trade-off between ventilation and airtightness in the post-pandemic world

By AJ Contributor 5 October 2022 868 Views

Environmental engineer Patrick Bellew of Atelier Ten shares insight from having worked on high-profile architectural projects, including Heatherwick Studio’s new Google HQ at King’s Cross

AJ Climate Champions podcast: Why architectural education needs radical reform

By AJ Contributor 21 September 2022 1,203 Views

Glasgow climate activist Scott McAulay and ACAN’s Rosie Murphy argue for a curriculum which empowers students as changemakers

AJ Climate Champions podcast: Danish architect Lone Feifer on ‘absolute’ sustainability

By AJ Contributor 7 September 2022 877 Views

Velux director of sustainable buildings Lone Feifer explains why ‘relative’ sustainability, improvement on previous standards, is no longer good enough

AJ Climate Champions podcast: Hawkins\Brown’s Louisa Bowles on what net zero actually means

By AJ Contributor 4 August 2022 1,100 Views

HawkinsBrown partner Louisa Bowles describes the challenge of reaching industry consensus on the definition of whole life carbon

AJ Climate Champions podcast: Editional Studio on persuading domestic clients to build less and retrofit more

By AJ Contributor 11 July 2022 863 Views

The Manchester-based Jo Sharples and Jack Richards share top tips from 'Decarbonise Your House Now!', a timely domestic retrofit guide for clients and architects

AJ Climate Champions podcast: Bob Prewett explains why Passivhaus is often too much for heritage buildings

By AJ Contributor 28 June 2022 967 Views

Passivhaus pioneer Bob Prewett shares insights from Prewett Bizley Architects’ long track record of low energy retrofit, and explains why Passivhaus is often too much for heritage buildings

AJ Climate Champions podcast: ACAN founding member Sara Edmonds on ramping up domestic retrofit

By AJ Contributor 10 June 2022 807 Views

Architect and ACAN campaigner Sara Edmonds on forging collaborative networks for household retrofit

AJ Climate Champions podcast: John Christophers’ zero carbon home generates 40% energy surplus

By Hattie Hartman 25 May 2022 1,486 Views

Architect John Christophers explains how the zero carbon retrofit of his Birmingham terraced home has sparked community activism and a pilot project with Kate Raworth’s Doughnut Economics Action Lab

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