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Climate change

News and resources for architects on how the built environment is impacted by the climate emergency

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Vertical building extension method Optoppen launches in the UK

UK cities could soon be sprouting upwards with new ‘timber canopies’ following the launch of ‘Optoppen’ – a viability tool intended to spread the practice of extending existing buildings vertically

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Opinion

Building upwards rather than outwards will create more sustainable housing

Optoppen – the practice of adding storeys to existing buildings – not only avoids creating more car-reliant communities but favours lightweight timber construction, which also captures carbon, writes Joe Giddings

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Fewer than half of construction projects hitting sustainability goals
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AHMM publishes built-project carbon data for first time
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Less concrete, more jungle: the £10 billion Earls Court vision
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Opinion

It’s time for architecture to make space for nature between our buildings
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Buildings

How ‘sponge city’ Rotterdam is adapting to climate change
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Manchester’s sustainability is a particular concern, says global city study
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Foster + Partners draws up plans to protect Maldives island from rising sea levels
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Baca wins approval for world’s biggest amphibious house
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AJ Climate Champions podcast

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AJ Climate Champions podcast: IF_DO’s Sarah Castle
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AJ Climate Champions podcast: Chipperfield’s MC Piccinelli on how retrofit can enhance creativity
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AJ Climate Champions podcast: Why earth is the ultimate circular material
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AJ Climate Champions podcast: Vinu Daniel on transforming mud and waste into architecture
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AJ Climate Champions podcast: Carmody Groarke’s Sian Ricketts on making bricks from waste
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AJ Climate Champions podcast: AKTII’s David Watson on how to reduce the environmental impacts of brick
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Opinion

Architectural education is changing. But is it changing fast enough?
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Opinion

Greenwashers beware: net zero carbon buildings have been defined
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Opinion

Schools are preparing students for climate conditions that no longer exist
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‘Ambitious but achievable’: industry-led net zero building standard launched
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Opinion

The quest for sexy architecture is harming architects
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Want to make your office retrofit future-proof? Here’s how
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Free AJ Small Projects sustainability webinar
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Opinion

Why Profitable Neighbourhoods could be the key to successful house-building
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Retrofit & sustainable buildings

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Mistry Swire completes pared-back remodelling of 1930s house

The detached house in Prestbury, Cheshire, now has a renewed façade and has been thermally upgraded and internally remodelled

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SPPARC remodels Victorian grocery warehouse as contemporary workspace

The restoration and rework of Greycoat Stores in Westminster accommodates retail and leisure uses and a restaurant in addition to workspace

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