Isabella Kaminski

Built by Nature’s Joe Giddings spoke about the importance of timber in tackling the climate crisis, its use in adding extra floors to existing buildings, and how fire and insurance issues are being tackled. Phototography Theo Wood

Forging a net zero built environment will require a huge collaborative effort, the design and construction industry was told at the launch of a new document to help cut its carbon impact

Isabella Kaminski looks at the renewed and growing calls to slash VAT on building repairs and alterations

The Irish architect has championed the retrofit of buildings, saying they can be as rewarding as new build, and said architects had a ‘huge responsibility’ to reduce their carbon impact

Repurposing a building starts with knowing all of its constituent parts. Isabella Kaminski looks at how material passports could change the industry

Building a sustainable practice has to begin with your own staff, said winners of the AJ100 Sustainable Practice of the Year Award at a recent panel discussion. Isabella Kaminski reports

Assael Architecture’s plans for a series of low-carbon houses and gardens in Liphook have been submitted to East Hampshire District Council

The AJ can announce the seven buildings in the running for the prestigious AJ100 Building of the Year award

Archio’s proposal for 11 permanently affordable homes on disused garage plots in south London has been approved by Lewisham councillors

Confidence in future workloads has risen significantly at practices in the Midlands and East Anglia, according to the RIBA’s latest industry survey