Ministerial Keynote Trudy Harrison, Government post of Parliamentary Under-Secretary. Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Architecture Today are delighted to present 4 finalists from the 2023 Awards for buildings that have stood the test of time. How do you design

The Retrofit Academy Awards were born to recognise excellence in retrofitting across the market; from Retrofit Coordinators to Installers, Social Housing and Local Authority delivery

Our preferred option is habitually to clear the site and start again, but carbon calculations too often advise that this is not appropriate. An alternative

“The core purpose of planning should be to create places that enable people to live happy and healthy lives within the natural limits of the

Over the years there have been many warnings about the increasing threats and consequences of climate and ecological breakdown, but the rate at which we

In 2022 alone we have had the return of war to Europe, an ongoing pandemic, floods, drought, record breaking temperatures exposing the inadequacy of our

We once believed that fossils fuels were a wonderful thing for the human race and over the last 2-300 years, we indulged ourselves by drawing

The challenges that we face are closely interrelated and it is important that we do not focus so much on one – reaching ‘net zero’

A clear understanding of both the climate and ecological crisis is the critical first step for taking action. This should start in the earliest years

This year’s Futurebuild conference has been looking forwards to ensure lessons are learned, so that changing and taking action become second nature. We are ready

Nature can survive very well without us and would embark on a ‘restoration programme’ with surprising speed and ease. Unfortunately, we cannot survive without nature.

This session will see six shortlisted innovators battle it out in a ‘Dragon’s Den’ style pitch, to become winner of the Big Innovation Pitch 2023.

It is generally agreed that electoral cycles with regular changes of policy and direction are not an intelligent approach to dealing with the polycrises with

Our main challenge in responding positively to the impacts of climate and ecological breakdown is social and not technical. As the recent report from the

Brussels is considered to be Europe’s laboratory for sustainable construction. For over a decade, passive construction standards have been mandatory in Brussels, and circularity is

One of the major challenges to which the industry has to respond effectively is decarbonising the built environment, given that buildings are the second largest

This is not a new discussion – we have had at least 15 sessions at Futurebuild (ecobuild) on the topic over the last 15 years.

In November 2023 George Monbiot wrote: “Nothing can now be achieved without mass protest, whose aim…is to reach the critical mass that triggers a social tipping

The aim of ‘change management’ is to implement strategies for effecting change and enabling adaptation for change. This involves identifying goals and processes for making