Benedetti Architects chosen to refurbish RIBA headquarters
London-based studio Benedetti Architects has been selected to lead the £20 million refurbishment of The Royal Institute of British Architects' central London headquarters. More
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UK Net Zero Carbon Buildings Standard to "address current ambiguities around the much-used term"
A group of leading industry organisations including the Royal British Institute of Architects have come together to create a building standard that will verify net-zero carbon buildings in the UK. More
RIBA's first director of diversity and inclusion resigns after a year
Marsha Ramroop, the director of diversity and inclusion at the Royal Institute of British Architects, is stepping down after being in the role for just a year. More
RIBA urges mass retrofit of England's interwar housing
The Royal Institute of British Architects has urged the UK government to retrofit over three million homes in England to help cut carbon emissions and tackle fuel poverty. More
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"RIBA upgrading Portland Place is an expensive solution to the wrong problem"
Rather than spending £20 million to refurbish its headquarters, RIBA should make its spaces freely available for others to host engaging architectural programmes, says Phineas Harper. More
Rural hospital in Bangladesh named world's best building by RIBA
The Friendship Hospital in Bangladesh by local architecture studio Kashef Chowdhury/URBANA has been awarded the RIBA International Prize 2021. More
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RIBA looking for architect for "comprehensive refurbishment" of own headquarters
The Royal Institute of British Architects has announced that it is seeking an architect to redesign its central London headquarters at 66 Portland Place. More
Foster + Partners criticises RIBA climate report over "deviation" from global treaty
The UK's largest architecture firm, Foster + Partners, has criticised a RIBA sustainability report backed by nearly 250 built environment organisations, claiming that it contradicts the watershed Paris Agreement treaty on climate change. More
"No-one retains a building that is not loved"
As 2021 draws to a close, RIBA president Simon Allford sets out how architects should be prioritising reuse to help fight climate change. More
This week we revealed the winner of the 2022 RIBA Royal Gold Medal for Architecture
This week on Dezeen, we announced that RIBA has awarded its Royal Gold Medal for 2022 to Indian architect Balkrishna Doshi in recognition of his 70-year career. More
Balkrishna Doshi wins 2022 RIBA Royal Gold Medal
Indian architect Balkrishna Doshi has been awarded the Royal Institute of British Architects' Royal Gold Medal for 2022. More
Alison Brooks' "intriguing and distinguished" farmhouse extension named UK's best new home
House on the Hill in Gloucestershire by Alison Brooks Architects has won this year's RIBA House of the Year award. More
Only one of 20 RIBA House of the Year longlisted projects achieved top sustainability grade
Only one of the 20 projects longlisted for the RIBA House of the Year 2021 achieved an A-rated energy performance certificate according to research by British studio Hawkes Architecture. More
RIBA reveals three shortlisted projects for the 2021 International Prize
A community hospital in Bangladesh, a cycle and pedestrian bridge in Denmark and a cultural site in Berlin have been shortlisted by the Royal Institute of British Architects for its 2021 International Prize. More
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Foster + Partners and Zaha Hadid Architects yet to endorse RIBA climate report presented at COP26
More than 200 built environment organisations have endorsed a report by RIBA and Architects Declare setting out ways to decarbonise the industry, although leading UK architecture studios including Foster + Partners and Zaha Hadid Architects are yet to join the signatories. More
Architects are "enablers of business as usual" say speakers at Built Environment Summit
Speakers at a climate summit organised by Architects Declare and RIBA last week called on architects to take responsibility for decarbonising their buildings, rather than blaming clients and the lack of regulations. More
RIBA reveals top 20 British homes in House of the Year 2021 longlist
A skinny home in an alley, a low-rise brick Passivhaus and a converted stone barn are among the varied projects on this year's longlist for the RIBA House of the Year Award. More
UK net-zero strategy "totally lacking in ambition" say architects
The UK's strategy for achieving net-zero emissions by 2050 "does not go far enough" and ignores embodied carbon according to the RIBA and other industry groups. More
Peter Barber Architects' "intelligent, dynamic and original" McGrath Road named UK's best affordable housing scheme
The McGrath Road housing project by Peter Barber Architects in east London has won this year's RIBA Neave Brown Award for Housing 2021. More
Grafton's Stirling Prize-winning Town House is "the future of education" says Norman Foster
British architect Norman Foster has praised Grafton Architects' Stirling Prize-winning Kingston University London – Town House as a "progressive new model for higher education". More