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
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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
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"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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Kingston University London – Town House by Grafton Architects wins 2021 Stirling Prize
The Kingston University London – Town House designed by RIBA Gold Medal-winning studio Grafton Architects has won this year's Stirling Prize. More
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Climate initiatives "desperately need the support of government" say RIBA climate report editors
The authors of a RIBA report showing how construction can reduce its carbon emissions have urged people in the sector to endorse their findings to help pressure governments into taking action ahead of the COP26 climate conference. More
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RIBA Stirling Prize 2021 shortlist revealed
The RIBA has revealed the shortlist for this year's Stirling Prize, with Amin Taha's 15 Clerkenwell Close a surprise addition to the list. More
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RIBA reveals UK's best buildings for 2021
The Royal Institute of British Architects has announced 54 winners of the 2021 RIBA National Awards for architecture including a floating church, the MK gallery and a mosque in Cambridge. More
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Anupama Kundoo awarded 2021 RIBA Charles Jencks Award
The Jencks Foundation and the Royal Institute of British Architects has awarded Indian architect Anupama Kundoo the 2021 RIBA Charles Jencks Award. More
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News of RIBA's climate initiative features in today's Dezeen Weekly newsletter
The latest edition of our Dezeen Weekly newsletter features news that fewer than six per cent of UK architecture firms have signed up to a RIBA climate initiative. More
