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The brief was to create a new housing type capable of being mass produced, using modern building techniques on a realistic budget to challenge the preconceived notions of volume house building.

Black Timber House by HAPA Architects for private client, winning a RIBA South East Award 2023 and RIBA South East Small Project of the Year Award 2023 (sponsored by Gaggenau).

Learn more about how the perception of using timber for larger buildings is changing for architects.

A new playbook aims to provide a detailed framework to help make insurance for mass timber more accessible.

Timber is a sustainable material that could play a significant role in low carbon building. Experts reveal their tips on durability, insurance, client concerns and other timber considerations.

'Non-orthogonal Light Timber Frame Design' was shortlisted in the 'Design & Technical' category in the RIBA President's Awards for Research 2018.

The online session will cover topics such as the importance of service classes in timber design, points of good practice for detailing, and mitigation and remediation strategies.

This series of presentations from members of the Structural Timber Association will reflect on how its systems are imperative in delivering a net zero recovery, including its links with Welsh Government, the importance of quality & compliance and what the structural timber sector is doing to ensure it is embedded within it. It will also update those attending on recent fire research including cavity barriers & sprinklers.

Join Dr Jagjit Singh for this online, illustrated talk, where the RIBA South/South East Conservation Group will discuss environmental conservation solutions for damp, mould, and timber decay.

Andrew Lawrence (Global Timber Lead, ARUP) explains how and where timber can really excel in a building’s design; and make a project more cost competitive too.

Winners of the President's Awards for Research category presented their proposed SuperTall Timber tower.

'The Development of the Building Envelope Using Welsh-Grown Timber' was shortlisted in the Design & Technical category in the RIBA President's Awards for Research 2017

From combustibility to whether timber is less durable than other materials, industry experts debunk the most common myths.

by WilkinsonEyre for University Of Oxford Estates Services winning RIBA National Award 2016, RIBA South Award 2016 and RIBA South Building Of The Year 2016 - Sponsored By Marley Eternit

The Global Architecture Exchanges are a unique online series of talks hosted in collaboration with other professional, global architectural institutes where we explore how architects are tackling universal challenges. Join us on for Topic 1 - Climate Change/Sustainability – How do architects respond to the climate emergency?

Shakespeare North by Helm Architecture for Shakespeare North Playhouse, winning a RIBA North West Award 2024, RIBA North West Project Architect of the Year 2024, RIBA North West Building of the Year 2024 (Sponsored by EH Smith), and RIBA Client of the Year 2024.

Read the RIBA response to the Review of the use of combustible materials in and on external walls MHCLG consultation.

This global report, produced by RIBA in partnership with Architects Declare, makes the case that the built environment must drastically reduce its carbon emissions to work towards net zero.

In this scan for RIBA Horizons 2034, Ronita Bardhan looks at the next 10 years, where sustainable design will no longer be just about carbon emissions reduction and shifting to net zero. The onset of climate change will require adaptation of the existing built environment to ensure it is resilient to increasingly adverse weather conditions.

In this scan for RIBA Horizons 2034, Abimbola Windapo and Alice Moncaster discuss climate change mitigation where focusing on carbon emissions reduction and driving the net zero transition is pressing. The next decade is our last chance if we are to ensure a liveable planet for future generations.