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Join us for a live-streamed lecture by Lyndon Neri and Rossana Hu, Founding Partners of the award-winning Shanghai based design studio.

What makes a great place, what are the drivers for change and what are the future priorities for shaping places? The role of design is important in creating places and delivering homes of the future. This seminar will provide an understanding of the cultural, social and technical challenges of shaping spaces. It will offer consideration of the diverse drivers for future places and the approaches that can be taken to design for change, giving a critical update on current policies, tools and standards.

Twenty-five million UK homes will need to be energy-retrofitted over the next 30 years, including historic, listed and other hard to treat buildings. On an item by item basis, this seminar will illustrate the key energy saving opportunities within existing buildings and how to tailor a retrofit master plan. Knowledge will be shared based on completed examples, including deep energy retrofits to EnerPHit, Carbon Lite and Energie-Sprong standards.

There is nothing new about terrorism in the UK and we have learned a lot from its history over the past 100 years and beyond. This seminar will demonstrate how good design can reduce opportunities for terrorist’s activity, as well as casualties should a terrorist attack occur. Using case studies and simulation, the session will discuss mitigation measures during concept and design stages.

When considering the principles of building physics and climate-responsive design, it is important to focus on how these may impact energy demand, carbon emissions, occupant comfort and well-being. This seminar will highlight important environmental design aspects, which are recommended to be considered during early design stages and will introduce tools which can assist during the design process.

Are you looking to advance your understanding of the RIBA PSCs and building contracts? This seminar will look at how the professional services contract seeks to provide architects with sensible protections and limitations on responsibility and liability, whilst providing clarity of roles and services for the client.

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.

Emphasising conservation in practice, the RIBA Advanced Conservation course will develop your specialism in conservation, by presenting diverse projects and case studies of both emerging and well-established practices. The aim is to demonstrate the full range of core skills needed by conservation architects, including the growing importance of the conservation of 20th century buildings.

We’ve developed a series of interactive online events to provide a forum to discuss issues that practices are facing as they navigate their way through the coronavirus pandemic. In this session, we discuss what a succession plan looks like and how practices can put one in place.

An interactive wellbeing workshop addressing common mental health difficulties, providing information, tips and tools to support you.