Every few months there seems to be an article in one of the more popular architecture magazines about how great working for free is a road to making money. As more and more students leave university w...

The ‘working for free’ culture is rampant in architecture, it is inbuilt when you are studying, where you are criticised and constantly changing your work to ‘fit’, spending long hours or nights befor...

Posted by: @supernova This is worth watching if you work with secondary glazing and with buildings that are listed or in conservation areas. I just watched the replay this weekend, the building stud...

Hey @supernova, your breakdown of the cost analysis caught my eye, and it seems prices have taken a hike lately, maybe blaming it on the energy cost surge. I stumbled upon a few alternatives, all a ta...

Looks like RIBA is pushing these on Twitter now

It seems as though there is a disconnect between the RIBA and architects Well, yes.... There is a perception of elitism within the RIBA, which is also tied to diversity issues. Even though things ha...

Thanks Alex, RIBA had a webinar this week titled ‘In conversation with: Building Regulations Essentials: Building Safety Act - The evolving picture for Architects’, the Q&A was with Paul Bussey Se...

@supernova thanks for the great notes on PD. This is not a problem for architects. In general while submitting planning drawings, building regs have already been taken into account. I think the real ...

Posted by: @jane Has anyone else seen this? Hi Jane, Thanks for the link, there is a lot to say about this. The regulations do not require the Principal Designer under Building Regulations to b...

RIBA has a new book out, called ‘Principal Designer's Guide’. It costs £29 and has all the information needed for the role, as well as some letter templates. This is a companion guide to RIBA Health ...

There are quite a few positions on this, and some have good points to them. I agree in part, for instance, with both the previous comments of @nazart and @ben0321, although they are very different. Fo...

Get ready The changes come into force on the long expected date of 1 October 2023, however the new legislation (or amended legislation as it is now) was expected to be published months ago and not 6...

The positives of Muyiwa Oki is that he is young, bringing a closer relationship with younger architects/students. He is thinking about smaller practices and maybe having a fresh outlook to RIBA might...

Thanks supernova. You put up incredibly useful information. The price for signboards from a signage shop is a tiny amount, twenty pounds at most, and let us get it in perspective, it is absolutely ti...

There is nowhere on the ARB website that says that you cannot use the logo for signboards. Not sure why it isn’t advertised, but this could be the ‘low profile’ that the arb have had as just being ...