On 21 November 2024, ARB hosted an online CPD demo and Q&A webinar to provide guidance and clarification on what architects need to do to meet ARB’s requirements. (please log in to see conten...

Petition is over 1,000 mark!

This is picking up steam… 610 signatures!

I just had a bit of a shock looking at the ARB retention fee for next year, it’s not like I can stop paying it! I never worried about the increases in the ARB registration as I was paying an annual...

Rip off you say? Please, it's just a small price to pay for the privilege of being regulated by the most incompetent bureaucracy in the world.

The Grenfell Inquiry report is finally published, I know this has been going on for a few years now and a lot of changes to the construction process have already been implemented. I haven’t read it bu...

High performance insulation is the way to go. It is not too expensive for the client and if done well can be an easy way to achieve energy efficiency.

What do you believe is the most impactful solution for reducing energy consumption and enhancing sustainability in residential buildings? You can choose more than one option.

Thanks @archiZen, from the blurb the book provides ‘practitioners the required knowledge for the PD role’, but on the overview tab To ensure chartered architects are reaching a high standard of knowl...

I posted about this in November Posted by: @jbarch You'd think an institution like RIBA, supposedly the gold standard of architecture, would appreciate that this is already part of an architect’s r...

This is a great piece about how the RIBA are getting it wrong. They are all about making more money, not actually helping architects to thrive. @jbarch as you mentioned above, the larger practices wil...

Sorry, a bit late to the party on this one. I fully understand the worry and see where you're coming from jbarch.... it's just one of those things that RIBA got wrong. I was a member of RIBA when at u...

The Building Safety Act identified areas within the construction process that were lacking in clarity or transparency and of course the ‘who is to blame’ when things go wrong. A lot of changes have be...

@nazart do you have a link to the article?

Posted by: @nazart The average house owner does not have the finances to retrofit their house to the standards that are required. Given that what is required is not fully outlined, what can an averag...