🔇 [AD] Sound thinking: buildings have long been designed for how they look over how they sound - and that blind spot has just got harder to ignore ⚠️ Here's why, says @OscarAcoustics : ow.ly/ssg250ZTu51 #acousticdesign #soundproofing #specification

Petra Heights, a 10-storey apartment building in Finchley, is Groupwork’s first large stone project for a commercial developer, so an important proof of concept of stone’s viability as a low-carbon building material ow.ly/jbG850ZZ2E4

🔢 Key metrics: which numbers do architects keep coming back to in their practice? What are the figures that architects always keep close at hand, which drive design or recur in their work? ow.ly/4Gti50ZZRl4

🪞 [AD] Through the looking glass: Venesta reveals the secret behind the best commercial washrooms 🛁 See the next must-have for bathroom designers: ow.ly/WWfw50ZTuhX #Venesta #washrooms #bathroomdesign #specification

☝️OPPORTUNITY Forestry Commission seeks architect to extend a sustainable, renewable-energy powered tourist attraction in the North York Moors National Park Start your bid journey here 👉 ow.ly/jewO50ZZI05 #architecturecontracts #architecturecompetitions #procurement

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Laidlaw Music Centre at St Andrews University, by Flanagan Lawrence, shows how ambitious sustainability targets can survive construction realities, a RIBAJ conference in partnership with @Aluprof_UK heard ow.ly/BrPh50ZYT58

Architecture Otherwise, the third edition of the UAE’s Sharjah Architecture Triennial, seeks to expand the understanding of architecture beyond buildings, engaging with social, environmental and cultural questions ow.ly/qoNJ50ZZo2W

🌡️ Webinar: Designing commercial spaces for a hotter planet How can we design offices, hotels, retail units and other commercial spaces to be comfortable in the climate of 40 or 50 years from now? A RIBAJ Spec webinar debated this hot topic 👇 ow.ly/XU0g50ZZh0N

🔇 [AD] Sound thinking: buildings have long been designed for how they look over how they sound - and that blind spot has just got harder to ignore ⚠️ Here's why, says @OscarAcoustics : ow.ly/ShsC50ZTue8 #acousticdesign #soundproofing #specification

Petra Heights, a 10-storey apartment building by Groupwork calls to mind an ancient monument, yet in its use of natural stone addresses the question of how you create a truly zero carbon building ow.ly/j8l850ZZ2xL

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☝️OPPORTUNITY Repurpose a former adult day centre in Dorset for the £2 million expansion of a schools referral unit for 11 to 16 year olds 🤔One for the bid / no-bid meeting?: ow.ly/P6YK50ZYV7r #architecturecontracts #architecturecompetitions #procurement

The Discovery Building, by Hugh Broughton Architects, for the British Antarctic Survey shows how ambitious sustainability targets can survive construction realities, a RIBAJ conference in partnership with @Aluprof_UK heard ow.ly/GsWr50ZYT3N

🧯How did GRID Architects handle post-Grenfell rule changes at a new London high-rise? Director Colin Veitch explains how homes & fire strategy were designed at Brooke House, one of the 1st buildings to incorporate the requirement for a second staircase. ow.ly/WAJq50ZYuCb

☝️OPPORTUNITY Be one of four multidisciplinary design teams on a £5 million framework, working across primary, secondary and special school new-build and refurb projects 📖Learn more: ow.ly/EASI50ZYko0 #architecturecontracts #architecturecompetitions #procurement

👏 Congrats to last night's winners of the RIBA Stirling Prize and International Prize 🏆 Lion Green Road, by Mary Duggan Architects with Ruff Architects wins the Stirling Prize 🏆 Nakshabid Architects' Green Field Factory takes the International Prize ow.ly/SlGG50ZYgzs

🚨@RIBA Stirling Prize 2026 winner: Lion Green Road housing by Mary Duggan Architects with Ruff Architects Multifaceted blocks make the most of a sloping site, textured brickwork softening the impact of a scheme that extends its parkland context. ow.ly/WzsR50ZXYxx

🚨Nakshabid Architects' Green Field Factory has won the @RIBA International Prize 2026 The textile factory in Bangladesh received a unanimous vote for its biophilic design, natural ventilation and focus on the wellbeing of its 5,000 mostly female staff: ow.ly/CT4Y50ZY9KN

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