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WEBSecret to converting up to 670,000 redundant historic buildings into homes revealed. Historic England guidance sets out key design considerations when transforming heritage properties into residential in bid to tackle the housing crisis. 11 October 2024. Intelligence.
Navigating the Building Safety Act's position of Principal Designer
WEBNov 20, 2023 · On 1 October the Building etc (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2023 came into force, providing further clarity on how the government intends to implement the new regulatory regime introduced under the Building Safety Act 2022, Any project requiring a new Building Regulations application, from domestic house extensions to higher-risk buildings (HRBs), will now require two ‘principal duty ...
Roofshield permeable membrane for healthy buildings | RIBAJ
WEBAug 6, 2021 · Roofshield is a three-layer, non-woven, polypropylene breather membrane for use as a pitched roof underlay and breathable roofing felt. It is fixed beneath tiles and slates. Roofshield has been the trusted industry standard air and vapour-permeable underlay for pitched roofs for over 20 years. It provides a fully ventilated roof without the ...
How to calculate a building's operational energy | RIBAJ
WEBSep 9, 2022 · How to do the calculations. Energy performance in buildings is commonly measured in kWh/m 2 /yr, ie kilowatt hours of energy per square metre of building per year. It is sometimes referred to as an Energy Use Intensity (EUI) figure. A kilowatt hour (kWh) is a composite unit of energy equal to one kilowatt (kW) sustained for (multiplied by) one ...
Hindsight: Ken Yeang on blazing a trail for ecological design
WEBMar 25, 2022 · Ken Yeang talks about his five-decade-long career, creating his own experimental passive house in 1985 and how was only in the early 2000s that clients started asking for green buildings. Ken Yeang, 74, has been a pioneer ecological design since 1971. He founded Hamzah & Yeang in 1977 with …
The RIBA Plan of Work 2020 update analysed and explained | RIBAJ
WEBOct 28, 2019 · The 2020 Plan of Work responds to feedback on how Stage 2 works and particularly to different approaches to the timing of planning applications. It acknowledges adjustments required at the Stage 3 and 4 interface, depending on the procurement strategy. Industry has adopted terms such as Stage 3 minus or Stage 4 …
The Archive | Design in the making - RIBA Journal
WEBRIBA Journal is the largest circulation publication serving the architecture profession. Published monthly, plus its two-monthly Products in Practice supplement, it is the only magazine to reach nearly 28,000 RIBA members across UK and international markets.
Designing buildings for neurodiversity and sensory impact - RIBA …
WEBMar 2, 2022 · An important milestone is now in sight for the designers of buildings and their users. The early summer of 2022 will see the launch of the first-ever BSI standard providing guidance on neurodiversity and the built environment: PAS 6463 Design for the mind. This will expand conventional notions of inclusive design to address sensory design ...
Top ten dos and don’ts | RIBAJ - RIBA Journal
WEBMar 5, 2015 · It is also worth noting that the lap should always be taken from the lowest row of fixings in whatever it is covering. 9. Fixing. The fixing of lead sheet is carried out in many different ways, all of which are dependent on the particular application. For instance, a lead bay on a roof with a pitch of up to 3 degrees differs in the arrangement ...
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WEBRIBA Journal is the largest circulation publication serving the architecture profession. Published monthly, plus its two-monthly Products in Practice supplement, it is the only magazine to reach nearly 28,000 RIBA members across UK and international markets.