Newsletter archive
1/7/2025 - Building Safety Regulator, cool spaces, industrial strategy.
27/6/2025 - Infrastructure strategy, recruitment plan, ARB code.
24/6/2025 - Grenfell 8 years on, airtightness, Ebenezer Howard.
20/6/2025 - Sustainability School, Building Safety Week, ground floor construction.
17/6/2025 - Future Homes Standard, spending review, clean air.
13/6/2025 - Spending review, architecture in film, SELECT plan.
10/6/2025 - People-first retrofit, recycled slate, CIOB client guide.
6/6/2025 - EPC's, Edwin Rickards, heat pump market.
3/6/2025 - Apprenticeships, planning reform, heating listed buildings.
30/5/2025 - Licensing housebuilders, golden thread, sme housebuilders.
26/5/2025 - Pinwill sisters, retrofit, buildings at risk list.
23/5/2025 - Boiler upgrade, warm homes, Lo-E buildings.
20/5/2025 - Women in art, places of worship, Grenfell oversight.
16/5/2025 - Mental health, water saving week, precast foundations.
13/5/2025 - Materials libraries, Villa Wolf, smog reducing facades.
9/5/2025 - Electric heating, PPN 021, CIAT competency framework.
6/5/2025 - 20,000 articles, quality culture, biophilic design.
2/5/2025 - Solar shading, 5S method, electrification.
29/4/2025 - Blue plaques, gridshells, building control review panel.
25/4/2025 - AI, smart appliances, competency-based degrees.
22/4/2025 - Gregor Harvie on AI, coal tar, heat pump calcs.
15/4/2025 - Electricity levies, environmental permits, prefabs.
11/4/2025 - Welsh regs consultation, building safety wiki, Christopher Wren.
8/4/2025 - Building safety, maintaining tenements, design automation.
4/4/2025 - Asbestos, retrofit, openUSD.
1/4/2025 - Planning and infrastructure bill, New Homes Taskforce, gentrification.
28/3/2025 - Spring statement, building safety levy, Great British Energy.
25/3/2025 - Cladding remediation, skills funding, DH Lawrence.
21/3/2025 - Warm homes, lifts of the future, building safety levy.
18/3/2205 - BSRIA rebrand, urban council housing, BS9991.
14/3/2025 - Balcony biodiversity, SUDS, electrical skills.
11/3/2025 - Damp, Alexander Pope's Grotto, conservation training.
7/3/2025 - SDGs, rebuilding Ukraine, International Women's Day.
4/3/2025 - Timber routemap, sustainability framework, electrifying our future.
28/2/2025 - Grenfell Inquiry, Procurement Act, Grenfell web of blame.
25/2/2025 - MEES consultation, heritage training, mapping and flowcharting.
21/2/2025 - Slavery, new towns, AI boom.
18/2/2025 - Hardwick Old Hall, safety transfers to MHCLG, air con market.
14/2/2025 - 60 years of CIAT, bats in churches, EPC consultation.
11/2/2025 - Humidity resilience, Grenfell Tower, heritage management plans.
7/2/2025 - Building Safety Act, Detail Library, wellbeing.
4/2/2025 - British stone, brutalism, commissioning responsibilities.
31/1/2025 - Building safety wiki, deposit return schemes, CDM duties.
28/1/2025 - Birkenhead Park, common land, permitted development.
24/1/2025 - Building Safety Act, Finance Alliance, licensing construction.
21/1/2025 - Neurodiversity, building with flint, stone worktop installation.
17/1/2025 - Grenfell Inquiry, Approved Documents, Futurebuild.
14/1/2025 - Compulsory purchase, cladding remediation, work-related deaths.
10/1/2025 - Mould, private rental selective licensing, architectural technologist salaries.
7/1/2025 - Health and safety, Northern forest, thermal plaster.
3/1/2025 - Most read articles, Grenfell Tower site, heritage preservation.
Featured articles and news
RTPI leader to become new CIOB Chief Executive Officer
Dr Victoria Hills MRTPI, FICE to take over after Caroline Gumble’s departure.
Social and affordable housing, a long term plan for delivery
The “Delivering a Decade of Renewal for Social and Affordable Housing” strategy sets out future path.
A change to adoptive architecture
Effects of global weather warming on architectural detailing, material choice and human interaction.
The proposed publicly owned and backed subsidiary of Homes England, to facilitate new homes.
How big is the problem and what can we do to mitigate the effects?
Overheating guidance and tools for building designers
A number of cool guides to help with the heat.
The UK's Modern Industrial Strategy: A 10 year plan
Previous consultation criticism, current key elements and general support with some persisting reservations.
Building Safety Regulator reforms
New roles, new staff and a new fast track service pave the way for a single construction regulator.
Architectural Technologist CPDs and Communications
CIAT CPD… and how you can do it!
Cooling centres and cool spaces
Managing extreme heat in cities by directing the public to places for heat stress relief and water sources.
Winter gardens: A brief history and warm variations
Extending the season with glass in different forms and terms.
Restoring Great Yarmouth's Winter Gardens
Transforming one of the least sustainable constructions imaginable.
Construction Skills Mission Board launch sector drive
Newly formed government and industry collaboration set strategy for recruiting an additional 100,000 construction workers a year.
New Architects Code comes into effect in September 2025
ARB Architects Code of Conduct and Practice available with ongoing consultation regarding guidance.
Welsh Skills Body (Medr) launches ambitious plan
The new skills body brings together funding and regulation of tertiary education and research for the devolved nation.
Paul Gandy FCIOB announced as next CIOB President
Former Tilbury Douglas CEO takes helm.
UK Infrastructure: A 10 Year Strategy. In brief with reactions
With the National Infrastructure and Service Transformation Authority (NISTA).