Mary Douglas

3 weeks ago | architectsjournal.co.uk | Mary Douglas

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1 month ago | architectsjournal.co.uk | Mary Douglas

The Built by Nature Prize 2025 celebrates real-world applications of the Principles for Responsible Timber Construction. This global award recognises excellence in new buildings and renovations that demonstrate leadership in responsible timber construction and the integration of other bio-based materials. Any project stakeholder may submit up to three entries per organisation. Eligible projects must be completed, occupied and primarily constructed from timber. Entries close on 31 May 2025.

2 months ago | architectsjournal.co.uk | Mary Douglas

Last week the AJ unveiled the 30 projects making up the shortlist, in recognition of the 30th anniversary of this much-loved award – and you can see them all here. The shortlist includes every typology of project from saunas and wellbeing spaces to new parks and outdoor classrooms – and all completed well within a tight budget of £399,000. Our AJ Small Projects reader poll will be closing shortly, and you can vote for your favourite here or complete the form below.

Jul 19, 2024 | architectsjournal.co.uk | Smith Mordak |Mary Douglas

If you’ve read any articles about sustainability in the built environment over the last few years (including ones written by me!), you probably took away a message something like this: Buildings are a huge emitter of greenhouse gases but weirdly neglected by government who aren’t giving us the policy landscape to decarbonise, so we architects, engineers, developers, builders are all supposed to somehow fix this among ourselves despite a volatile economic context.

Jun 23, 2024 | architectsjournal.co.uk | Kit Heren |Mary Douglas

Embracing volumetric projects is part of HTA’s push to embed sustainability in every aspect of its operations. Speaking from the practice’s east London office, managing partner Simon Bayliss and partner Simon Toplis point to a study they did with the universities of Cambridge and Napier that showed several of its volumetric projects cut embodied carbon by 40 per cent compared with traditional building methods.