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How do we ensure a notated building remains true to its design ambitions? Festus Moffat and David Magyar look at how to ensure a seamless transfer from design to delivery ow.ly/p7Ka5105TIj

💰 Costings: what do you need to budget for fire doors? In the latest of our regular series, @TTalinea Archie Spence and Louis Loader break down all the details you need to consider when specifying them. ow.ly/e9gU5104qZG

☝️OPPORTUNITY Europe's largest conservation and membership organisation wants to hear from multidisciplinary teams interested in a landscape project at a much-loved UK visitor destination 📍Discover where: ow.ly/wEeL5105Pcu #architecturecontracts #procurement

Book your ticket and join us for this free webinar to explore how #architects can build financially resilient, future-ready practices. In partnership with Fresh Projects. #freewebinar ow.ly/ITnt5105Job

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🤔 [AD] Thoughtful materials specification can help architects introduce a modern aesthetic into a conservation area without compromising its historic character 🏘️ See this glorious @CUPAPIZARRAS_en roof at a London new-build: ow.ly/TiKr5102STf #roofing #naturalslate

😎 On a tech campus near Paris, Baumschlager Eberle Architekten’s deep timber facades keep things cool At IXCampus, a photonics facility, two new buildings’ vertical fins and woven Douglas fir speak a bold visual language and draw on passive principles. ow.ly/rHez5104q6Y

🪟 [AD] The input of @crittallwindows to the University of Gloucestershire’s City Campus building shows how trust in architecture is built over time 🔍 See the Art Deco department store reborn for education: ow.ly/Ku9y51052rH #steelwindows #fenestration

Planners design review: What changes did Hawkins\Brown need to make to get the revamp and extension of a Blackheath coach house through planning? ow.ly/Ehrz510421K

Architects must learn to direct AI, using its capabilities to extend what their practices can do, said speakers at a RIBA Leaders Breakfast in association with @LumionUK ow.ly/pbqQ5103Qhs

📊 Mapping public opinion on architecture: numbers matter, writes Create Streets' @boys_nicholas Surveys that quantify public opinion on design are a powerful tool: the figures grab attention, show support – and can improve buildings too, he argues. ow.ly/QVnR51043Eu

☝️OPPORTUNITY A new £150 million consultants framework will run for four years from 2027 📐Dig deeper into the architect and principal designer lots here ow.ly/Z0LB51041gA #architecturecontracts #architecturecompetitions #procurement

🦾 How can architects harness big data and AI to enrich their design decisions? Sector experts explain how architects can get to grips with analysing huge datasets with artificial intelligence tools, and two ways such techniques are being used. ow.ly/gsiL5103i8i

🪟 [AD] The input of @crittallwindows to the University of Gloucestershire’s City Campus building shows how trust in architecture is built over time 🔍 See the Art Deco department store reborn for education: ow.ly/stCo5102SFF #steelwindows #fenestration

Planners design review: What changes do planners recommend to secure a scheme’s approval? In the first of a new series, Charlotte Walker of Lichfields looks at alterations made to a Blackheath house extension by Hawkins\Brown ow.ly/heNU51041UU

AI is helping practices function more effectively, but they must understand and take. Responsibility for the outputs they use – this was the message at a RIBA Leaders Breakfast in association with Lumion ow.ly/3XUf5103Qen

Obituary: Donald Insall insisted conservation should be distinguished from preservation, believing that buildings changed throughout their life ow.ly/Va8u5102uOl

🔆🔆 [AD] Even with a good run of facade glazing, it's hard getting daylight deep into the floorplan of a large extension 💡Velux has some bright ideas for banishing the gloom: ow.ly/BYBx5102SCi #VELUX #roofwindows #rooflights

💦 How did Townshend Landscape Architects approach SuDS on four recent projects? With sustainable drainage systems an increasingly important part of masterplanning, director Martha Alker discussed her firm’s method at schemes in London and Nottingham. ow.ly/FbvI5103hfK

🪟 [AD] The input of @crittallwindows to the University of Gloucestershire’s City Campus building shows how trust in architecture is built over time 🔍 See the Art Deco department store reborn for education: ow.ly/L65e5102SKM #steelwindows #fenestration