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Alan Jones, president of RIBA
Coming Clean

Alan Jones returns as RIBA president, looks to put scandal behind him

a mass timber-framed apartment building under construction
Chopping Down Tall Wood

Mass timber buildings could face height restrictions in U.K. over Grenfell fears

an illustration of a neighborhood of modular homes in the uk, made by BoKlok
Chip off the Old BoKlok

IKEA’s modular home offshoot names a U.K. manufacturer

northern irish architect alan jones
Let the Nominations Begin!

RIBA to commence search for new president amid incumbent controversy

modernist city hall in columbus, indiana, designed by architecture firm SOM, now enacting furloughs
And It Begins ...

Here are the major architecture firms that have enacted furloughs, staff pay cuts

rendering of proposed arena for manchester, the new OVG Manchester
A Two Mega-Arena Town

Plans for OVG Manchester, the U.K.’s largest arena, revealed

a bulbous governmental building in london designed by foster + partners
The Covid Crunch

Foster + Partners imposes staff furloughs, pay cuts

outside the excel center in london
Brit and Determination

Completed in nine days, massive NHS Nightingale hospital opens in London

a photo of alan jones, riba president
A Most Curious departure

RIBA president Alan Jones temporarily steps down after only seven months

Roger Scruton, an older man with floppy hair, at a lectern
Scrutonizing His Record

Controversial conservative architectural commentator Sir Roger Scruton dies

A slide that reads NATIONAL DESIGN GUIDE in green
Creating beautiful, enduring and successful places

The U.K. launches a National Design Guide—but why?

A perspective photo looking down the hallway of a prison where Oscar Wilde was once held
Go Wilde

Preservationists rally to save the prison where Oscar Wilde was persecuted

A street cutting between two brick housing masses
PassivHaus Perfection

Super energy-efficient social housing claims the 2019 RIBA Stirling Prize

Image of Boris Johnson on construction site
Brexit Bridge-around

Boris Johnson calls for feasibility study of bridge from Northern Ireland to Scotland

An older man, Roger Scruton, looking smug
In-Scruton-Able

Roger Scruton reinstated as chair of U.K. housing commission

Interior of a room full of whiskey barrels, a project on the Stirling Prize shortlist
Six in the Mix

RIBA announces the 2019 Stirling Prize shortlist

Photo looking up at the Big Ben
New Rules

How the U.K. forged a path to global BIM standards

A man sitting on a chair
Booted from Beauty

Roger Scruton fired from U.K. housing commission over inflammatory comments