Housing and Planning Minister Matthew Pennycook used his UKREiiF address to defend the government’s record on housing and planning, set out the next stages of reform, and call for greater collaboration between government and the construction sector.
From Shetland to Halifax: a personal case for refurbishment
Barr Gazetas associate Magnus Wills reflects on how growing up in Shetland and encountering pioneering refurbishment projects shaped his belief in reuse, regenerative design and the future of sustainable housing.
Regenerative architecture on stage: UKREiiF 2026
Hear Suzy Jones from Urban Splash, Councillor Ruairi Kelly from Glasgow City Council, Holly Lewis from We Made That and Gary Clark from HKS discuss the role of regenerative design in unlocking the long-term value of public assets.
Dispatches from UKREiiF: Mairi Laverty, Collective Architecture
Mairi Laverty, Director at Glasgow-based Collective Architecture, reflects on an unexpectedly optimistic UKREiiF, the growing momentum behind housing investment in Scotland, and the importance of socially conscious collaboration in shaping the next generation of retrofit and new-build projects.
UKREiiF Round Table: Unlocking the value of heritage assets
How do we unlock the economic, social and cultural value locked inside Britain's historic buildings? A roundtable of experts from architecture, law, engineering, finance and local government gathered to explore this question and debate the definition of value itself.
Tomorrow’s Clients at UKREiiF: Finlay Ward, West Midlands Growth Company
Finlay Ward, Capital Investment Executive at West Midlands Growth Company (WMGC), tells AT how architects can better align with regional economic growth priorities, why a belief in the West Midlands in crucial, and the geopolitics keeping him awake at night.
Sovereign Network Group launch their new Homes and Place Standard at UKREiiF 2026
SNG’s Homes and Place Standard measures a portfolio of over 140 properties across London and the South and West of England against three metrics: Home, Place and Sustainable Futures. The panel discuss why the new standard presents a crucial shift in the industry’s approach to affordable housing, and how it seeks to tighten the gap between quantity and quality.
The Architectural Heritage Fund relaunches the Heritage Revival Fund at UKREiiF
The Architectural Heritage Fund celebrates its 50th birthday with the launch of its biggest ever fund through the expanded Heritage Revival Fund.
Dispatches from UKREiiF: Antje Saunders
As SNG’s unveil their Homes and Place Standard, their Design Director Antje Saunders share news of SNG’s new framework tender for housing and masterplanning – with space for up to 30 practices – and discusses the housing association’s ambition to raise the quality of affordable housing through collaborative, context-led design.
Tomorrow’s Clients at UKREiiF: Jessica Hird, STAT Planning
Jessica Hird, Associate Planner, tells AT what she thinks architects could being doing to better support planners, her biggest red flag when working with architects, and why she’s advocating for the next generation of Town Planners.
Tomorrow’s Clients at UKREiiF: Sam Galloway, Incommunities
The next generation of clients speaks to AT about what they’re looking for when commissioning work from architects.
Dispatches from UKREiiF: Density and design
At UKREiiF, a panel chaired by Euan Mills explored whether dwellings per hectare remains a useful measure of density, or whether the industry needs more sophisticated ways of understanding how places function, evolve and support everyday life.
Building Brabazon
Jon McDiarmid and Seb Loyn from YTL Developments talk to Isabel Allen about transforming the 142-hectare former Filton Airfield, just outside Bristol, into the 'least new' of the latest batch of New Towns – and identifying the right architect for the job.
Dispatches from UKREiiF: Jon Di Stefano from Greencore Homes
AT chats to Jon Di Stefano, CEO of Greencore Homes, about climate-positive housing, natural-material construction, and how better-than-net-zero homes can move from niche proposition to mainstream development model.
Dispatches from UKREiiF: Humanising the city
Abigail Scott Paul, Global Head of the Humanise Campaign, talks to AT Editor Isabel Allen about waging war on mediocrity and giving Mayors the tools they need to set an awesome long-term vision for the communities they serve.
Pyramid House
Khan Bonshek’s retrofit of Milton Keynes’ Pyramid House, originally designed for the 1981 Homeworld, carefully reworks the postmodern prototype for contemporary living through a considered reorganisation of space, light and movement.
Kosmalt
A former 1960s workers’ dormitory in Košice, Slovakia, has been reimagined by local practice Atrium Architekti as a model for the adaptive reuse of socialist-era housing.
University of Limerick Student Centre
Cotter & Naessens' long awaited Student Centre at The University of Limerick opens as a place of conversation, community and exchange, operating somewhere between public forum and student living room.
The RAI at Futurebuild 2026
Three practices involved in the Regenerative Architecture Index joined Architecture Today and UK Architects Declare at Futurebuild 2026 to explore what regenerative architecture looks like in practice today.
in partnership with AccuRoof (formerly SIG Design and Technology)
Komorebi
ConForm’s extension and reconfiguration of a terraced house in Dulwich uses light, layered views and carefully positioned voids to create stronger spatial connections across a split-level family home.
On the Bay
Set between a traditional shoreline cottage and the Atlantic edge of Galway Bay, ALWA’s low-slung pavilion extension balances exposure and shelter through a restrained architecture that carefully recalibrates the relationship between house, landscape and sea.
RAI deadline extended to Friday 29 May
The deadline for entries to the Regenerative Architecture Index 2026 has been extended to 11.59pm on Friday 29 May 2026.
Spotlight on products in use
in partnership with manufacturers
Tipping Point East
Bringing together Yes Make, Resolve Collective and Material Cultures under a single operational site in Silvertown, east London, Tipping Point East combines material storage, fabrication, education and construction in a shared attempt to address the systemic waste embedded within the built environment and cultural sectors.
Rethinking roofing for a lower-carbon future
Louis Weir, Sustainability Manager at IKO, discusses how the company’s environmental strategy, products and manufacturing processes are evolving to support lower-carbon, higher-performance roofing systems.
Blue roofs – unlocking the potential of the fifth façade
Watch the AT webinar, in partnership with IKO, exploring how blue roof systems can transform rooftops into active infrastructure that manages stormwater, supports sustainability targets and unlocks development potential.
AT Webinar: Future homes
Join us on 27 May to explore how the UK housing sector is responding to tightening regulation, growing demand and the urgent need to decarbonise – from delivering new homes at scale, to upgrading existing stock and improving long-term performance.
Resurrection of the Sudetenland
Prague-based No Architects transform a derelict homestead in the Ora Mountains into a robust and playful retreat, proposing a contemporary model for resistant and environmental design in challenging climates.
Peter Aldington: 1933 – 2026
John Pardey reflects on the life and work of architect Peter Aldington, whose modest but deeply influential body of houses fused modern design with the English picturesque, creating an architecture rooted in place, craft and landscape.
