TED Talk speaker, founder of radical design studio IBUKU and the designer behind some of the most extraordinary structures in the world, will kick off the events programme at Regenerative Design 2026 with a keynote talk on the morning of Monday 5th October.
Ian Poole
What can a soap film teach us about concrete construction? Ian Poole of Elliott Wood discusses biomimicry, material reuse in a push to make structural engineering less extractive and more regenerative.
Free RD26 seminar: Specifying natural and sustainable construction materials
BakerBrown Studio, Collective Works, Groupwork, Webb Yates, UKGBC and Rowland Keable of Rammed Earth join the line-up at a seminar on whole life carbon and adaptive reuse delivered in partnership with HG Matthews on the morning of Tuesday 20th October as part of Regenerative Design 2026.
Centre for Contemporary Arts Tashkent
Studio KO has transformed a 1912 tram depot and diesel station in Old Tashkent into Uzbekistan’s first permanent institution for contemporary art, retaining the character of the industrial complex while introducing new galleries, public spaces and facilities for research and cultural exchange.
DSDHA
From Broadgate to the studio garden and experimental earth construction, Tom Greenall and Nicole Abernethy of DSDHA explore how testing ideas at different scales can turn landscape, biodiversity and material innovation into everyday practice.
Evermore
Nimtim architects has refurbished and extended a Suffolk bungalow, creating an accessible and adaptable home designed around the long-term needs of its owners.
How Should We Innovate? – speakers announced
RIBA London Ethical Practice Special Interest Group to host a seminar entitled 'How Should We Innovate?' on the afternoon of Wednesday 7th October at the Building Centre in central London as part of Regenerative Design 2026.
Dispatches: Cooke Fawcett
Oliver Cooke and Francis Fawcett, founders of Cooke Fawcett, discuss leaving Herzog & de Meuron, building a practice from scratch, and their evolving approach to heritage, retrofit and cultural projects.
RDA Architects
Richard Dudzicki tells AT how cinema, Passivhaus principles and London’s constraints shape a practice focused on retaining what exists, using fewer resources and finding inventive ways to make lasting homes.
Designing workplaces for people and planet
Watch the AT Workplace webinar, in partnership with Oscar Acoustics, exploring how retrofit, reuse, adaptability, acoustic comfort and long-term thinking are shaping workplaces that work better for people and the planet.
Free RD26 seminar: Whole life carbon and adaptive reuse
Max Fordham, HLM Architects, Grimshaw, Elliott Wood, PDP and Esther Robinson Wild join the line-up at a seminar on whole life carbon and adaptive reuse that takes place on the morning of Thursday 15th October as part of Regenerative Design 2026.
Corinna Dean
Corinna Dean of ARCA considers how architecture can foster care for human and non-human life, drawing on collaborative projects from floating reed beds on the River Lea to bio-receptive bricks that expose the environmental costs of making.
Architects Declare’s Next Gen Ambassadors present: Regenerative Design – What Now?
What does it look like when a generation of architects witness their profession fundamentally change over the course of their training – and, more importantly, what happens when we stop waiting for the industry to catch up and start changing it ourselves?
4 Arbour Street, Copper Square
shedkm’s 14-storey office building at Brent Cross Town combines a precast concrete frame with cross-laminated timber floors to reduce embodied carbon while providing flexible workspace alongside the new Brent Cross West station.
Paul Ruff
Paul Ruff reflects on a career shaped by resourcefulness, reinvention and a growing conviction that architecture must take responsibility for its impact.
Navigating the gateway process
Adam Eaton, Director at Trigon Fire Safety, and Jayne Hall, Associate at Hunters, have produced a School of Specification module on navigating the Gateway process. Here, they explore architects’ responsibilities, Gateway 2 submissions, change control and demonstrating compliance at Gateway 3.
Office S&M
From their annual 'Plants and Pints' to a house designed for trees and cats, Office S&M are making regenerative design fun, creative, and an intuitive characteristic of contemporary practise.
Jihlava Municipal Arena
CHYBÍK + KRIŠTOF’s new sports and culture venue in Jihlava combines a 5,650-seat arena with new public spaces, landscape and supporting facilities designed to extend the life of the Czech city centre.
Dulux announces Soulful Sage™ as its colour of the year
At a School of Specification webinar, Dulux has named Soulful Sage™ its Colour of the Year for 2027. Dawn Scott, Dulux Trade Senior Colour Designer at AkzoNobel explains how this soft, silvery green sits at the heart of three carefully developed colour palettes.
in partnership with AccuRoof (formerly SIG Design and Technology)
A landmark achievement
Radmat discusses how its high-performance insulation and waterproofing systems helped realise the complex roofscape and landscaped terraces of Hopkins Architects’ 100 Liverpool Street in the City of London.
The Hummingbird Learning Lab: the winners
Invisible Studio and Studio 8FOLD have been selected as joint winners of the Hummingbird Learning Lab competition to design a learning environment that reflects a new approach to education.
Exploring sector-specific roofing solutions with IKO Town
David Coldham, Technical Director at IKO, discusses how roofing and waterproofing requirements vary across residential, industrial and education sectors, and explains how IKO Town is helping architects explore systems, specifications and technical guidance in a more interactive way.
Spotlight on products in use
in partnership with manufacturers
Gary Clark, HKS
For Gary Clark of HKS using regenerative principles as a design driver yields long-term benefits, not just for communities and the environment, but for business too.
Designing for leisure: colour and paint specification in hotels and restaurants
Dulux Trade's Dawn Scott and Lee Crossland, in conversation with Architecture Today's Technical Editor John Ramshaw, discuss how considered colour specification and high-performance coating systems can help create memorable hospitality environments that combine strong visual identity with long-term durability.
Mandy Franz, MICA
Mandy Franz's approach to architecture has been shaped by the romantic castles and brutalist architecture of her East German childhood, Santiago Calatrava and a focus on striking a balance between respect for heritage and a hunger for progress.
Tullie Museum
De Matos Ryan has reworked Carlisle’s Tullie Museum, creating a new entrance, gallery, community spaces and shop aimed at strengthening the building’s relationship with the city.
Brooke House
GRID architects has completed 102 affordable homes for Women’s Pioneer Housing in west London, combining increased density with dual-aspect living and a landscape designed around mature trees.
Harrow on the Hill
Inglis Badrashi Loddo has transformed a Grade II-listed former council building in north-west London into five apartments.