Events

AD and ACAN! held a special debate with all four candidates for election as President of the RIBA. Many thanks to Duncan Baker-Brown, Chithra Marsh, Jay Morton and Austin Williams for taking part - and to Isabel Allen, editor of Architecture Today, for chairing the event, and to Allford Hall Monaghan Morris for hosting us in London and online. We were delighted to work with ACAN! on this event to ensure the climate and biodiversity emergency is part of the election debate.

We invited all candidates to respond to a short AD/ACAN! statement as part of their initial address to the hustings:

"We believe that the President of the RIBA must intervene to maximise architects’ agency for positive change on the Climate and Biodiversity Emergency, and demonstrate where government, institutions and industry can lead on systems change towards fully regenerative solutions. All candidates are invited to set out how their presidency would address UK Architects Declare’s principles and ACAN!’s overarching aims."

150 people booked for the hybrid event and candidates reponded to questions in the room and via Teams. You can read coverage from Architecture Today and the Architects' Journal, and watch our recording of the event.

You can find all four candidates' election statements and short videos at the RIBA nominations page.

An opportunity for AD signatories to meet informally with members of AD's Steering Group and a small number of other AD signatories.

The latest in our series of informal Zoom sessions where a small number of AD signatories meet with members of our Steering Group.

It's your meeting - bring the topic you'd like to discuss! e.g. How to progress action on one of our declaration points? Examples you'd like to share/find? What is AD working on now? What you'd like to see next?

This event is exclusively for signatories of UK Architects Declare. Book your place.

UK Architects Declare are hosting a Circular Revolution – a high-profile event which will shine a spotlight on the role the built environment can and must play in enabling a circular economy.

Join us to unite industry leaders and demonstrate to policy-makers that the construction sector is ready to lead the transition.

The Circular Revolution will start with a participatory take-over of the London Eye - all 32 pods! - thanks to the generous support of Marks Barfield Architects, the designers of this icon of circularity in form and in function. Designed to symbolise participation and celebration, this 25-year old structure has far surpassed its intended lifespan of just five years.

Each pod will be hosted by a member of the Architects Declare team, for a 30-minute flight with guided discussions encouraging a lively and creative exchange of ideas around a number of circularity themes.

Following the flight, we will make our way to Sustainable Ventures, situated in the iconic County Hall building just a short 4-minute walk from the London Eye. Here, you will enjoy refreshments in this recently refurbished space which celebrates the existing and the reclaimed. We will share ideas from the pod discussions, alongside keynote speeches from leading voices across the sector.

Keynote speaker: Professor Paul Ekins - Deputy Chair of the Government’s Circular Economy Taskforce

You can book your place in a pod or book a whole pod for you and your guests.

We are grateful to our sponsors, Lazari, Mace, Marks Barfield Architects and Structure Tone, for their generous support for this event.

NEW: You can now read our Our Call to Action and Event Round-Up - with the strong areas of consensus that emerged across all pods as industry's asks of government and the pledges that participants made for their own actions for a circular built environment.

Join us on Thursday 2nd October (6.00-10.00pm) as we celebrate the 2025 Regenerative Architecture Index (RAI).

Launched by UK Architects Declare & Architecture Today, the RAI benchmarks the progress of practices moving towards regenerative design and delivery. It recognises the need for a built environment that not only reduces negative impacts, but also generates positive outcomes for both the present and the future.

Generously hosted by Broadway Malyan (Holmes House, 4 Pear Pl, London SE1 8BT).

Spaces are limited!

Tickets for those who entered the 2025 RAI* are available for £99 (+VAT) per person. General admission is £149 (+VAT).

Full programme & Booking here.

*A discount code has been issued to those who entered the 2025 RAI. Please use this at checkout to be eligible for the £99 ticket.

Please join us at the Reid Lecture Theatre in Glasgow for the launch of Form Follows Fuel, 14 Buildings from Antiquity to the Oil Age. The evening will include a keynote lecture by the authors, followed by a panel discussion chaired by UK Architects Declare.

This event is being made possible by financial and in-kind support from the authors, Glasgow School of Art, UK Architects Declare and the GIA Sustainability Committee.
Modernists believed that “form follows function.” Form Follows Fuel shows that in fact energy has been the biggest influence on the world’s architecture throughout the history of our species. The availability of energy under different fuel regimes – including human labour, firewood, coal, oil, gas, and renewables – shapes architecture at all scales, from what gets built to how its doors hinge.

Barnabas Calder is a historian of architecture and Head of the History of Architecture Research Cluster at the University of Liverpool. He specialises in the relationship between architecture and energy throughout human history.

Florian Urban is an architectural historian, Professor, and Head of History of Architecture and Urban Studies (HAUS) at the Glasgow School of Art. 

John Joseph Burns is an Architect and Associate at Holmes Miller based in Glasgow. John studied at the University of Strathclyde and the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar. He has over 10 years experience in practice, both in the UK and China, with a particular focus in Education and Residential design. He also guest lectures at the University of Strathclyde on Glasgow’s Tenement and Urban development.

Chloe van Grieken is an Architect and Associate at Hamilton Hay Van Jonker. She is a trustee & Steering Group member of UK Architects Declare, and a member of ACAN Scotland.

Details and booking.

We're excited to be partnering with Grimshaw and International Living Future Institute on this special Regenerative Futures panel discussion.

Our keynote speaker is André Aranha Corrêa do Lago, COP30 President.

Speakers - Lindsay Baker of the International Living Future Institute, Julia Barfield of Marks Barfield & UK Architects Declare, Andre Loosemore of Humanscale - will showcase real-world examples of implementing regenerative design principles. This dynamic conversation brings together experts in architecture, design, and sustainability to explore how regenerative design can reshape our built environment.

The panel discussion - moderated by Paul Toyne of Grimshaw - will delve into cutting-edge strategies for achieving net-zero carbon buildings, restoring ecosystems, and shaping the future of sustainable urban development.

Do join us for this opportunity to gain valuable insights from industry leaders as they share how regenerative practices can help create resilient, thriving communities.

This is a hybrid event, hosted at Grimshaw’s London office for in-person attendees and streamed online via Zoom. Please select your ticket option for either in-person attendance or online participation. Further information and booking.

We're delighted to be participating in an event at this year’s Architecture Fringe in Glasgow, hosted by New Future Construction School.

Whose cathedrals are we building? Learning from Dalmarnock’s past, present and future will invite pairs of speakers to exchange stories and share conversation about Dalmarnock across generations, and use the practice of 'cathedral thinking' to consider the following:

Can multi-generational thinking help to ensure a just transition, and can regenerative development ensure future generations become custodians and beneficiaries of a sustainable and resilient built environment?

Please join members of the AD Steering Group and other speakers for an engaging and collaborative discussion.

This event is twinned with Architects Declare’s Beyond Mythologies talk being held as part of the London Festival of Architecture. Place-based stories and learnings from the discussions will be compiled and shared following both events. 

Further information and booking.