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°ÄÃÅÍõÖÐÍõ President, Muyiwa Oki, spoke at panels, roundtables, and events during the 2023 party conferences, discussing politically hot topics affecting the built environment such as building safety, housing and sustainability.

In this blog to mark Black History Month, Naomi Shewa, architect at BDP, discusses her architectural heroes who happen to be Black and women.

For International Pronouns Day on 18 October, we hear from members of the built environment about the importance of respecting and sharing pronouns. We also share tips on how you can make respecting, sharing, and educating about personal pronouns commonplace in your architecture practice.

Learn how creating a visual identity can help attract the clients you want to work with as an architect.

Read what was announced at the 2023 Conservative and Labour party conferences - including housing and planning, and the climate emergency.

Learn more about the purpose and value of client care letters for architects offering advice to clients in respect of their duties under the new Building Regulations.

The expanded edition hopes to provide architects with a wider understanding of carbon costs across different building types.

Introducing wellbeing strategies and environmental considerations around menopause can help change the narrative within practice culture.

Ackroyd Lowrie actively champions talent by creating and nurturing a diverse workforce, through its innovative Academy programme as well as, investing in wellbeing, work-life balance and EDI policies. This approach resulted in the practice being shortlisted as Employer of the Year in the 2023 Building Design Awards. We spoke to Oliver Lowrie and Jon Ackroyd about their work.

Hear from °ÄÃÅÍõÖÐÍõ Chief Executive Dr Valerie Vaughan-Dick MBE as we celebrate the Black History Month 2023 theme, saluting our sisters.