The Architects’ Journal Architecture News & Buildings
Roundtable: How will changes to Part L impact design?
A panel of experts, chaired by The AJ sustainability editor Hattie Hartman and invited by Comar, discuss the thorny issues of indoor air quality and building performance
Building Regulations
Updates on the Building Regulations, including regular columns from Regs expert Geoff Wilkinson
Government U-turn: Consequential improvements plans scrapped
The government has abolished plans to force homeowners building a conservatory or extension to make improvements to their existing property
Light fantastic
The LED revolution is engulfing the entire lighting industry, and in 2013 it looks set to hit the commercial office sector. Kuldeep Vali of Concord at Havells-Sylvania explains how changes to legislation and design will bring LEDs into the workplace
RIBA wants minimum space standards in new regs framework
The RIBA has said it wants minimum space standards to ‘form a core part’ of the government’s review of housing standards and building regulations
The Regs: Part J
As the new Building Regs are just days away, Geoff Wilkinson rounds up Part J
Geoff Wilkinson on The Loft Conversion Project Guide
The Regs: The Loft Conversion Project Guide aims to iron out common faults, says Geoff Wilkinson, a building regulations expert and former vice-chair of the Association of Consulting Approved Inspectors (ACAI)
Building Regulations
Following a three-month consultation, big changes could be made to Builidng Control