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British AEC groups urge government action on embodied carbon regulations

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We now need urgent action from the next government to deliver a greener future that we deserve.” RIBA President Muyiwa Oki said: “Our message is clear — embodied carbon regulation is critical to reaching net zero. As built environment professionals, we understand our duty to reduce emissions and have been leading the charge.

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Scottish government won’t investigate Mackintosh Building fire over high costs

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The Scottish government has rejected calls for a public inquiry into the two blazes that devastated the Mackintosh building at the Glasgow School of Art, which was ravaged by fire in 2014 and again in 2018.

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Your next job could be designing federal government buildings at SOM

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Following last week’s look at an opening for Visiting Faculty Fellowships in Design for Spatial Justice at the University of Oregon , we are using this week’s edition of our Job Highlights series to explore an open role on Archinect Jobs for a Technical Architect - US Government Work at Skidmore, Owings & Merrill.

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As the UK’s Raac problems grow, concerned educators complain of a stalled government response

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There are now over 230 schools and colleges listed on the government’s register of buildings under consideration for Raac replacement and repair.

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Massachusetts changes direction for reuse of Paul Rudolph's brutalist Government Service Center

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The planned reuse of Paul Rudolph ’s oft-reviled Boston Government Service Center has taken on a new direction with a housing-focused proposal from the administration of Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey. The updated plan replaced a previously announced NBBJ overhaul that would have remade both the Erich Lindemann and Charles F.

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As the UK’s Raac problems grows, concerned educators complain of a stalled government response

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There are now over 230 schools and colleges listed on the government’s register of buildings under consideration for Raac replacement and repair.

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The Dutch government is leading the fight to retrofit against climate change

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Energiesprong (which translates to “energy jump”), a nonprofit that the Dutch government helped launch a decade ago, is coordinating a system of mass retrofits.