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economic crisis? plus, when working from home is just too expensive — could soaring energy bills drive a mass return to the office for the first time since the pandemic? hello. we start with the cost—of—living crisis here in britain — because the boss of one of the uk's top energy suppliers has told the bbc the government must act now to protect customers from soaring bills — or face catastrophe this winter. ovo energy ceo stephen fitzpatrick has been talking to our business editor simonjack about their own ideas for supporting households. he said it felt like the past 12 m...

Dezeen has teamed up with Material Bank for a live panel talk next week in London exploring how its easy-access platform is changing the way that designers specify materials.

Finally, we all know working from home became the norm for millions of workers around the world during the pandemic. but could that be changing? during the heatwave, plenty returned to offices to take advantage of the office air con — might we see the same for heating this winter? adam strudwick is a commercial workplace architect with perkins&will, london. thank you so much forjoining me. this is an interesting one. do you really think things are that bad that people will go to their office in order to keep their office in order to keep their bills low at home? well, i ho -e their bills low...

Perkins&Will develops sustainable materials database for interior fit-outs The London office of architecture and design firm Perkins&Will is developing a searchable directory of sustainable and circular products to help minimise the carbon footprint of its interior design projects. Named Now Database, the directory will allow Perkins&Will to specify products that support its recent pledge to make all of its interior fit-outs of buildings net-zero embodied carbon by 2030. Embodied carbon refers to the emissions that result from the manufacturing, construction, maintenance and disposal of mater...

Ten ways in which architecture is addressing climate change To honour Earth Day, we've rounded up 10 ways architects are reshaping the built environment to benefit both people and the planet. Architecture has a large environmental impact, with the built environment accounting for 40 per cent of the UK's carbon emissions in 2019, according to the UK Green Building Council. With a 2018 United Nations report warning that humanity now has less than 10 years to slow down global warming, the architecture industry is one of many to have been forced to reassess the ways in which it works. From reduc...