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Studio Anyo appointments support practice’s growth NEW APPOINTMENTS
Architect and interior designers Studio Anyo have announced two appointments as it continues to develop and expand its regional and national operations. Michelle Tang joins as a Part 1 architectural assistant while Alannah Lyons comes in as an interior designer.
With a Bachelor of Architecture from the University of Edinburgh, Michelle Tang will support the architectural project team and undertake a range of duties including client briefi ngs, preparing drawings, schedules and reports, undertaking site visits, and completing surveys. Alannah Lyons will be involved in
the fi rm’s expanding range of commercial and residential interior design work, as well as supporting the senior management team in project management and development work.
Currently employing 18 people across its Stockton and London studios, Studio Anyo is continuing to recruit skilled people for several roles to support new business wins and growth.
Michelle Tang
This includes a six-fi gure contract to design offsite modular apartment blocks in Sussex for Legal & General Modular Homes and new student accommodation in Nottingham and London, for IQ Student Accommodation. Stockton offi ce-based director Craig Kipling said: “Our investment in
Alannah Lyons
Michelle and Alannah alongside other experienced and skilled people is the linchpin of providing top quality advice and services to our clients. This will contribute to our ongoing success and add to the team’s knowledge, capabilities and all-round expertise.”
RIBA warns of performance gap risk to net zero goals NET ZERO
Building performance considerations must be embedded into architecture “from pre-design stages on into operation,” in order to achieve architects’ 2030 net zero targets, the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) has warned. Working with climate technology fi rm
IES, RIBA said that pressure is mounting on architects, urban designers and planners to “play their role in tackling the climate crisis.” However, at the same time the performance gap between the predicted energy performance of a building and in-use performance “will continue to render the industry’s net zero pledges impossible, without more widespread adoption of an outcomes- based design approach and performance modelling tools.”
HOK London principal Gary Clark commented: “We cannot continue to allow the use of predicted outcomes as
the absolute measure of success if we are serious about delivering a step change in sustainability.”
Over 1,200 architects have now pledged their support for the UK Architects Declare Climate and Biodiversity Emergency, and more than 1,000 fi rms have committed to reaching carbon neutrality by 2030 with the AIA 2030 Commitment. More than 300 RIBA Chartered Practices have signed up to its RIBA 2030 Climate Challenge.
RIBA’s 2030 Climate Challenge sets performance targets across operational energy use, water use and embodied carbon, and to meet these will require a shift away from traditional practices. In addition to architecture fi rms’ voluntary commitments to reaching carbon neutrality, the Government is introducing a range of changes to the Building Regulations to “help decarbonise the built environment.” As of June 2022, there will be a mandatory 31% cut in carbon for all new homes and a 27% cut for other buildings, including offi ces and shops, relative to 2013 standards. However, RIBA president Simon Allford commented: “The new minimum standards for fabric effi ciency and new Part O (covering overheating) signal real progress, but without regulation of actual energy use, the built environment will not decarbonise at the rate required.”
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