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Wolfson College hosts ASHRAE Net Zero Summit

An ariel view of buildings and greenery space

23 Sept 2024

Scotland’s best building: Two of our projects vying for RIAS Doolan Award

The exterior of a two storey stone-fronted building

20 Sept 2024

Office retrofits: Three key hurdles in renovating commercial buildings

A man and a woman chat in a large communal room with a table and groups of seats.

17 Sept 2024

Hertford’s bold new cultural hub ‘BEAM’ completes

exterior of beam, a yellow brick building, in the sun

9 Sept 2024

Work begins on Moseley Road Baths

Moseley Road Baths, a large red and yellow brick grade II* listed Victorian building

29 Aug 2024

Brighton Dome shortlisted for AJ Retrofit & Reuse Award

Several individuals standing in a spacious room with wooden floors

22 Aug 2024

Sustainable lighting: Are we there yet?

Lighting spills through the arched windows of the hall

20 Aug 2024

The Natural History Museum’s reimagined gardens open to public

A large bronze cast of a diplodocus in the gardens outside of the Natural History Museum

9 Aug 2024

Stirling Prize: National Portrait Gallery is our sixth shortlisted project in three years!

New entrance to National Portrait Gallery viewed from the street.

1 Aug 2024

Our RIBA National Award 2024 winners revealed

Exterior shot of Homerton College Dining Hall on sunny day.

29 Jul 2024

Heat pump mythbusters commentary - part 5: Will my heat pump be a noise nuisance to my neighbours?

Domestic heat pump in back garden, with pots and fence in the background

26 Jul 2024

The Seed and Deptford Landings: Two Passivhaus projects from an MEP engineer’s perspective

Architect's render of Deptford Landings development, from the street.

10 Jul 2024

AJ Retrofit Live and Circular Build 2024

11 September 2024
London

Heat pump mythbusters commentary - part 4: Will I need to spend a lot insulating my home to get a heat pump?

Domestic heat pump in back garden, with pots and fence in the background

24 Jun 2024

Three wins at the RIAS Awards 2024

A large wooden-floored room lit with daylight from large windows, with several people sitting in small groups

11 Jun 2024

Digital Construction Week

6 June 2024
London

Heat pump mythbusters commentary - part 3: Can heat pumps be installed in older properties?

Domestic heat pump in back garden, with pots and fence in the background

6 Jun 2024

Bespoke PER UK - Certifiers' Circle Guidance

3 Jun 2024

RIBA Regional and International Awards 2024: Eight wins for Max Fordham projects

Aerial colour photo of Hampate Ba school football pitch with children playing.

1 Jun 2024

CIBSE Scotland Conference 2024 – Retrofit2Perform

CIBSE Scotland 2024 annual conference flyer.

28 May 2024
Glasgow

Heat pump mythbusters commentary - part 2: Do heat pumps work at freezing temperatures?

Domestic heat pump in back garden, with pots and fence in the background

24 May 2024

Heat pump mythbusters commentary - part 1: Are heat pumps more expensive to run than gas boilers?

Domestic heat pump in back garden, with pots and fence in the background

14 May 2024

Footprint+ 2024: St Edmund’s Hall

Footprint conference flyer.

9 May 2024
London

Footprint+ 2024: Xylo

Footprint conference flyer.

9 May 2024
London

National Portrait Gallery shortlisted for Museum of the Year 2024

New entrance to National Portrait Gallery viewed from the street.

2 May 2024

Greenhaus certified Passivhaus as first residents move in

An exterior of a building next to a busy main road with a car drove by

10 Apr 2024

Grade II*-listed Camellia House opens to the public

A doorway with a pediment with trees on either side

28 Mar 2024

King’s College Chapel PV panels up and running

Cathedral roof with multiple spires reaching towards the sky

11 Mar 2024

Ravelin Sports Centre wins CIBSE Project of the Year

Twelve people smiling at the camera on the stage of CIBSE Building Performance Awards 2024, the background writes 'Ravelin Sports Centre Max Fordham'

1 Mar 2024

Returning to Max's House

Exterior of Max Fordham House. A modern mews house covered in ivy.

19 Jan 2024

PHPP plug-in: peak heating load

8 Jan 2024

Five nominations for the CIBSE Building Performance Awards

A building with big chimneys and a pink door

28 Dec 2023

Passivhaus and all-electric projects come top in AJ Awards

18 Dec 2023

Work begins on King's College chapel PV panels installation

A worker walking crossing wooden bridge over the cathedral

4 Dec 2023

More than a building: We're supporting Article 25's programme in developing countries

Two girls in school uniform walking past Hampate Ba school in sunshine.

16 Nov 2023

Shading for housing - Design guide for a changing climate

9 Nov 2023

A House For Artists wins the RIBA Neave Brown Award for Housing

Looking out through windows at an apartment balcony, in A House for Artists.

20 Oct 2023

We're top for Stirling Prize shortlisting success

The exterior of the Courtauld Institute of Art

18 Oct 2023

Stirling Prize: Three of our projects are shortlisted!

Panel of three photos showing Stirling Prize shortlisted projects - A House for Artists, Central Somers Town Community Facilities and the Courtauld Institute of Art.

6 Sept 2023

10 projects on the shortlist for the AJ Architecture Awards 2023

External view across lawn towards Lucy Cavendish College accommodation on a sunny day.

29 Aug 2023

Max Fordham Offices UKGBC NZC Review Statement

23 Jul 2023

Five wins at the RIBA National Awards!

Looking out through windows at an apartment balcony, in A House for Artists.

14 Jul 2023

Max Fordham Offices UKGBC Net Zero Carbon Buildings Report 2021-2022

7 Jul 2023

Our offices: Net zero carbon 2021-22

An internal photo showing the space of Max Fordham Edinburgh office

3 Jul 2023

Max Fordham set to deliver UK’s largest full timber structure, net zero carbon office building

A large red brick building next to a busy main road in a sunny day

28 Jun 2023

'A radical transformation': National Portrait Gallery reopens to public

New entrance to National Portrait Gallery viewed from the street.

21 Jun 2023

11 wins in the RIBA Regional Awards

Brick building with large windows and trees in front

30 May 2023

Technical explainer: Building performance

9 May 2023

198 CAL wins Retrofit Award!

The exterior of a three storey building on an autumnal street

13 Apr 2023

Cockpit Studios retrofit: construction underway at deptford site

An architect's render of a light-filled interior with tables and open doors to a courtyard

4 Apr 2023

11 prizes at the Greater Cambridge Design and Construction Awards!

Exterior shot of Homerton College Dining Hall through trees.

15 Mar 2023

RIBA Regional Awards: 15 projects nominated

Outdoor space with brick buildings and seating areas

3 Mar 2023

Two projects win award celebrating building longevity

The exterior of New Court at Trinity College, Cambridge, showing stone, crenelated buildings on two sides of a central court planted with mature trees

2 Mar 2023

CIBSE Building Performance Awards: Cranmer Road named Project of the Year!

Ten people wearing smiling on the stage of CIBSE Building Performance Awards 2023

27 Feb 2023

We now offer Passivhaus Certification!

6 Feb 2023

Technical explainer: NABERS

24 Jan 2023

The rise in carbon literacy: Sustainability Director Hero Bennett speaks to New London Architecture

11 Jan 2023

Technical explainer: Decarbonisation

6 Dec 2022

We're contributing to the first ever Net Zero Carbon Buildings Standard

30 Nov 2022

Technical explainer: Passivhaus

Photo of Goldsmith Street residential development in Norwich, taken from the street on a sunny day.

15 Nov 2022

Magdalene College's New Library wins RIBA Stirling Prize

A large table lined with chairs for study sits in the middle of a light-filled library, lined with bookshelves.

14 Oct 2022

Tom Bentham, Max Fordham's Education Leader, to join NLA Expert Panel

Man with glasses wearing blue jumper, on black background

4 Oct 2022

Open letter urges new Prime Minister to strengthen economy by prioritising climate and nature crises

21 Sept 2022

Our projects are among the finalists for the AJ Architecture Awards 2022!

A modern multi-story building with a central outdoor space

15 Aug 2022

Two of our projects are vying for the RIBA Stirling Prize!

Two images side by side - the left hand side is the exterior of a new library building with Tudor-style gables and chimneys. The right hand side is the exterior of the Sands End Community Centre - a wooden building with large windows

22 Jul 2022

Our offices: Net zero carbon 2020-21

Colour photo taken inside Max Fordham Cambridge office, with people working at desks.

6 Jun 2022

13 wins at the RIBA Regional Awards

10 May 2022

Opening Entopia

the exterior of the Entopia Building, a four-storey sandstone-coloured building, on a a sunny day.

8 Apr 2022

Max Fordham House Becomes the UK’s First Net Zero Carbon Home

Exterior of Max Fordham House. A modern mews house covered in ivy.

6 Apr 2022

Audit Max Fordham House (6 Camden Mews) UKGBC NZC Review Statement

25 Mar 2022

Max Fordham House - UKGBC Net Zero Carbon Buildings Report

25 Mar 2022

Max Fordham Offices Net Zero Carbon - Third Party Audit Statement 2020-2021

22 Mar 2022

Max Fordham Offices UKGBC Net Zero Carbon Buildings Report 2020-2021

22 Mar 2022

Max Fordham House - Net zero carbon

Brick house with wooden shutters and brick wall

1 Mar 2022

PHPP Plug-in: peak heating load

Exterior of Max Fordham House. A modern mews house covered in ivy.

1 Feb 2022

About being and becoming an engineer

An exterior view of a red brick building next to a glass building

4 Jan 2022

‘Informing Future-Facing Higher Education Design’ - my involvement in this year's AUDE conference

A photograph of booklets at a conference

25 Aug 2021

Winter Webinar Series: The Future of Housing - Net Zero Carbon Conclusion

Green background image with text saying "Winter Webinar Series: The Future of Housing Design" on

1 March 2021
Online

Winter Webinar Series: The Future of Housing - Low-Carbon Heat Pt 2 - How to Integrate Heat Pumps Into Multi-Resi

Green background image with text saying "Winter Webinar Series: The Future of Housing Design" on

19 February 2021
Online

Winter Webinar Series: The Future of Housing - Low-Carbon Heat Pt 1 - Building Fabric, Form, and Reducing Demand

Green background image with text saying "Winter Webinar Series: The Future of Housing Design" on

29 January 2021
Online

Winter Webinar Series: The Future of Housing - Acoustic Comfort in Dwellings

Green background image with text saying "Winter Webinar Series: The Future of Housing Design" on

12 January 2021
Online

Net zero carbon guide

A modern multi-story building with a central outdoor space

4 Jan 2021

Winter Webinar Series: The Future of Housing - Thermal Comfort in Dwellings

Green background image with text saying "Winter Webinar Series: The Future of Housing Design" on

8 December 2020
Online

Winter Webinar Series: The Future of Housing - Less is More

Green background image with text saying "Winter Webinar Series: The Future of Housing Design" on

24 November 2020
Online

Winter Webinar Series: The Future of Housing - Max’s House

Green background image with text saying "Winter Webinar Series: The Future of Housing Design" on

2 November 2020
Online

Passivhaus for Higher Education Buildings

Render of a new 2 storey building, trees next to the building and people walking pass the building.

25 September 2020
Online

Passivhaus Myths

An image showing 10 Passivhaus myths in icons

9 September 2020
Online

Passivhaus Myths

A man wearing a backback walks through a light-filled with colourful sofas.

19 Aug 2020

Take it outside - Acoustic Design for Outdoor Events

A swimming pool with no water in, with people sitting and lying down in it

12 Aug 2020

INWED 2020: A personal insight into engineering from some of our female engineers

23 Jun 2020

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