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Beautiful engineering: 20 years of RIBA Stirling Prize projects

Person sitting in library reading

8 Oct 2026

Our 2025 greenhouse gas report - how did we do?

Open-plan office with central spiral staircase and exposed vaulted ceiling.

7 Oct 2026

Reflections: Can you draw a bicycle?

a line drawing of a bicycle

29 Sept 2026

Reflections: the future of engineering and staying one step ahead

Street view of 11 Belgrave Road.

16 Sept 2026

Join us at Regenerative Design 2026

15 October 2026
8:30 – 11:30 BST
The Building Centre, London

Our projects are shortlisted for seven 2026 AJ Architecture Awards

Large performance hall with tiered seating, overhead lighting rig and three people gathered on a stage with a dragon puppet.

1 Sept 2026

Reflections: how has engineering changed?

black and white image shows a lamp on a desk with papers

25 Aug 2026

Beyond Net Zero: our involvement with Westminster's Retrofit First policy

Sunset cityscape with City Plan text overlaid

12 Aug 2026

King's Theatre in Edinburgh reopens following transformative restoration

Main auditorium with audience

6 Aug 2026

Plans approved for the transformative redevelopment and renovation of the Crystal Palace National Sports Centre

Sports campus plaza with athletics stadium, indoor arena and people using outdoor recreation spaces.

24 Jul 2026

Whittle Laboratory at the University of Cambridge officially opened by His Majesty King Charles III

Large aircraft engine displayed inside a research and testing facility, showing exposed turbine blades, wiring and mechanical components. Several visitors, including King Charles III, are walking around the laboratory and viewing the engine from an elevated steel access platform, while additional testing equipment and industrial services are visible throughout the bright, high-ceilinged space.

21 Jul 2026

Max Fordham projects account for four of the six-strong RIBA Stirling Prize shortlist for 2026

Grid of four projects

16 Jul 2026

A defence of MEP engineering for healthy, comfortable and sustainable office buildings

People sitting on the roof top of the new building, overlooking rows of PV panels

15 Jul 2026

Agar Grove Phase 1C – one year post‑occupancy review

two people walking up a gently sloped sidewalk in front of a brick building

10 Jul 2026

Six wins at the 2026 RIBA National Awards

Looking down over visitors in the new gardens at the front of the museum, showing the Garden Kitchen cafe in the distance.

9 Jul 2026

Bartlett Environmental Design Prize 2026: 'The Danube and the Hydro State: Emerging 'Extra-Active' Landscapes', by Oliver Penny

Aerial rendering of a large waterfront development integrated into a dam-like structure, featuring cascading terraces planted with trees and gardens, a rooftop park, and a waterfall flowing through the centre. Boats travel across the water beside the complex.

7 Jul 2026

Max Fordham is appointed as MEP Consultant on the National Gallery's landmark Project Domani

New gallery entrance with landscaped courtyard and colonnaded façade

22 Jun 2026

25 wins across 14 projects at the RIBA and RIAS Awards 2026

red brick building at dusk with warm lighting and with water in front

9 Jun 2026

Everything Electric visits Power Hall: The Andrew Law Gallery at the Science and Industry Museum

A man and a woman are stood on front of an old engine at a museum talking

4 Jun 2026

Great news for the Moseley Road Baths as funding is secured for phase two of the restoration project

Restored indoor pool with still water, tiled walls, and decorative white arch trusses overhead.

27 May 2026

Seminal projects from the last 60 years that still influence how we design as engineers today

The interior of the gallery

19 May 2026

The Max Fordham Beyond Net Zero whitepaper 2026

Pupils sitting on a stone and wooden bench next to a modern school

12 May 2026

Five projects are shortlisted for the Housing Design Awards

Red brick modern housing with a street in the middle of the image

8 May 2026

We welcome 13 new partners!

13 portraits of people against a black background

5 May 2026

Two burning questions - which building would you most like to work from, and what's the most important thing in your workbag?

Smiling man being interviewed

1 May 2026

When we look to the future, there is excitement about the possibilities, but it's no wonder people are anxious

Kids sitting on and walking up and down stairs in a school

16 Apr 2026

Planning is approved for LSE's 1,945-bed Bankside student housing scheme

Images shows a large atrium which uses a lot of wood. Light is coming through from a skylight.

31 Mar 2026

Three of our projects are winners at the 2026 Civic Trust Awards

Looking down over visitors in the new gardens at the front of the museum, showing the Garden Kitchen cafe in the distance.

31 Mar 2026

Can you visit all of Max Fordham's London museum and gallery projects in a day?

Imogen looking up through the atrium

25 Mar 2026

Planning submitted for the Crystal Palace National Sports Centre’s transformative renovation

Digital aerial view of the proposed refurbishment of Crystal Palace National Sports Centre

12 Mar 2026

Delivering regenerative masterplans - a roundtable by Max Fordham and Architecture Today

People sitting around a table in an elegant room having a conversation about masterplanning

10 Mar 2026

Bluebird wins Residential Project of the Year at the 2026 CIBSE Building Performance Awards

People standing on a stage at an award ceremony

6 Mar 2026

RIBA and RIAS Roundup 2026 - 18 of our projects have been shortlisted!

People in a gothic hall looking at the stained glass windows

2 Mar 2026

1966 - The Beatles released Revolver, the best-selling car was an Austin Morris 1100 and England won the men's football World Cup

Men standing on grass in Regent's Park with cricket bats

24 Feb 2026

James Byass and Luke Hadley are the first engineers to achieve the CIBSE Higher-Risk Buildings Registration

The image is biopics of two men side dressed in smart casual clothing.

23 Feb 2026

Nourishing neighbourhoods: an approach to designing healthy living together

The exterior of a new build brick block of flats with a central planted courtyard on a sunny day

10 Feb 2026

Over 4,500 projects across the UK

Map of UK with message that reads "Over 4,5000 projects across the UK since 1966"

20 Jan 2026

Celebrating our 60th anniversary

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5 Jan 2026

Seven Max Fordham projects named as finalists for the 2026 Civic Trust and AABC Conservation Awards

People in a gothic hall looking at the stained glass windows

3 Dec 2025

Our carbon journey - reporting greenhouse gas emissions

People working at desks in an open plan office with wooden floors

1 Dec 2025

Joining the panel at bSUKI webinar to launch buildingSMART naming standard

29 Oct 2025

Mark Palmer is speaking at the 29th annual IAKS congress in Cologne

Exterior of the sports centre of a clear blue-sky day. The ground floor of the building is glazed with a large upper section that appears to be clad in wood.

28 October 2025
Konrad-Adenauer-Saal

The Stephen A. Schwarzman Centre at the University of Oxford opens on the 13th October 2025

The front of the building, with arched entrance

6 Oct 2025

Our sponsored walk with friends and colleagues raises over £1,000 for the Camden Foodbank

people standing in front of a brick building with a sign that says 43 Carol Street

30 Sept 2025

The Science and Industry Museum will reopen Power Hall: The Andrew Law Gallery

person cleaning an engine with a rag

25 Sept 2025

Max Fordham is appointed to the £175m Fusion21 framework

25 Sept 2025

Cottonopolis and the circular economy: reuse strategies in our new Manchester office

Photo of the outside of the Victorian Cottonopolis building, showing the surrounding streets and buildings.

24 Sept 2025

Elle Thomas, one of CIBSE's '30 under 30', on the front cover of CIBSE Journal!

Cover page to CIBSE Journal, September 2025 edition, showing faces of some of the winners of the 30 Under 30 awards.

23 Sept 2025

Beyond Net Zero: Biodiversity positive design

A view of the museum through the gardens

18 Sept 2025

Plans submitted for a 1,944-bed, all-electric student scheme for the London School of Economics (LSE)

Image shows people in front of a glass fronted building. Large towers are next to and behind.

12 Sept 2025

UK Net Zero Carbon Building Standard - evolving best practice. A demonstrator project by Buttress, Max Fordham and Price & Myers

Man bicycling on front of two housing developments

20 Aug 2025

Woodlands Nursery and Entopia are shortlisted for RIBA Special Awards

image shows clouds, a blue sky and a wooden building with a fence

20 Aug 2025

Beyond Net Zero: Daylight in sustainable architecture

A living room with dining room, sitting chairs and two windows open to the gardens.

8 Aug 2025

Beyond Net Zero: Saying goodbye to gas

A building against a blue sky in front of a pond

4 Aug 2025

Wolfson College decarbonisation is highlighted on the Everything Electric series with Imogen Bhogal

Image show a modernist building with a small lake in front

23 Jul 2025

The Royal Observatory in Greenwich will be revitalised for future generations

Image shows a older building with a round dome and a new entrance

22 Jul 2025

Beyond Net Zero: Lighting the way to net zero carbon and beyond

Photograph of young performer on stage at Nevill Holt Opera, accompanied by a pianist.

15 Jul 2025

Beyond Net Zero: Raising the bar on our projects

aerial shot of a building, seeing PV panels and greens on the roof

9 Jul 2025

Bartlett Environmental Design Prize 2025: 'License for a (likely) lithopolis', by William Hodges

3D rendered image showing an imagined continual state of topographical transformation, glimpses of the future Lithopolis become visible through gaps in the trees. Perched on the edge of an artificial cliff, a new typology for urban living can be observed from above.

4 Jul 2025

The acoustics of air source heat pumps - part 2: How loud are heat pumps, anyway?

Images show a large, white rectangular box, which is an air source heat pump, in the garden next to a house. There is recording equipment positioned to record the sound coming from the air source heat pump

3 Jul 2025

Working towards decarbonisation at Magdalen College, Oxford

Two men and two women stand in front of a sandstone historic building at Magdalen College, Oxford

26 Jun 2025

Hero Bennett is shortlisted for the Women in Green Business Awards 2025

26 Jun 2025

Reflections on my time as CIBSE Scotland Chair

woman standing at a podium with man looking into the distance

19 Jun 2025

Beyond Net Zero: The embodied carbon of office partitions

11 Jun 2025

Beyond Net Zero: Using acoustic design to influence embodied carbon

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

11 Jun 2025

Beyond Net Zero: The embodied carbon of MEP systems

11 Jun 2025

Max Fordham is appointed to the team revitalising the iconic Crystal Palace National Sports Centre

computer generated image shows swimmers and divers in a renovated pool hall

4 Jun 2025

Max Fordham projects win 16 RIBA Regional Awards!

Images shows people dancing in the renovated Brighton Dome

3 Jun 2025

Navigating the sea of certifications: our workshop at the Footprint+ 2025 conference

People in a private meeting room

22 May 2025

The Max Fordham 2025 Beyond Net Zero whitepaper

Cover of the Beyond Net Zero whitepaper, showing the outside of a nursery with children

29 Apr 2025

Beyond Net Zero: walking the walk - personal experiences of installing heat pumps

Images shows people and pets standing next to their heat pumps

29 Apr 2025

Beyond Net Zero: our science-based targets

A group of more than 200 people standing in a garden smiling at the camera

29 Apr 2025

Beyond Net Zero: Passivhaus in practice - reflections from delivery

Image shows three seperate buildings

29 Apr 2025

Beyond Net Zero: MEP designs and circular economy

Reconditioned light fittings boxed and ready to install.

29 Apr 2025

Max Fordham projects win three 2025 Civic Trust Awards

Exterior shot of Homerton College Dining Hall through trees.

10 Apr 2025

A great night for our projects at the Greater Cambridge Design and Construction Awards 2025

People holding an award, standing in front of a projection screen

13 Mar 2025

An update about our International Outreach Group

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

28 Feb 2025

Three wins at the CIBSE Awards!

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

28 Feb 2025

Six projects shortlisted for the Pineapples!

Architect's render of Lee Valley Ice Centre, viewed from the front.

7 Feb 2025

Opera in the bathhouse: Measuring the acoustic intimacy of Moseley Road Baths

Pedro measures the sounds in an empty swimming baths

3 Feb 2025

British Museum competition shortlist revealed – we're in the running!

A woman examines exhibits

30 Jan 2025

Plans approved for Luton Town Football Club's new stadium

A render of the stadium at night

28 Jan 2025

Architecture for the common good: Lucy Cavendish shortlisted for the MacEwen Award 2025

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

15 Jan 2025

184 PV panels switched on at historic York Minster

Workers in high vis inspect solar panels on the roof, with a view of spires in the distance

10 Jan 2025

Celebrating 50 years of partnership

Staff gather outside the rotunda office in 2000

31 Dec 2024

Latest phase of Agar Grove certified Passivhaus!

Street‑level view of brick housing with two front doors labelled “19” and “21 Hazlebury Way”; an adult and child walk along the pavement.

20 Dec 2024

The UK Net Zero Carbon Buildings Standard Guide: Part 11: Carbon offsetting

13 Dec 2024

The results are in! How we ranked in the Most Sustainable Workplace Index

Sustainable workplace index banner

11 Dec 2024

The UK Net Zero Carbon Buildings Standard Guide: Part 10: Refrigerants

5 Dec 2024

King's College Chapel PV project featured in CIBSE Journal

Two people standing on the rooftop overlooking city skyline

4 Dec 2024

The UK Net Zero Carbon Buildings Standard Guide: Part 9: Space heating and cooling

29 Nov 2024

National Portrait Gallery takes steps towards decarbonisation with Salix Low Carbon Skills Fund

New entrance to National Portrait Gallery viewed from the street.

28 Nov 2024

The UK Net Zero Carbon Buildings Standard Guide: Part 8: District heating and cooling networks

28 Nov 2024

The UK Net Zero Carbon Buildings Standard Guide: Part 7: Electricity demand management

26 Nov 2024

The acoustics of air source heat pumps - part 1: Why noise matters

Heat pump

21 Nov 2024

The UK Net Zero Carbon Buildings Standard Guide: Part 6: Fossil fuel free

18 Nov 2024

The UK Net Zero Carbon Buildings Standard Guide: Part 5: Operational water use

15 Nov 2024

Max Fordham shortlisted for four CIBSE Awards!

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

14 Nov 2024

The UK Net Zero Carbon Buildings Standard Guide: Part 4: On-Site Renewable Energy Generation

13 Nov 2024

The UK Net Zero Carbon Buildings Standard Guide: Part 3: Operational energy

8 Nov 2024

11 Belgrave Road named Retrofit Project of the Year at Building Awards!

Engineer Dean Irvine with colleagues from Quantum, Eric Parry and Tom Allen

7 Nov 2024

The UK Net Zero Carbon Buildings Standard Guide: Part 2: Embodied carbon

5 Nov 2024

The UK Net Zero Carbon Buildings Standard Guide: Part 1: Key principles and overview

4 Nov 2024

A day in the life of a Senior Engineer

A photo shows the internal space of Max Fordham London office

23 Oct 2024

Rochdale Town Hall: Restoring an historic Grade I-listed building

Decorative pendant lighting in a highly-decorative interior hall

22 Oct 2024

Putting people first: 30 Broadwick Street achieves WELL Platinum certification

Brightly lit stairwell in an office building

15 Oct 2024

We've contributed to new guidance on air-to-water heat pumps

2 Oct 2024

Celebrating National Inclusion Week! Meet our EDI Network representatives

26 Sept 2024

Industry-led UK Net Zero Carbon Buildings Standard pilot launched

24 Sept 2024

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

My six-month student placement at Max Fordham

two photos of Nur, one smiling in the office and one wearing a high vis vest and hard had on site.

6 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

Our Science Based Targets and Net Zero Carbon 2023

19 Aug 2024

Being a Sustainability Consultant at Max Fordham

A group photo of the Edinburgh team outside the office

13 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

A series of short films about Max Fordham

Photo from above of people's hands, making a cardboard model of a building

17 Jul 2024

Designed for the planet: Seven steps to create our low resource website

Screenshot of the Max Fordham website homepage, showing purpose statement, two projects and three journal entries

11 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

My career over 30 years

Phil Armitage talking to his colleague with drawings in front of them

2 Jul 2024

The importance of beautiful lighting

Several individuals standing in a spacious room with wooden floors

2 Jul 2024

INWED 2024: Pastries and the patriarchy

Group shot of attendees for INWED in Max Fordham London office.

1 Jul 2024

Bartlett Environmental Design Prize 2024: 'Engraved Cycles' by Jeff Qu Liu

AI generated, rendered impression of a construction on the sea shore, with mountains in the background.

1 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

We came top this bike month! Here's why we take part

Seven people wearing sports clothes with their bicycles

13 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

Science based targets initiative - looking back over the process

30 Oct 2023

Meet our new BAME network leader, Joram Makondo!

27 Oct 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

Cycle September: Max Fordham takes top spot!

A pathway next to a canal on a bright sunny day, surrounded by trees and there are colourful flags hanging on the trees

10 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

Representation is important: marking 10 years of international women in engineering day

23 Jun 2023

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

New entrance to National Portrait Gallery viewed from the street.

21 Jun 2023

Bartlett Environmental Design Prize 2023: 'Silvertown Battery Park' by Chia-Yi Chou

3D drawing software generated, pixellated aerial view of concept city, coloured unrealistically.

5 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

Office Partition Study Embodied Carbon Assessment

31 Mar 2023

Now extended! The exhibition celebrating our founder Max will run until 19 April

A landscape photo showing an indoor exhibition venue, a lightbox with Max Fordham's photo on and it writes 'Engineering Ideas, Engineering Change'

24 Mar 2023

11 prizes at the Greater Cambridge Design and Construction Awards!

Exterior shot of Homerton College Dining Hall through trees.

15 Mar 2023

Young designers launch Max Fordham exhibition with fresh ideas for net zero neighbourhood

Three people standing in front of the exhibition panels

13 Mar 2023

Now open: exhibition celebrates the life and legacy of our founder Max Fordham

A landscape photo showing an indoor exhibition venue, a lightbox with Max Fordham's photo on and it writes 'Engineering Ideas, Engineering Change'

9 Mar 2023

Max Fordham: Engineering Ideas, Engineering Change

A landscape photo showing an indoor exhibition venue, a lightbox with Max Fordham's photo on and it writes 'Engineering Ideas, Engineering Change'

6 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

Seven architects picked to pitch their vision for a net zero neighbourhood

23 Feb 2023

We now offer Passivhaus Certification!

6 Feb 2023

A problem shared is a problem halved

Person sitting at window bay looking out, with plants surrounding

31 Jan 2023

Net Zero Neighbourhood: Architects invited to enter Archiboo competition

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

26 Jan 2023

Technical explainer: NABERS

24 Jan 2023

Exhibition will celebrate the life and legacy of our founder Max Fordham

Black and white photo of Max in a jacket and tie, sat in the office in front of a book shelf.

23 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

Q&A with Mark Palmer, Director and Edinburgh Office Leader

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

1 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

Black History Month 2022: An interview with managing partner Samiatt Folorunso on inspirational Black leaders

18 Oct 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

4 Oct 2022

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

21 Sept 2022

On becoming one of CIBSE's youngest fellows

15 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

INWED 2022: Paths to Engineering

23 Jun 2022

Our offices: Net zero carbon 2020-21

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

6 Jun 2022

Bartlett Environmental Design Prize 2022: ‘Post-Industrial Ephemera’ by Paul Brooke

AI generated image of industrial plant situated by water.

1 Jun 2022

13 wins at the RIBA Regional Awards

10 May 2022

Committed to Net Zero: We’ve signed up to Science Based Targets!

22 Apr 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

Max Fordham: Max's memorial

1980s colour photograph of Max and his wife Taddy in their garden, standing together and smiling at the camera.

24 Jan 2022

Max Fordham: Photos of Max

Max holding RIBA London Sustainability Award certificate surrounded by people congratulating him

7 Jan 2022

Max Fordham: Published texts

An man sitting with a file cabinet in the background

7 Jan 2022

Max Fordham: Videos

Max talking to Prince Philip at an event, both wearing suits and discussing an Architect's model in front of them.

7 Jan 2022

Max Fordham: Memories and reflections

Max poses in his house in front of a bookshelf. He's wearing a grey jumper and dark trousers. He stands with his hands in his pockets looking out of the window.

7 Jan 2022

Max Fordham: Tributes to Max

Max Fordham speaking on the stage

7 Jan 2022

Max Fordham: Press clippings

Colour photo of Max as an elderly man, smiling at the camera and leaning on a windsill in the upstairs of his new house in Camden.

7 Jan 2022

Max Fordham: Projects and innovations

1960s black and white photo of Max cycling past a building site.

6 Jan 2022

Max Fordham: Early life, education, and early working life

1970s black and white photo of Max and his young son Finn, both on the living room carpet. Max looks serious and is demonstrating the operation of some gadget to Finn, who is laughing.

5 Jan 2022

Max Fordham: 1933 - 2022

Black and white photo of Max in a jacket and tie, sat in the office in front of a book shelf.

4 Jan 2022

About being and becoming an engineer

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

4 Jan 2022

Islamophobia Awareness Month

23 Nov 2021

COP26 - Week 2 Recap

16 Nov 2021

COP26 - Week 1 Recap

9 Nov 2021

Black History Month: Time to 'podcast-ucate' ourselves!

15 Oct 2021

Black History Month - time to 'video-cate' ourselves!

8 Oct 2021

Black History Month - time to 'book-ucate' ourselves!

1 Oct 2021

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

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25 Aug 2021

Bartlett Environmental Design Prize 2021: 'The 4th Epoch - Reinhabiting Desolate Landscapes' by Jack Spence

A building by the sea with green plants on its wall

1 Jun 2021

Let's talk about the Holy Month of Ramadan and the Festival of Eid

Abstract, colour patterned image with text saying Eid-Al-Adha.

12 May 2021

Black Irish...? A perspective on St Patrick's Day

The national flag of Montserrat

17 Mar 2021

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

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1 March 2021
Online

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

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19 February 2021
Online

We're a signatory of the mayor's fund for London diversity pledge!

Many people standing outside a round five storey building

18 Feb 2021

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

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29 January 2021
Online

Tales of the unexpected: The year our cities turned to ghost towns

26 Jan 2021

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

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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

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8 December 2020
Online

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

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24 November 2020
Online

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

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2 November 2020
Online

Being Black: What Black History Month means to me

29 Oct 2020

Let Us Dive Into Black British History: Who Was Harold Moody…?

22 Oct 2020

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

X is for... Extraordinary

Max wearing a winter coat standing in front of a blue wall looking up and to the right of the camera.

9 Sept 2020

A is for... "Acclaimed physicist and services engineer"

Two people chatting with Max Fordham

1 Sept 2020

M is for... "Most influential services engineer"

Max, seated with his hands on his knees, looking way from the camera.

21 Aug 2020

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

Bartlett Environmental Design Prize 2020: 'Reimagining The Incompiuto Siciliano Archaeological Park’ by Scott (Siqi) Chen

Flyer for event, Reimagining the 'Incompiuto Siciliano Archaeological Park'

1 Jun 2020

Acoustics for Wellbeing – the Home Office

A working desk with a laptop on it and a chair

13 May 2020

Acoustics, Ventilation & Overheating - A Joined-up Approach to Indoor Comfort

The interior of a kitchen with floor to ceiling windows

24 Apr 2020

The Urban Nature Project at Natural History Museum

An architect's render of a planted garden outside the Natural History Museum in London

22 Apr 2020

Max Fordham offices - UKGBC net zero carbon buildings report, 2018-2019

14 Feb 2020

We're net zero carbon!

A photo shows the internal space of Max Fordham London office

14 Feb 2020

Carbon offsetting – friend or foe?

Close-up of a branch and leaves of an oak tree.

20 Jan 2020

Audit report: Max Fordham offices - UKGBC net zero carbon framework, 2018-2019

20 Dec 2019

Max remembers Ted Cullinan

A photo of Ted Cullinan

14 Nov 2019

Max's house on Grand Designs

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

12 Nov 2019

Proud to mark pride

27 Jun 2019

Bartlett Environmental Design Prize 2019: 'Lost Landscapes' by Andrew Chard

A map of the scheme

3 Jun 2019

Lightening our Environmental Load

Many people standing outside a round five storey building

25 Apr 2019

The Future of Cars is Electric! How will this change our designs? (Part 2 - Acoustics)

Close-up photo of an electric car on charge.

10 Aug 2018

The Future of Cars is Electric! How will this change our designs? (Part 1 - M&E)

Close-up photo of an electric car on charge.

8 Aug 2018

New metrics for communal heating design

Plant room

17 Jul 2018

Bartlett Environmental Design Prize 2018: 'Hydro-environmental Transformation Project in Niger' by Anna Andronova

An artist impression of a market with traders on camels

4 Jun 2018

The Physics of Freezing at the Iranian Yakhchal

A big sand dome with blue sky as background

27 Mar 2018

Efficient heat system design in large PassivHaus multifamily buildings; A UK experience

10 Mar 2018

Max remembers Neave

A black and white image of Neave Brown

29 Jan 2018

Beam tracer

Light beams reflecting from multiple panes of glazing in a in a multi-faced roof design

10 Sept 2017

Chill Hill

The exterior of a new build brick block of flats with a central planted courtyard on a sunny day

31 Jul 2017

New insight on passive ice making and seasonal storage of the Iranian Yakhchal and their potential for contemporary applications

A big sand dome with blue sky as background

3 Jul 2017

Bartlett Environmental Design Prize 2017: 'An Architecture of Darkness' by Amani Radeef

Dark landscape scene with artificially-lit building on the coast

5 Jun 2017

Greening cities

An image with lively green leaves on the wall

23 Feb 2017

50th Anniversary speech

27 Oct 2016

Bartlett Environmental Design Prize 2016: 'Cutaneous Tectonics' by Andreas Körner

Abstract colour image with text saying Cutaneous Tectonics.

6 Jun 2016

Life cycle carbon analysis of a six-storey residential building

4 Jan 2016

Bartlett Environmental Design Prize 2015: 'Code of Conflict: Bathing in Light' by Gary Edwards

Colour photo of abstract art installation.

1 Jun 2015

Fifty shades of green, or why and how we should live in a luxuriant urban oasis

16 Apr 2015

Bartlett Environmental Design Prize 2014: 'Redefining The Alpine Ski Empire' by Daniel Lane

AI generated, rendered colour impression of a ski resort.

2 Jun 2014

Bartlett Environmental Design Prize 2013: 'Pre Ecopoesis Mars Yard' by Sonila Kadillari

A drawing on the mars gravity simulator

3 Jun 2013

Business Happiness, Architecture to Make You Smile

3 Jan 2011

Radiant wall panel heating with mechanical ventilation

3 Jan 2011

Prince Philip Designers Prize 2008 Speech

7 Nov 2008

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