Speakers
- Lara De Villiers, Architect, HTA Design
- Zara Edwards, UK Facades Discipline Leader, Buro Happold
- Miles Ellison, Southern Specification Director, Knauf UK
- Roger Ridsill Smith, Head of Structural Engineering, Foster + Partners
- Austin Wikner, Partner, Ridge and Partners
The session will examine the practical realities of delivering high-rise buildings in a changing regulatory and environmental context, addressing key questions including:
- How are innovations in construction processes and technology improving the efficiency, quality and environmental performance of tall buildings?
- How can existing high-rise buildings be adapted to improve operational efficiency and environmental performance?
- How are project teams responding to fire safety requirements, regulatory compliance and the gateway approval process?
- How can acoustic, thermal and environmental performance be successfully integrated into tall building design?
- How can designers and engineers balance density and viability with user wellbeing, social impact and contribution to the civic realm?
- What role do facades, structure and specification play in delivering resilient, high-performing tall buildings?
Bringing together experts in facades, specification, building safety, structural engineering and design, the webinar will explore the strategies, tools and design approaches needed to deliver tall buildings that are safer, more comfortable, more efficient and better able to respond to the challenges of climate change.
As expectations around safety, comfort, sustainability and accountability continue to rise, the discussion will consider how tall buildings can move beyond compliance to deliver lasting value for occupants, clients and the wider city.
