Waugh Thistleton Architects

As we strive for a transition to a green future, we're asking "would wood be good" 

As advocates of sustainable construction, we believe that architects need to engage in the defining issue of our age and be part of the solution to address the twin crises of climate breakdown and biodiversity loss. 

To coincide with COP26, the Design Museum is hosting an exhibition showcasing how design can tackle the critical problem of waste and its environmental consequences across the globe.

Andrew joins Alannah Weston for Episode 10 of How To Lead a Sustainable Business, to discuss sustainable design and the future of architecture.

RIBA's Architecture Anew series will host an in-person conversation with Andrew Waugh and architectural historian Barnabas Calder about the relationship between architecture and energy resources past, present and future. 

We're delighted to announce that our scheme at 16 Orsman Road has been granted planning permission. 

Andrew is featured in this weekend's Financial Times discussing the carbon benefits of building in timber and our use of CLT for Dalston Works.

We're leading this year's Laminate Studio at the Fay Jones School of Architecture and Design, Arkansas, investigating what we should build our buildings from, and why we should build them that way.

Making 90% of our new buildings from wood, rather than concrete and steel, could cut global CO2 emissions by 4% - more than the climate footprint of flying. 

With the UK committed to becoming ‘carbon net zero’ by 2050, Jonathan Morrison looks at the environmentally friendly design tricks that will help to get us there, sighting both WTA’s strong advocacy for timber, and Bushey Cemetery as exemplar new approaches with great green credentials.

The Covid-19 crisis has seen a surge in the implementation of modular off-site solutions for new hospitals - these have helped the current situation, but what about the next stage? With the promise of a vaccine, how does the UK immunise 66m people as quickly as possible?

WT/GO Architecture reveal their proposal for the design and fabrication facility at the Univeristy of Arkansas. 

We were delighted to be part of the V and A christmas event this year based on our Trenezia project. Those involved built scale model cities on water using cardboard modular units. 

Andrew speaks to Grant Gibson on the Material Matters podcast about CLT and building towers from timber. 

Waugh Thistleton will be part of the C40 World Mayors summit in Copenhagen, leading discussions on wood construction and designing in mass timber.

Waugh Thistleton Architects joined the 4 million others across the globe on Friday 20th September to take part in the Global Climate Strike.

We are delighted to announce that our Green House project at Cambridge Heath Road has won in its category in the AJ Retrofit Awards for offices 5000 sqm or over.

BBC Future has published an article on the viability and positive results of timber construction.

We are proud to be part of the B1M's documentary "Habitation" featuring some of our London housing projects. 

A beautiful film showing the making of MultiPly and the ideas behind the installation.

We are delighted to announce our book, 100 Projects UK CLT, is available to download.

Andrew Waugh interviewed for Costing the Earth's 'Superwood' episode on BBC Radio 4.

The Economist interview Andrew about the timber construction revolution.

The CNN Tech team visited the WT office recently to talk to us about how cross laminated timber is a low-carbon alternative to cement and steel.

Can offsite manufactured homes solve the housing crisis?