Profile: Jon Leach

Human error, climate change, connecting with the younger generation, teaching seismic engineering in the UK and unforeseen future use of structures are all topics raised by readers this month.

The building control regime in Scotland provides a level of rigour that Victoria Tinney finds reassuring; two years since establishing her own practice in Glasgow, she talks to Helena Russell about the Scottish building warrant system and the power of sketching.

From plastic theory to magnificent cathedrals, Jacques Heyman has had a long and varied career. Helena Russell maps the highlights.