Book review: Whole life costing for sustainable building

This month's letters discuss the need to make climate decisions on the basis of 'whole-life carbon'; speaking with a strong voice in design meetings; anticipating future use; sustainable foundation design; and other topics.

Engineers must resist pressure to build environmentally unsustainable schemes if we want to be judged well by future generations, says 2020 Gold Medal winner and former Institution Vice-President, Mike Cook.

We are delighted to announce the winners of this year’s Structures prizes – for papers published in the journal during 2019.