Viewpoint: Is there still a place for hand sketching in the digital design age?

Arup global sustainable development leader, Jo da Silva, was made a Dame in the recent New Year Honours. She talks to Jackie Whitelaw about social responsibility in business, the engineering response to COP26 and the impact of the pandemic on future planning of cities.

This month's letters discuss carbon sequestration, climate change and population matters, and consider lessons that can be learned from both failures and past experiences.

The Institution’s Digital Workflows and Computational Design Panel calls for a rethink of what computational design offers the industry for more sustainable design.