The ARB has launched a new code of conduct which will become effective on 1 September. I am sure I am not the only architect who saw the email and added ‘read new code’ to the bottom of an ever-lengthening to-do list, right underneath ‘finish recording CPD’.

In introducing the new code, the ARB states that “The Architects Code is a positive statement of what professionalism and ethics mean to architects. It explains in clear terms the behaviours and high standards that all architects are expected to meet.” I wholeheartedly support codes of conduct, but rewriting them with nice graphics is an area in which I am reflexively cynical. I will also admit to being sceptical about how much the ARB had listened to the consultation process they embarked on, and in which I had participated in a small way.

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