{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Reimagining AEC","title":"AI in Architectural Practice: Reading the RIBA AI Report 2026","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/089a63e5\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":1855,"description":"In Reimagining AEC, his own podcast, Dr Sepehr Abrishami reads the RIBA AI Report 2026 through one routine task, the door schedule, which architects in the report see both as work AI could take on and as work through which junior staff learn. He sets out who answered the 2026 survey and where its limits lie, then follows adoption, uses, reported gains, concerns and governance, before attributing each essay's argument to its author. The episode closes with an answer to where AI belongs in an architect's work and who stays accountable for what it produces.\nChapters\n0:00 Opening: a door schedule and a choice\n2:30 Who answered the survey, and its limits\n4:52 Adoption, depth and uses\n8:43 Gains, doubts, concerns and governance\n12:57 Essays on the practice: operations, people, members and information\n19:52 Essays beyond the practice: decisions, inclusion, data, foresight and trust\n27:57 Close: where AI belongs and who answers for it\nAfter listening, you should be able to:\nInterpret the RIBA 2026 survey findings on adoption and uses, with their sample and limits.\nExplain the benefits and concerns that architects report.\nDistinguish the main arguments of the report's essays and their authors.\nEvaluate where AI fits in practice workflows, RIBA Plan of Work stages and governance.\nReferences\nAllsopp, P. D. (2026). AI's role in human habitat: The silent architect of wellbeing. In RIBA AI report 2026 (pp. 49-55). Royal Institute of British Architects. https://www.riba.org/media/fecm2pl5/riba-ai-report-2026-final_v3.pdf\nAnderson, S. (2026). Current and expected use of AI among RIBA members: Findings from some qualitative research. In RIBA AI report 2026 (pp. 56-59). Royal Institute of British Architects. https://www.riba.org/media/fecm2pl5/riba-ai-report-2026-final_v3.pdf\nBono, G. (2026). AI in architectural practice: From design assistance to business transformation. In RIBA AI report 2026 (pp. 5-9). Royal Institute of British Architects....","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/Fv21v67POZkKdYyEniMdPznBWql9GD9hvf5xNpkjlwA/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS81YTYw/YzFhZTY3NDA4MTA2/NmRiOGI5MGUzY2Qz/ZjY3Zi5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}