Climate change network Architects Declare has stated that it will not denounce founding signatory Foster + Partners, which has come under fire for designing a new airport in Saudi Arabia.
Architects Declare said it will not criticise studios based on individual projects.
"We have a principle of not naming and shaming our colleagues in the industry," the organisation said in a statement. "All practices that have signed the declaration have done so as a public statement that inevitably invites critique."
"We hope that these interactions remain supportive and collaborative as much as possible but we also recognise that the scale and urgency of the challenge will undoubtedly result in difficult conversations and decisions for us all," it continued. "These discussions are opening up the debate"
Architects Declare was set up last year in response to reports from the United Nations (UN) about the impending climate crisis and threat of biodiversity loss.
Foster + Partners was one of the initial studios to sign up to the declaration in May 2019. The firm has received criticism in the UK national press for designing a terminal building and control tower for a new international airport that will serve the Amaala tourist resort on the coast of the Red Sea.

Architects Declare said that it was glad that a debate over what projects studios should take on was happening.
"There have been vociferous debates in the media and between signatories r...