The RIBA Knowledge Communities are web-supported interdisciplinary groups designed to facilitate the capture, sharing, and application of professional knowledge related to architecture and the built environment. This initiative offers a knowledge community platform developed by RIBA. It is a collaborative resource, accessible to all professionals in the built environment field and those with related knowledge to contribute. Its main objective is to connect and engage professionals in the advancement of specific subjects of interest without any commercial intent.
There are currently RIBA Knowledge Communities for the following subject areas:
The RIBA Knowledge Communities website is a knowledge management initiative focused on architecture, which is supported by the RIBA Research & Development department. The communities are organized around existing RIBA committees and are responsible for devising and implementing plans to advance their respective areas of expertise pertaining to the built environment.
The RIBA Knowledge Communities website provides applications designed to engage the members in their subjects of interest, these include:
The RIBA Knowledge Communities is powered by Elgg (software) which is an open source networking platform. The applications are installed as plugins that can be downloaded from the Elgg community website or created by PHP developers.