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New optometrist premises does away with racks of frames to provide an environment focussed on eye care

Monday, 10th February 2020

Close collaboration between interior and brand designer realised founder’s vision Valarie Jerome, is the eponymous name of a new optometrist in Newbury, Berkshire. With a focus on eye care advice and guidance, rather than just the sale of multiple frames,... View Article

BAL launches three new RIBA-approved CPDs

Monday, 10th February 2020

BAL – market leaders in full tiling solutions – have launched three new RIBA-approved CPD Seminars for architects, specifiers and contractors. The CPDs, entitled Tiling to Internal Walls with Large Format Tiles, Tiling to Swimming Pools and Tiling in Wet... View Article

Advanced’s high rise reputation sees it protect European landmark

Monday, 10th February 2020

Global fire systems leader, Advanced, has been specified on another landmark tall building. Set to stand at 62-storeys high, 22 Bishopsgate in the City of London will, on completion, become the second-tallest building in Western Europe. The 278m office building... View Article

Futureproof your housing developments with Rolec EV

Friday, 7th February 2020

Did you know that homebuilders are offering prospective house buyers the option to furnish their homes with EV charging points, ready for the future of electric vehicles? With the ban on petrol and diesel motors to take effect from 2035... View Article

Enhancing passive fire safety at the Puro Hotel

Friday, 7th February 2020

Mixing aesthetics, acoustics and assurance, Alufire’s fire resistant glazing provides our clients with maximum safety and compliance – while delivering a stylish solution. Installed and supplied by our UK partner, Checkmate Fire, we work together to deliver the best-in-class, fully... View Article

Specflue adds environmentally responsible outdoor heating range to its brand portfolio

Friday, 7th February 2020

Market leading woodburning and pellet burning stove supplier Specflue has announced an exciting new extension to its range. The company has joined forces with American brand, Solo Stove, to become the UK distributor of its innovative fire pits, plus the... View Article

Resiblock Sealing Protection achieves MOD standard

Friday, 7th February 2020

Resiblock has seen not one, but two of its Commercial Sealers specified for use at the new £300 million Defence College of Logistics, Policing and Administration in Worthy Downs, Hampshire known better as Project Wellesley. Firstly, Resiblock ’22’ has been installed... View Article

“Freefoam value our new build customers as much as we do”

Friday, 7th February 2020

General Building Plastics (GBP) is a leading independent supplier of PVC building products to the building and home improvement trade. Based in Rugeley with six other trade counters throughout the Midlands, Shropshire and Oxfordshire GBP also specialise in supply to... View Article

ORO Editions publishes Gathering by Bohlin Cywinski Jackson (with text by Sam Lubell)

Friday, 7th February 2020

Good buildings require an understanding of the principles of structure, light, space, and material, but great buildings require an understanding of people. The most successful inspire through the interactions and connections made within them. Gathering is the latest book from the... View Article

Mosaic gives Ka Pao South East Asian look and feel to complement menu

Friday, 7th February 2020

Mosaic Architecture + Design has given Ka Pao, the new restaurant housed in the basement of the recently converted Botanic Gardens Garage on Vinicombe Street in Glasgow’s West End, a distinctly South East Asian look and feel to complement its... View Article

Atkins opens new office at historic Epsom site

Friday, 7th February 2020

Atkins, a member of the SNC-Lavalin Group, has moved into a new 10,000m2 office in Woodcote Grove, Epsom, on the same site where the company was first based in the 1960s. The office, which was conceptually designed by Atkins’ architects,... View Article

CTBUH names Lifetime Achievement Award winners, 2020 Fellows & 10-Year Award of Excellence winners

Friday, 7th February 2020

The Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH) is pleased to announce the recipients of its two Lifetime Achievement Awards for 2020. This year, the CTBUH Board of Trustees will award the Lynn S. Beedle Lifetime Achievement Award to Moshe... View Article

Wellbeing to take centre stage at mipim real estate conference in Cannes as top fitness trainers arrive for MIPGYM

Friday, 7th February 2020

WG+P Architects (Waind Gohil + Potter) with Core Collective, who are at the vanguard of wellness orientated, non-membership, class-led gyms in the UK, are teaming up with the London Stand at Mipim this year to present MIPGYM 2020. This year... View Article

Be First selects White Arkitekter to develop Placemaking Strategy for Gascoigne Estate

Friday, 7th February 2020

White Arkitekter has won Be First’s commission to develop an ambitious placemaking framework to support the regeneration of the Gascoigne Estate in Barking – one of the largest of its kind in London. The estate is currently being transformed, replacing... View Article

Grenfell Inquiry: LGA responds to immunity request to Attorney General

Friday, 7th February 2020

Responding to the request by the Chairman of the Grenfell Inquiry’s request to the Attorney General to grant witnesses immunity, Lord Porter, building safety spokesman for the Local Government Association, said: “The LGA is extremely concerned at the possibility that... View Article

Viennese architect Johannes Baar-Baarenfels takes the spotlight in Moscow

Friday, 7th February 2020

Johannes Baar-Baarenfels was the only Austrian among more than 40 distinguished international architects to present his project “Sofia Serdika” at the Schusev Architecture Museum in Moscow. The Financial Times calls Baar-Baarenfels’ glass domes to preserve the Thracian-Roman ruins in Sofia... View Article

BLANCO set to shine at KBB 2020

Friday, 7th February 2020

KBB 2020, Stand i100, Hall 17, NEC, 1-4 March BLANCO UK will be shining brightly at KBB 2020 on stand i100, Hall 17. Expect to enjoy a taste of the impressive depth of BLANCO’s ranges with a focus on technological... View Article

Königstone’s debut at KBB 2020

Friday, 7th February 2020

KBB 2020, Stand N123, NEC, 1-4 March KBB 2020 is Königstone’s trade show debut and this will certainly be a welcome opportunity for the inspirational team to showcase the high quality, elegant Quartz kitchen surfaces and the innovative new Königsink.... View Article