The Future is Modular… and the future needs Tyvek®

The multiple benefits of modular development, from cost to sustainability to efficiency, are playing a valuable part in addressing not only the housing shortage but also the impact of climate change. DuPont™ Tyvek® membranes and systems are also playing their... View Article

Practice Profile – T Sakhi

A practice run by two sisters, T Sakhi is embracing the challenges as well as potential of their home city, Beirut, in order to make architectural interventions which help improve urban living in a difficult context Based in Beirut and... View Article

BRE helps to launch Home of 2030

A government-sponsored competition is inviting housing providers, designers and others to submit proposals for the design and delivery of new homes, responding to two Grand Challenges affecting future housing need: an ageing society and clean growth. The competition will be... View Article

A royal smile

A new coffee house has been completed in Hyde Park, which sports a striking ‘biomorphic’ design in the shape of a golden stingray. Its architect spoke to Jack Wooler on the inspirations behind the project Approaching the bridge across the... View Article

Spectre of uncertainty continues to haunt construction says FMB

Commenting on the UK Construction PMI data published today showing overall volumes of work in construction falling for the sixth consecutive month, Chief Executive of the Federation of Master Builders (FMB), Brian Berry commented: “Following a Halloween Brexit delay, the... View Article

Airtech helps raise awareness on radon

Airtech, the ventilation specialists, is supporting UK Radon Awareness Week (4-10 November 2019.) Run by the UK Radon Association, this year the campaign is focusing on recent research from Public Health England (PHE) and University College London (UCL) that reveals... View Article

Extending the retail experience

A major extension and refurbishment to a shopping centre in Watford helps give visitors an exciting and even uplifting experience, including a range of leisure offerings, in a design that carefully blends the project into its setting The physical retail... View Article

Great Scotland Yard Hotel – London

The project to transform the former Scotland Yard HQ of the Metropolitan Police into a prestigious five star hotel in London is now complete. The project demanded architectural ironmongery of the highest standards of performance and appearance. Leading Architectural Ironmonger... View Article

Welborne Garden Village secures outline planning

Fareham Borough Council has granted outline planning permission for the creation of Welborne Garden Village, a holistically-planned new place whose spirit, character and form are inspired by its landscape setting. The 6,000-home settlement by Buckland Development Ltd. is amongst the... View Article