Nick Ling, Technical Design Lead at Heatherwick Studio

Heatherwick Studio’s Nick Ling to open conference

Technical Design Lead to explore the leading architectural practice’s dedication to artistic thinking, and how designers can incorporate materials and craftsmanship Materials for Architecture 2018 – the conference and exhibition dedicated to materials innovation for architecture and construction – is... View Article

Grand Designs Live launches The Lavatory Project

Grand Designs Live, proudly sponsored by Anglian Home Improvements, will return to London’s ExCeL from 5 – 13 May 2018. This year, the Grand Kitchens & Bathrooms Hall will launch an exciting new design inspiration feature, The Lavatory Project. Usually the smallest room in... View Article

London’s booming architecture sector

London’s architecture sector continues to outperform the wider London and UK economies, according to new research produced by the Greater London Authority in partnership with the London Festival of Architecture. While the research also offers – for the first time... View Article

Wood Awards 2018 call for entries now open

The Wood Awards: Excellence in British Architecture and Product Design has now launched its 2018 call for entries. Anyone involved in a UK-based wood project is invited to enter and has until 25 May to submit their applications. Established in... View Article

Roman’s brilliant KBB

Market leading International shower designer and manufacturer, Roman, has reported that this year’s kbb Birmingham Exhibition was a great success. Kbb was Roman’s shop window for the retail sector and their platform to energise and engage their retailers with the... View Article
Top row courtesy MaterialDriven (Silicastone by Alusid | BioMarble by Hannah Elisabeth Jones | Mycelium composite by Biohm). Bottom row courtesy Material Lab.

Get hands-on with the latest materials

Visitors to the second edition of Materials for Architecture are offered opportunities to interact with a range of innovative materials for surfaces, envelope and other architectural applications. The industry is fast-moving and new materials are emerging constantly. The annual London... View Article
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2018 Offsite Awards – winners announced

Held during Ecobuild on 06 March – it really was standing room only at last night’s annual Offsite Construction Awards. With the heightened interest in new and innovative building methods – the organisers were expecting it to be a sell-out... View Article

BREEAM Awards 2018 – winners announced

The winners of the BREEAM Awards 2018, for building projects and professionals with extraordinary achievements in sustainability, were revealed at an event last night at London’s ExCel Attended by hundreds of built environment practitioners from around the world, the awards... View Article

Ecobuild day one summary: tackling the big issues

ecobuild 2018 kicked off with a bang and a demonstration that it is refusing to shy away from tackling the biggest global issues facing the built environment. The central conference programme certainly delivered with its opening session on day one... View Article

Giant of the built environment set their stalls at Ecobuild 2018

Over 450 leading companies from across the built environment lined up for ecobuild 2018 Exciting new high-profile exhibitors include ROCKWOOL, Daikin UK and Airlite Exhibitors, across eight futurebuild districts, set to showcase their latest innovations, technologies and products to over 25,000... View Article

Gardeners ‘question time’ at the Ideal Home Show 2018

Running from 17 March to 2 April, the Ideal Home Show sponsored by Zoopla* hosts top gardeners Katie Rushworth, Skinny Jean Gardener, David Domoney and Alys Fowler as the show celebrates its 110 anniversary this year at Olympia London. The Ideal Home... View Article

ITEAC 2018: First Keynote Speaker and Booking Open Announced

Dutch architect Francine Houben, the Creative Director of mecanoo architecten is today announced as the first Keynote speaker of the International Theatre Engineering and Architecture Conference 2018, 3-5 June, London. With her practice she has gained international acclaim, with work ranging from theatres, museums and libraries to neighbourhoods,... View Article

A world of innovation for a world of change

Celebrating its 32nd anniversary year, kbb Birmingham, the largest and most established kitchen, bedroom and bathroom event in the UK, returns to the NEC, Birmingham from 4-7 March 2018. After the success of last year’s Future theme, kbb continues to... View Article

ecobuild 2018: the event shaped by the industry

ecobuild is returning to ExCeL London in March 2018. Under the new ownership of Futurebuild Events, the event is being designed and built around the industry, bringing to life the latest technology, thinking, and materials. through comprehensive industry feedback, but... View Article