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WilkinsonEyre are delighted to receive first prize of in the international The Metals in Construction magazine 2020 Design Challenge, in a team including façade consultants Eckersley O’Callaghan and facade contractor Josef Gartner GmbH. The international ideas competition invited design proposals... View Article

Every year more than a million of us dream of building our own home but the reality is that less than 13,000 of us do so. Fewer than 10 per cent of new homes in the UK are bespoke built... View Article

Cankaya Municipality Sports and Culture Complex, which continues its tender preparations in Karapınar District of Ankara, was designed by AURA Design Studio. The complex, which includes many functions for the social needs of the region such as indoor swimming pool,... View Article

New Chancellor Rishi Sunak has delivered his first Budget in the House of Commons, including an extension of the Affordable Homes Programme (AHP) and a £1bn fund to remove “unsafe cladding.” £12bn will be released with the new AHP settlement,... View Article

Lemoal Lemoal Architectes have just delivered the new changing facilities of the Garden Tennis Club of Cabourg. This new construction, part of an overall site renovation program, further enhances the quality upgrading of the offering at the Garden Tennis Club... View Article

In case you missed it, the UK ceased to be a member of the European Union (EU27) on 31 January 2020. In the early part of February 2020, the UK Government began to set out the trading landscape post 31... View Article

To mark International Women’s Day, housebuilder Story Homes is highlighting the important roles women play in their business and the expanding opportunities within the construction sector. The housebuilding industry is often thought to be male dominated with national figures showing... View Article

From PJ Farr, founder of UK Connect Site safety is a primary concern for any housebuilder. A quick search through the websites of developers, both big and small, reveals various commitments to worker welfare and an assortment of badges showing... View Article

ISG has secured a project with Sky, Europe’s leading direct-to-consumer media and entertainment company, to create a new innovation centre at its campus in Osterley, West London. As the latest phase in the redevelopment of Sky’s campus, the architecturally striking... View Article

Architects worldwide must realise that climate change is the fundamental design challenge of our time. With the planet approaching a tipping point, all other concerns, many of them profoundly important, are nonetheless subsidiary. North West practice HPA (formerly known as... View Article

Bournemouth University’s (BU) Poole Gateway Building, has been officially opened by BU’s Chancellor Dr Kate Adie CBE, DL. The building, which sits on the gateway to BU’s Talbot Campus, houses a range of high quality technical teaching facilities for students... View Article

Eye-catching plans for a modern transport interchange and residential development in Stockport town centre have taken a step closer with the appointment of a contractor and delivery partner. Willmott Dixon has been appointed to help develop first stage proposals for... View Article

Award-winning architectural practice gpad London and developer Maurice Investments have secured planning permission for a new office building at 2-7 Clerkenwell Green, Islington. gpad’s design is for a contemporary warehouse with a brick frontage and copper-clad mansard roof, sensitive to... View Article

By James Sketch, Country Manager UK, at KEUCO Britain’s homes are having to work harder and smarter than ever before. As our population ages, the demand for housing that makes life easier for the elderly and those that care for... View Article

With acoustics one of the keys to the success of any workplace design, the importance of a product’s acoustic performance cannot be understated. All too often products are tested in different ways and performance can be exaggerated. How then can... View Article