General Articles

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 off... 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 them... 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

Ballymore & Oxley tomorrow launches a collection of new homes at Royal Wharf, which will be the first homes eligible for Help to Buy buyers at the riverside development in East London. Now available to purchase, the 32 new apartments... View Article

Following a series of challenges from under the ground and in the air, a £10 million infrastructure scheme has now completed close to East Midlands Airport. Property, construction and infrastructure consultancy Pick Everard delivered project management, quantity surveying and health... View Article

JRL Group took the top spot this month largely thanks to its award to build Consort Place on the Isle of Dogs valued at £470 million. The large mixed development will provide a full community lifestyle including apartments, a hotel,... View Article

Midland Heart has established a reputation as an organisation to do business with globally, securing a £60m finance deal with a major Japanese bank. The loan from Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation (SMBC) follows news that Midland Heart had retained their... View Article

One of Edinburgh’s most significant new housing projects is set to inject almost quarter of a billion pounds into the local economy. Two developers, CALA Homes (East) and David Wilson Homes East Scotland will build 655 new homes, including a... View Article