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October 5, 2023
Neil Thomas of Atelier One has produced a learning module for School of Specification to share the lessons learnt from more than a decade spent researching and building with bamboo. Here, he explains why it’s a material the construction industry can’t afford to ignore. Do you think the UK construction industry is ready for bamboo? […]
October 2, 2023
Leading construction lawyers Fenwick Elliott have produced a learning module for School of Specification on the Building Safety Act and its 2023 updates. Lucinda Robinson explains how architects can prepare for the new regime. Can you give a brief summary of the implicationsof the Building Safety Act on the role of the architect?The Building Safety […]
October 2, 2023
Nathan Ferrao, Senior Structural Technician at Symmetrys answers readers’ questions on steel reuse. What are the main benefits of using reclaimed steel sections on construction projects? The primary drive behind reusing structural steel framing is the reduction in embodied carbon. Current estimates obtained from studies by Symmetrys and supported by findings from the University of […]
September 28, 2023
Landfall In 2008 Rupert Cook designed an energy-efficient, flood-proof retirement home for his parents on Hayling Island in Hampshire. John Pardey pays a visit to see how the house, and its occupants, have weathered the last 15 years. Words John Pardey Photos Timothy Soar Hayling Island, situated in the midst of the idyllic Chichester Harbour, […]
September 28, 2023
David Storring and Amelia Brown explain how the practice’s changing approach to materiality is being driven by environmental concerns, modern methods of construction, and the growing importance of the circular economy. Architectural assistant Amelia Brown and director and sustainability lead David Storring. Founded by Joe Morris in 2018, Morris+Company is a 61-strong practice based in […]
September 26, 2023
London-based practice O’Sullivan Skoufoglou Architects has drawn inspiration from Charles Moore’s aedicular houses built in California in the early sixties to design a house on the edge of Gruneswald Forest outside Berlin. Located in the southwest district of Dahlem, Euskirchen, about 12km outside of Berlin’s city centre, Dahlem House sits on the edge of Gruneswald […]
September 18, 2023
Madrid-based practice SelgasCano has completed a visually-striking office building at London’s Design District as the creative neighbourhood celebrates its second birthday. Photos Taran Wilkhu Designed by SelgasCano, Building B1 forms part of London’s Design District – the capital’s first permanent, purpose-built workspace for the creative industries located on Greenwich Peninsula. The visually-striking four-storey building includes […]
September 18, 2023
What is being done to improve fire safety post Grenfell, and what does the new legislation mean for architects, project teams and manufacturers? These questions and more were addressed by a panel of experts at a round table discussion in London hosted by Architecture Today in partnership with SIG Design & Technology. Report by John […]
September 14, 2023
Senior Technical and Design Advisor Marcus Franklin of Wienerberger UK – sponsor of the School of Specification – answers readers’ questions on fibre cement rainscreen cladding. What are the benefits of using fibre cement rainscreen cladding on building projects? Fibre cement panels are manufactured from a homogeneous mixture of cement, cellulose, reinforcement fibres, additives and […]
September 12, 2023
Haworth Tompkins’ industrial achievement Haworth Tompkins gives the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham the UK’s first new-generation vertical industrial building Haworth Tompkins has completed Industria, the UK’s first multi-storey light-industrial scheme, for BeFirst, the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham’s regeneration company. The project provides over 11,400 sqm of floor space, accommodating 47 small […]
September 11, 2023
Architecture’s most successful not-for-profit NGO – Article 25 – has announced the launch of More Than a Building, a networking club for senior leaders in the construction industry. Kao La Amani Children’s Village, Boma, Tanzania, currently under construction designed by Article 25 with engineering partners Michael Hadi Associates (structural), Hoare Lea (M&E) and WSP. In […]
September 6, 2023
A strong sense of social purpose unites the six projects shortlisted for the 2023 RIBA Stirling Prize for the best new building in the UK. Photograph by Jim Stephenson Six projects have made it to this year’s Stirling Prize shortlist, announced today (Wednesday 6 September). The RIBA is keen to underline the fact that this […]
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