Architecture & Design Community
June 25, 2025
Watch the AT webinar, in partnership with Oscar Acoustics, Optima and Vectorworks, exploring how architects, developers and consultants are shaping adaptable, low-carbon offices that entice people back to the workplace. As companies mandate a return to the office, the UK workplace is under pressure to deliver hybrid-ready spaces that balance collaboration with focus, offer genuine […]
May 29, 2024
A week-long training event in Buckinghamshire offers ‘deep immersion’ in the wonders of earth building. Clayfest, an annual training event dedicated earth building will take place from Monday 15th July to Saturday 20th July 2024. The first four days will be hosted by HG Matthews at its factory in Buckinghamshire and will include workshops on […]
May 24, 2024
Gensler’s Richard Harrison explains why BCO Conference is better than Mipim and why it’s a privilege to take a building into the next chapter of its life. What brings you to BCO Conference? I come every year. It’s better than Mipim. It’s a much more focused and concentrated sector of the market that I’m particularly […]
May 23, 2024
Francesca Ghavami-Milnes reflects on her role as Chair of BCO’s NextGen Midlands Committee, working at Howells and blurring the boundaries between work, rest and play. What’s your involvement with the BCO? I’m the Chair of the NextGen committee for the Midlands. We gather together every four to six weeks and come up with ideas for […]
May 23, 2024
Chloe Prince reflects on BCO Conference, working at Landsec, managing buildings and the battle to make the industry inclusive and diverse. What brings you to BCO Conference? I’m part of the Next Gen committee and I focus particularly on wellbeing, social value and inclusive design. I’ve been involved for about three years and that includes […]
March 22, 2024
Earth Building UK and Ireland has produced a learning module on earth building for School of Specification. CEO Rowland Keable explains why we need a change of mindset to unlock the many benefits it brings. What are the main types of earth building? Earth structures can be classified in a number of ways: monolithic, masonry, […]
February 16, 2024
HLW has produced a learning module on specifying healthy materials for School of Specification. Senior designer Alison Grant outlines the dangers of unhealthy materials and the role that architects can play in improving the supply chain. How do you define healthy? For us at HLW, ‘healthy’ is predominantly about working and living in an environment […]
December 1, 2023
Watch the AT webinar, in partnership with Geberit, Interface and Oscar Acoustics, which explores the how architects and clients are rethinking the design and construction of workplaces to enhance health and wellbeing, as well as carbon efficiency. Workplaces and working practices are changing rapidly as architects and their clients strive to not only improve environmental […]
June 9, 2023
AT chats to…Chris Webb from tp bennett about embedding sustainability know-how across the practice, early engagement with suppliers and unleashing the power of technology. Tp bennett’s recent fit-out for ANZ Bank in London. Early engagement with suppliers of sustainable materials through tp bennett’s AD Lib platform was essential in achieving the client’s commitment to reducing […]
August 24, 2022
Richard Lavington applauds New Practice’s sympathetic and intelligent reworking of a vital, multi-use community resource in Glasgow Southside. Timber and glass screens painted a vibrant yellow subdivide spaces for resident artists and social enterprises on the top floor Kinning Park Complex is an organisation that has operated in the Kinning Park area of Glasgow’s Southside […]
13 November 2026
