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NewsGeometric brick sculpture highlights craft skills at risk
Grayson commissions specialist bricklayer Mark Rosier to create a geometric installation in Sheffield, drawing attention to advanced bricklaying techniques and their decline in mainstream construction
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OpinionChoosing natural stone for swimming pools – what you need to know
Ellie Parker explores the challenges of specifying of natural stone for swimming pool environments – and explains why picking the right stone is more tricky than it might appear
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NewsMcLean Quinlan converts Winchester office basement into material-led client studio
Practice repurposes ground floor beneath its Winchester office into a client studio designed to showcase architectural materials
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OpinionThermal comfort – the missing piece of urban mobility
Federica Buricco says that, in the face of climate change, we need to change the way we design our cities to make active travel more appealing in the heat and outdoor living comfortable all year round
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NewsIn pictures: how the Skinners’ Hall became 8½ London
Skinners’ Hall has reopened after an eight-year refurbishment by 6a architects and Carter Owers Studio, which has turned one of the City’s oldest livery halls into a beautiful contemporary events venue that is entirely respectful of the building’s long and complex history
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NewsACO publishes blue roof guide to support climate-resilient roof design
ACO Building Drainage has released the second volume of its Blue Roof Guide, outlining approaches to on-roof water storage and drainage coordination for architects
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OpinionAn Olympics in the North should embrace the region’s polycentric DNA
The possibility of the UK hosting an Olympics outside London appears more real than ever. The North’s strength lies in its plurality, which makes it an ideal location
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NewsCarbon-storing plasterboard alternative piloted at L&G’s new HQ
Adaptavate, a developer of low-carbon and carbon-negative construction materials, has seen its bio-based plasterboard alternative, Breathaboard, installed at Legal & General’s new London headquarters 10 Coleman Street
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OpinionInto the wilderness? Or just an alternative view of the landscape?
The story of human culture is about taming the wild and making it home, but a new book has David Rudlin questioning how best to conserve the natural world that surrounds us
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NewsGustafson Porter + Bowman appointed landscape architect on National Gallery’s £375m new wing
Practice to work through to RIBA stage 7 under six-year contract
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NewsOut of sight, out of mind? Decarbonising cement manufacture in the Peak District
Each year Tunstead quarry and cement works in Derbyshire quarries six million tonnes of limestone and can make up to a million tonnes of cement. When I went to look round the plant I found a team dedicated to decarbonising – but facing economic headwinds, Nimbyism, competition from cheap imports, ...
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NewsIn pictures: inside One Triton Square – Piercy & Company’s interior design at Arup’s former bank HQ turned science hub
At One Triton Square in Euston, Arup has repurposed one of its own buildings, transforming an HQ designed for First National Bank of Chicago in 1998 into a science and innovation hub. Now Piercy & Company’s treatment of the commual spaces centres flexibility and sustainability
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Information - BDCPD 13 2026: The fundamentals of insulation
Sponsored by ROCKWOOL®, this module explores the key principles behind insulation performance and how specifiers can ensure materials meet the standards required for modern construction on thermal, acoustic and fire performance
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OpinionWhen everyone is responsible, noone is – the accountability gap in construction products reform
Brittany Harris argues that the government’s proposed reforms to the construction products regime will only succeed if accountability is clearly defined and backed by reliable digital evidence throughout the supply chain
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OpinionWhy national recognition changes everything for recycled kerbs
Phil Sutton welcomes a change in the rules that will allow the easier specification of more sustainable kerbing
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OpinionWhat a successful landscape-led urban framework looks like for future communities
The key to bringing beneficial change through public space design to densely populated, multi-generational urban areas, such as Central Somers Town, is demonstrating a people-first approach that centres residents’ voices and uses green spaces to strengthen community and access, argues Anne Wynne at DSDHA
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NewsRenovate first, build last: Velux argues for making better use of Europe’s existing housing stock
A new green paper from the Velux group says new build should be a last resort and that Europe could meet its housing needs by making better use of existing stock
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OpinionCould composites be the future of high-performance building systems?
Guillaume Klein argues that a new European standard for composites should prompt architects and specifiers to rethink material choices
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NewsGranby Workshop launches lower-carbon tile range made from recycled glass using brand new method
Liverpool ceramics studio Granby Workshop has released a new range of hand-glazed tiles made from 80 percent recycled glass, fired using a low-temperature process the studio says cuts embodied carbon by around three-quarters compared with conventional ceramics
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NewsThe future of concrete – experiments in material hope
We met the man with the best job in concrete to find out about the latest advances in the most promising decarbonisation technologies, from 3D-printed buildings to carbon-negative concrete