All Buildings, design and specification articles – Page 39
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Building StudyHanover: Exemplary collaboration and placemaking
A new over-station development on Hanover Square shows how major infrastructure projects can catalyse the delivery of excellent placemaking, writes Ben Flatman
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NewsBalkrishna Doshi dies aged 95
The Pritzker Prize and RIBA Gold Medal winner passed away in India earlier today following a 70-year career
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NewsBattlelines drawn as Historic England rips into Herzog & de Meuron’s updated Liverpool Street plans
Major heritage fight on cards after government watchdog remains unmoved by revised proposals
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FeaturesSoundproof and serious about happiness: In a pod with Framery
Open plan offices are the modern workplace norm but with many hybrid workers saying they’re more productive at home, Framery is offering a solution
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NewsIn pictures: Morris + Company completes Featherstone
The design team adopted modern methods of construction and biophilic design elements to create an office space for the future
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FeaturesPragma research explores companies’ position on ESG
Research by Pragma found limited knowledge and understanding of ESG is hindering its integration into the sector
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NewsGreen light for Sheppard Robson's plans to double size of 1970s Glasgow office
Work will see 150,000 sq ft of space created
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FeaturesProtecting the Basilica of San Marco, Venice
Pilkington Optiwhite glass offers a damage defence barrier while preserving unobstructed views of one of Italy’s most monumental piazzas
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NewsIn pictures: Waugh Thistleton’s timber office building opens in east London
Black & White Building in Shoreditch is one of the tallest mass timber buildings in London
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NewsGrafton Architects beats other Stirling winners for latest Kingston University scheme
Work on London establishment’s next building set to start in 2026
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FeaturesBuilding with sustainable timber should become “new normal”
Norwegian wood producer spoke out on the imperative step needed to address the global challenge of deforestation
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NewsJames Corner Field Operations’ Camden Highline plans set for approval this week
Revised scheme to be presented to planning committee on Thursday
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FeaturesBuilding archives: Benjamin Disraeli’s proposal to hang architects, 1847
“Really delightful”: In a series of archive pieces celebrating the 180th anniversary of Building Design’s sister publication Building, we give you the magazine’s reaction to the 19th century prime minister’s idea to publically execute architects who design boring buildings
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FeaturesUK turf grower urges industry to end use of plastic netting turf
The majority of UK turf growers use some kind of plastic turf netting in some or all of their products, leading to soil pollution and possible water contamination
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NewsNiall McLaughlin Architects lodges plans for Oxford student accommodation scheme
Practice working on 12,000sq m Hertford College scheme with landscape architect Kim Wilkie
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NewsRelax planning rules to unleash solar ‘rooftop revolution’, urges net zero tsar
Chris Skidmore’s review says UK has ‘fallen behind’ on targets
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NewsIn pictures: Ralph Appelbaum Associates unveils Lift 109 experience at Battersea Power Station
The experience allows visitors to immerse themselves in the history of the power station before ascending 109m for 360-degree views of the city’s skyline
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NewsFosters lodges plans for huge Oxford cancer research campus bankrolled by US billionaire
Scheme to include a library housed inside a rotating geodesic dome and a 250m-long elevated walkway
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NewsPlans for new certification system need to be in place a year before deadline, industry chief warns
Full rollout of new certification system was delayed by two and a half years in December but many key issues left unresolved
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OpinionRSHP’s proposed British Library extension is like a bull in a china shop
The proposals would overshadow and damage the setting of the Grade 1 listed Colin St John Wilson building, writes Peter Denney