All Buildings, design and specification articles – Page 57
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Building StudyBuilding study: Greenwich Design District
Mole’s Victorian warehouse-inspired timber buildings really stand out among the low-cost rental studio spaces designed for creative industries
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NewsAHMM to open West End’s first newbuild theatre in half a century
Soho Place located next to the former site of the demolished Astoria Theatre
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FeaturesBuilding the unfinished: Victorian Pride Centre
Designed by and for LGBTQI+ communities, the main ambition for this multi-purpose space was to create a welcoming and safe place. But how exactly do you specify for inclusivity?
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FeaturesCPD 8 2022: Streamlining weatherproofing in modular construction
This J&W sponsored CPD explains how modular buildings benefit from a different kind of weatherproofing and how to specify the appropriate materials
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NewsRIBA unveils shortlist for 2022 Stirling Prize
Mæ and Panter Hudspith join veterans Hopkins, Reiach and Hall, Niall McLaughlin and Henley Halebrown in final fray for UK’s highest architecture accolade
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FeaturesDiscover Texture in Architecture with EQUITONE’s popular new CPD
A thought-provoking CPD created in collaboration with materials and colour consultant Jim Biddulph and poet, broadcaster and honorary RIBA Fellow LionHeart
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OpinionOverheating buildings are architects’ responsibility too
It’s time to rethink your attitudes to thermal comfort - if not for the sake of the planet, then for the sake of your insurance premiums, writes Eleanor Jolliffe.
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FeaturesElegant rows of modular skylights provide a forward-thinking college with daylight
The VELUX Daylight Visualizer assisted decision makers in making efficient and informed daylighting decisions in accordance with cost, timing and the optimization of daylight
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NewsEPR lodges plans for 18-storey Manchester office tower
Bruntwood development to feature highest workplace pool in UK
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NewsScott Brownrigg unveils plans to transform 3km abandoned rail tunnel into world’s longest art gallery
Major tourist attraction planned around 130-year-old Rhondda Tunnel in Wales
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FeaturesCPD 7 2022: Part L compliance considerations
This Knauf Insulation sponsored CPD spells out the key elements of the new additions to the Building Regulations that are aimed at improving energy efficiency in homes, and explains which materials can help deliver the best results for an energy efficient project.
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FeaturesBack to school: Glazing for the education sector
Educational building projects have specific needs and designing bespoke glazing helps to create well lit learning environments that encourage productivity
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NewsPlanning inspector rejects 3D Reid’s Tolworth Tower proposals
Loss of employment space and lack of site-wide energy approach cited as major stumbling blocks
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FeaturesBuilding progress for a sustainable future with Aggregate Industries
From values to vision, sustainability is at the heart of the business as the team move towards a Net Zero and Circular economy
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NewsAFK’s £600m City tower plans get public airing
Proposals for 55 Bishopsgate being developed by Schroders and Stanhope
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FeaturesAccess all areas with Profab’s fire rated access panels
Profab’s innovative range of access panels provide the highest standards of accessibility to services without compromising on aesthetics
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Building StudyBuilding study: West Hub by Jestico + Whiles
A new hybrid building in Cambridge mixes academia with enterprise and hospitality to reimagine what a university should be in the 21st century, writes Ben Flatman
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FeaturesBuilt to be wild: Monarto Safari Park's new Visitor Centre
Two ancient cultures merge at the Monarto Visitor Centre, designed in a joint venture by Intro and studio-gram
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NewsOptimised Environments win landscape architect role on £55m railway museums upgrade
Practice beats five rival bidders to win £250,000 job
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OpinionThe joy of designing and building appropriately
”Sustainability” is too vague a concept when it comes to the environmental crisis that we are facing. We need to think in terms of “appropriate design” and embrace new procurement models, writes Felix Holland