All Buildings, design and specification articles – Page 63
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OpinionWe should all be striving for sustainability
MiddleCap’s Tomáš Jurdák explains why pushing the environmental performance of buildings is not simply a matter for the planning system
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FeaturesSpeedier construction through frame standardisation
The Seismic consortium has engineered a standardised frame solution for schools that claims to be 75% faster than traditional construction
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OpinionReducing embodied carbon through facade design
Mark Voss shares his perspective on the industry’s challenges facing the reduction of embodied carbon associated with the building facade and how early input from facade designers can help
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NewsTheaster Gates: Value engineering made Serpentine Pavilion more interesting
Artist thanks David Adjaye for guiding him through regulatory side of architecture
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NewsAdjaye to redesign 20-storey Brixton tower following local revolt
London mayor agreed to postpone decision on scheme after request from developer less than two weeks before scheduled hearing
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NewsFletcher Priest’s plans to rejig SOM’s 175 Bishopsgate recommended for approval
Scheme will see new facades built in different style to the rest of the 1988 postmodern block
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NewsRenée Gailhoustet wins RA’s 2022 architecture prize
Award recognises French architect’s ‘extraordinary contribution’ to social housing
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NewsHOK reveals £50m plans to redevelop Manchester Arena
HOK appointed to design ‘extensive transformation’ ahead of completion of rival Co-op Live venue next year
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Building StudyBuilding study: A new campus for the RCA by Herzog & de Meuron
In its scale and singularity this flagship building by Herzog & de Meuron strikes the right balance, writes Richard Gatti
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NewsMarble Arch Mound architect reveals plans for another hill-themed project
Practice unveils images of major six-tower scheme which is its first in South America
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NewsFosters unveils designs for Tokyo department store
Timber structure intended to become home for sustainable lifestyle brands
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OpinionWhat’s stopping us from carrying on exactly as we are?
The target for achieving net zero may still be decades away but, in order to hit it, we have to make changes to the way we design and build right now, says Anna Beckett
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NewsPaws for thought: Fosters and RSHP among star names scrapping to win dog kennel design contest
Other practices in the running for this weekend’s ‘Barkitecture’ competition include Hopkins and Stanton Williams
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OpinionNew Labour: remembering an era of optimism, enthusiasm and mixed results
It is 25 years since Tony Blair’s 1997 landslide victory and the architectural legacy is both good and bad, writes Ben Flatman
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NewsChipperfield and Moussavi named as design advocates for London
David Adjaye is reappointed on 42-strong advisory panel, set up to improve capital’s built environment
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FeaturesAdek clarifies the fire safety classification system for flooring products
Jessica Brown, digital marketing manager at Ecodek, explores the growing demand for flooring materials to meet new standards
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FeaturesWarmFloor Pro – The sustainable, insulated alternative to beam and block flooring
WarmFloor Pro is ideal for both residential and commercial structural floor construction
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NewsHeatherwick, LEAP and Alison Brooks among RIBA regional winners for 2022
Building of the year awards for projects including cancer support centre and modern reimagining of an Oxford quad
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NewsGreen light for first phase of ‘inside out’ estate regeneration
Masterplan drawn up by Levitt Bernstein, Proctor & Matthews Architects and Cullinan Studio aims to reduce antisocial behaviour on 1970s South London development
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FeaturesEQUITONE’s new texture, as timeless as the beauty of the moon
[Lunara]’s unique surface texture, covered with tiny, silken, irregular elevations and depressions, is reminiscent of the cratered landscape of the Moon. Its random-looking and non-repeating surface is due to a new production process and no two panels are exactly the same. Similar to the rest of the EQUITONE range, [lunara] ...