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Floating church, Olympic Park, by Denizen Works
In pictures: The congregation will literally be able to raise the roof thanks to a bellows-like innovation
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Government is revising Building Safety Bill, says Hackitt
Chair of safety steering group says department wants ‘resolution’ for those trapped in unsafe flats
Almost half the high-rise buildings fitted with Grenfell cladding still have some in place
Government data says 17 buildings still have no plan at all to deal with problem
Final report on competency in built environment published
The interim report was published in August 2019
Allura LVT: Making spaces into creative places
Luxury vinyl tiles remain one of the most popular flooring options on the market across all sectors – and it’s easy to see why
Edmund Fowles’ inspiration: Roosenberg Abbey, Flanders
The Feilden Fowles director on a remote Belgian monastery designed by a monk who devised his own version of the golden ratio
‘You don’t get involved in a project like this for the glory or the money’
Keppie was working on an extension at Glasgow’s SEC events centre when the brief changed dramatically. Elizabeth Hopkirk hears from the architects
Third time unlucky for Hoskins as Scottish government boots out Calton Hill hotel scheme
Ministers open door to rival proposal by Richard Murphy
Tim Ronalds set to submit £8m plans for Quentin Blake illustration museum
Architect to convert industrial complex into arts centre
Amin Taha proposes £8m ‘Edwardian makeover’ for post-war office block
Holborn office building to be wrapped in period-shaped brown mesh facade
Lubetkin’s Sivill House listed after residents’ campaign
Architect’s only freestanding tower saved from damaging alterations
Learning from lockdown: Getting a (door) handle on the spread of disease
Eleanor Jolliffe looks at how the pandemic might change the way we specify
Maggie’s Centre at the Royal Marsden, Sutton, by Ab Rogers Design
For his first building the designer has gone head-to-head with his father – but he was more intimidated by Rem Koolhaas, he tells Elizabeth Hopkirk
Human-centric lighting: How the design of the building envelope can bring light to life
For any building’s lighting strategy to be considered truly human-centric, it should incorporate daylight as much as possible
Technical Study: UK Hydrographic Office in Somerset by AHR
Bringing everything under one roof was a central aim – so the architect made it the defining feature, writes Helena Russell
Fire hits Archer Humphryes’ Koko revamp
Camden venue’s dome destroyed as flames engulf grade II-listed building’s roof
Offsite manufacturing will encourage more women into the industry
A fixed workplace close to home, flexible shift patterns and job security would all attract women to jobs in construction, Rosa Turner Wood writes
Sam Jacob’s inspiration: Avebury stone circle
Wiltshire’s other mysterious Neolithic circle is architecture in its purest form and would give Mies a run for his money, says the FAT co-founder
First homes go in for planning using RCKa’s pioneering MMC system
Architect says its modular system will slash time and cost of design process
Coming soon – 3D printed components for the masses
3D printing has the potential to produce complex structural components quickly and cheaply if the technology were commercially available. Now Fosters has done just that.
Post-Grenfell safety regulator to be run solely by HSE
New body was originally expected to include local authorities, fire and rescue services
BIG picked by Toyota to design experimental digital city
Timber prototype will be built by robots
Offsite manufacturing will encourage more women into the industry
A fixed workplace close to home, flexible shift patterns and job security would all attract women to jobs in construction, Rosa Turner Wood writes
Sam Jacob’s inspiration: Avebury stone circle
Wiltshire’s other mysterious Neolithic circle is architecture in its purest form and would give Mies a run for his money, says the FAT co-founder
Build 75,000 modular homes a year, HTA report tells government
With right stimulus MMC could deliver quality housing and jobs in large numbers, argue authors
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