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Building Study: Plumstead Centre, London, by Hawkins Brown
The architect reckons it has found the solution to saving libraries from extinction. Ike Ijeh assesses the end result
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Grenfell cladding posed no ‘particular issues’ in 2012, inquiry hears
Fire engineer provides first evidence to Grenfell inquiry after three-month covid suspension
Where are the fire and building safety experts?
It is not just covid that is hampering progress of critical remediation work, writes Andrew Mellor
PRP lands government fire safety work for care homes
MHCLG contract will involve research and design review
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
Carmody Groarke wins consent for its first major City project
Architect will add two storeys to historic Finsbury Circus building
MPs asked for views on £4bn Parliament restoration plan
Sweeping review into BDP’s agreed proposal announced in May
City approves Stanton Williams’ and Asif Khan’s £337m Museum of London proposals
Museum to move from Powell & Moya citadel into old West Smithfield market buildings
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
Heatherwick salutes an inspirational craftsman and collaborator
Thomas Heatherwick pays tribute to his friend the fabricator Bill Tustin who was instrumental in some of his studio’s key projects
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
Architects tell government radical changes needed to combustibles ban
Stirling Prize nominees call for structural timber to be excluded, while RIBA argues for more buildings to be covered
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
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
Architects tell government radical changes needed to combustibles ban
Stirling Prize nominees call for structural timber to be excluded, while RIBA argues for more buildings to be covered
Glenn Howells unveils ‘world’s tallest octagonal tower’
49-storey build-to-rent scheme for Birmingham’s Paradise development goes out to consultation
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