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Mastering the detail: The Northcliffe with John Robertson Architects

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Mastering the detail: Baytree Nuneaton with Chetwoods Architects

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Mastering the detail: Dockyard Church with Hugh Broughton Architects

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In pictures: TP Bennett completes Stonecutter City office development

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In pictures: Howells completes Uncle Wembley Gardens BTR scheme in Brent

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Catnic launches Solarseam: a photovoltaic solution for standing seam roofs

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In pictures: Emrys Architects completes Berners and Wells mixed-use scheme in Fitzrovia

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JRA explores breaking barriers to inclusive design within London’s built environment

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Form Follows Love: Anna Heringer on building with empathy, intuition and mud

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Building faith – Britain’s mosque architecture as cultural resistance

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Copper’s role in designing resilient and sustainable water infrastructure

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CPD 08 2025: Understanding and identifying grey belt land

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In pictures: Renzo Piano’s Shard Place reaches practical completion

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Fletcher Priest’s 46-storey City tower tipped for approval

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Thorlux launches emergency lighting system amid concerns over fire safety compliance

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Jan Kattein Architects delivers redesigned children’s library at Swiss Cottage

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CPD 07 2025: Mastering sliding and bi-fold doors

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In pictures: dRMM’s mixed-use industrial and residential scheme in Hackney Wick

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In pictures: Mowat & Company redesigns Flint HQ in south London

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A quiet revolution in light: Balancing innovation and integrity at the National Gallery

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Plans in for Grafton Architects’ Christ’s College Cambridge library

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A stronger future in timber: Dale Joinery and Mumford & Wood unite

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Designing, building and growing the natural way: Wolves Lane community centre unveiled by Studio Gil and Material Cultures

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In pictures: Kimbell Pike Architects converts listed Arts and Crafts building into Montessori nursery

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Petrarch launches slimline facade panel with focus on sustainability and reuse

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Helsinki Design Museum unveils new images of finalist proposals

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Office Ten Architecture proposes scalable retrofit model to tackle housing and climate crises

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Designing through the storm: Rethinking sustainable construction in an age of crisis

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Green light for Benedetti Architect’s RIBA HQ overhaul

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Project Reuse delivers first materials in pilot scheme to rethink fit-out waste

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In pictures: Scott Brownrigg’s flexible laboratory building at Peterhouse Technology Park

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Green light for Gensler’s Wellcome Genome Trust life sciences scheme

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Mastering the detail: The Northcliffe with John Robertson Architects

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In pictures: John Puttick Associates retrofit Victorian power station into youth hub in Blackburn

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Why the real carbon cost of our homes lies in how we build them

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Designing with timber from day one

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Can architecture help the built environment understand its purpose?

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Pre-assembled heat pump unit claims £2,000 installation savings

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Designers should welcome proposed construction products reform

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It’s time to see more recycled products in the fabric of our buildings

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Serpentine Pavilion 2025 revealed ahead of public opening this Friday

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Two-thirds of material and waste data unusable, report warns

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Allies & Morrison submits first phase of £1.7bn Manchester office district

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CPD 06 2025: How glass mineral wool insulation supports net zero building design

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Mastering the detail: Episode 3

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Manalo & White’s Bangor theatre wins 2025 RSAW Building of the Year

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Velux repurposes timber warehouse into low-carbon innovation hub

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PAS 24 update introduces stricter security testing for windows and doors

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Repairing the urban fabric: Chris Dyson Architects restores Shoreditch weavers’ houses

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Moxon Architects completes composite timber bridge in Germany

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Modular Scottish holiday home showcases Querkus veneer in low-carbon timber interior

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Bennetts’ timber and straw robotics lab pilots new net zero carbon building standard

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CPD 05 2025: Enhancing thermal performance

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Let’s be specific… Recycled plastics Q+A with Nichola Robinson, Hahn Plastics

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Once seen as a low-grade byproduct, recycled plastic has rapidly evolved into a high-performance material embraced by the construction and landscaping sectors. Its journey from post-consumer waste to durable infrastructure reflects a broader shift toward sustainable, circular design. With growing pressure on architects and specifiers to reduce embodied carbon and ...