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OpinionWhy texture is replacing flat surfaces in modern interiors
Paul Moody explains what’s behind the trend away from smooth surfaces and towards texture in interior design
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Information - BDIn pictures: Campfield – adaptive reuse of Victorian market halls as tech hub and workspaces
The Campfield project sees a pair of Manchester market halls retrofitted with contemporary insertions to give the iron and glass structures new life as a tech hub/workspace with a public market area. We talked to the designer to learn about some of the challenges of this type of heritage retrofit
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NewsWhat made this project… 1 Blossom Yard by TP Bennett
Interior Architect of the Year 2025 finalist TP Bennett guides us through the unique specification challenges at 1 Blossom Yard
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Information - BDWienerberger Denton set to become world’s first hydrogen brick-kiln plant
Wienerberger has secured government funding for what is thought to be the world’s first commercial-scale hydrogen kilns at its brickworks in Denton, Greater Manchester
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NewsIn pictures: John Puttick Associates’ Preston Vault Youth Zone – fun foil to the city’s famous bus station, with striking interiors by Ben Kelly
The newly completed Preston Vault Youth Zone marks the final chapter in more than a decade of civic renewal work in the city for John Puttick Associates, which was originally founded to refurbish the famous Brutalist bus station across the road from this striking new youth centre
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NewsDemonstrator homes from different eras to provide retrofit data for social housing
A research and demonstrator project at Liverpool John Moores University is set to offer practical data-driven insights on retrofitting homes of different ages
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NewsOpportunities and threats for wider UK hardwood use explored at V&A event
Ways to scale the use of UK hardwood in construction were unpacked at a V&A museum symposium that tackled the question: what if our built environment was shaped by local, climate-resilient, mixed-species forest? The audience heard about projects across the country that are facilitating the use of homegrown timber – ...
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NewsIn pictures: West London House by Goldstein Heather – intelligent extension with subtle historical allusions
Goldstein Heather’s West London House serves subtle echoes of the past and, just perhaps, a taste of the future
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NewsContractors turn to time-lapse video for social media promotion and project monitoring
In our social media dominated world, built-environment firms are choosing time-lapse video as a way to showcase their work
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OpinionNatural does not necessarily mean durable: why we need to think again about how we specify stone
Kristian Goodenough makes the case for rethinking how stone is specified – better informed by geology, performance characteristics and detailing
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OpinionEnergy-efficiency retrofits don’t have to create damp and mould – but only if they are tackled in the right way
Barrie Francis argues there is no need for retrofits to cause damp problems – providing the right steps are followed…
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NewsMore picks from the Surface Design Show
Here’s a second batch of finds and innovations from the Surface Design Show 2026
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NewsIn pictures: Florentia Village shows value of colour and placemaking branding
Florentia Village, a makers’ community in north London, has been transformed through a major upgrade and extension by Turner Works. The 3.5-acre former textile-manufacturing site has been revitalised to form a vibrant makers’ campus with a distinctive visual identity created by place-branding agency DNCO
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NewsUK’s first circular construction hub launches in Royal Docks
The project will take in waste construction materials and process them for reuse, preventing waste and saving carbon. It aims to become the largest such project in Europe
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NewsNew Masonry Association technical committee raises concerns over zero-compression cavity fire barriers
First guidance from Masonry Association’s new technical committee raises concerns about the increasing use of zero-compression cavity fire barriers, which it believes present a foreseeable long-term life-safety risk
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OpinionGovernment should reflect real-world behaviour in Part G consultation response
Suzannah Adey argues changes to Approved Document G must reflect the way people actually use water or risk serious unintended consequences
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NewsWhat made this project… Majid Al Futtaim mosque by Kettle Collective
WA100 International Architect of the Year 2025 finalist Kettle Collective guides us through the unique specification challenges at the Majid Al Futtaim mosque
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OpinionWhy choosing the right weatherproofing for penetrations at data centres is key
Matt Jones explains why weatherproofing penetrations represents a particular challenge at data centres – and how specialist weatherprooding solutions can be a vital detail when specifying this cornerstone of digital economy infrastructure
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NewsWhat made this project… Rosalind Franklin Wing at St Paul’s Girls’ School by Jestico + Whiles
Finalist for Education Architect of the Year Award 2025, Jestico + Whiles guides us through the specification challenges present at St Paul’s Girls’ School
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NewsIn pictures: conversion of iconic former US embassy into luxury hotel
The transformation of the former American embassy in London’s Grosvenor Square into a luxury hotel recently completed after more than a decade’s work