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Inside out: The making of the Lloyd’s building, according to those who were there
On 18 November, the City of London’s most unusual building turns 40. To mark the occasion, we dug through the archives and interviewed those who worked on Lloyd’s as young architects, to tell the story of how the project was won, how it was designed and how it was built
RIBA-led coalition calls for stronger action on retrofit as COP31 gets underway
Architects and trade bodies join forces to urge government to commit to long-term national retrofit programme
Mid-project design changes can strengthen building performance
Good insulation specification is about more than U-values
Charlie Luxton Design converts Gloucestershire barns into offices
CPD 20 2026: Facing bricks – specifying for performance and buildability
De-risking heritage projects starts with early collaboration
Manea Kella restores Edwardian terrace in north London
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Cadence: Alison Brooks Architects brings a playful flourish to King’s Cross
Hold your nerve and cut the cost of building: what construction wants from Healey’s first Budget
One Liverpool Street: Is this the most complex office development ever built in London?
‘This year has been remarkable for London…’ How 10 Design’s Sabrina Klor is creating a new global hub in the capital
From housing viability to AI and data centres: the key debates at Building the Future Conference
Hope again? Five key takeaways from Labour conference 2026
How Hastings Commons is building a self-renovating neighbourhood
Poignant Pangolin Shield installation looks backwards to colonial era – and forwards to an age of bamboo construction
Does the Temple Quarter enterprise campus mark a smart move east for Bristol University?
What does the industry need for Burnham’s technical education reforms to succeed?
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Specification
Mid-project design changes can strengthen building performance
A green roof installation at Newcastle’s Dakota Hotel demonstrates how engineering assessments and collaboration can turn unexpected specification challenges into opportunities for improved performance, writes Tony Lawther
What made this project… Civic by Shedkm
Finalist for Radical Retrofit and Reinvention Architect of the Year Award 2026, Shedkm guides us through the specification challenges present at Civic
Good insulation specification is about more than U-values
As building safety and sustainability requirements evolve, architects must look beyond thermal performance and consider how insulation contributes to the wider building system, says Danilo Gomes
CPD
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WA100 Digital Edition
Designing Tomorrow's Housing
Barnsley’s success is still no defence against populism
Happy days: The early 90s, Urban Splash and a time of creativity and risk
Book review: At Home in the City by Alan Power
My response to the new Design Planning Policy Practice Guidance
The long way home: why common parts still matter
We can afford to build greener houses – and there are many good reasons why we should
Remembering Kelvin Campbell: Probably the most influential urban designer of his generation
Where, then, do we really wish to live?
Allies and Morrison completes passivhaus student townhouses in Cambridge
Why we need to rediscover council housing
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Architect of the Year Awards 2025
What made this project… Civic by Shedkm
What made this project… Moon House by Office S&M
What made this project… Black Bull Close by Simpson & Brown
What made this project… Hebron House by Paul Archer Design
What made this project… 20 Gresham Street by John Robertson Architects
What made this project… Studentville by Andre Kong Studio
What made this project… Montcalm Mayfair by Holland Harvey
What made this project… Health Sciences Library by HLM Architects
What made this project… Rolikstraat by Common Wonder
What made this project… Greenview House by Paper House Project
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Boomers to Zoomers
In pictures: HTA Design completes dinosaur-themed Crystal Palace Park playground
Intergenerational housing scheme gives students cheaper rent in exchange for befriending older neighbours
Book review: All To Play For – How to design child-friendly housing
Root And Erect’s new King’s Cross play area features sustainable construction, materials and lighting innovation
Designing cities for play: Why child-friendly spaces matter
In pictures: Stanton Williams completes inaugural later living scheme next to Hampstead Heath
This Stirling Prize winner is a model for how we can all live better
Break down the silos – young people won’t see the range of careers our sector offers unless we show them
Carmody Groarke completes ArtPlay Pavilion at Dulwich Picture Gallery
Barratt Redrow commits to accessible playgrounds on all new developments
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In Pictures
In pictures: BDP completes Greenheys research centre at Manchester Science Park
In pictures: HOK completes Merlin Place laboratory in Cambridge
In pictures: Pend’s stylish Canon Mews uses courtyards to maximise a constrained urban site
Fosters completes transformation of former Whiteleys shopping centre into upmarket homes and hotel
In pictures: Article 25’s Kao La Amani children’s village in Tanzania designed for dignity, community and climate resilience
In pictures: HTA Design completes dinosaur-themed Crystal Palace Park playground
In pictures: Haworth Tompkins refreshes Wales’ largest producing theatre
In pictures: Blight Rayner and Snøhetta’s Glasshouse Theatre, Brisbane – wavy glass wonder wall
In pictures: Campfield – adaptive reuse of Victorian market halls as tech hub and workspaces
In pictures: John Puttick Associates’ Preston Vault Youth Zone – fun foil to the city’s famous bus station, with striking interiors by Ben Kelly
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WA100 2026
WA100 2026: The big list
WA100 2026: The best get better
WA100 2026: Heading on up
WA100 2026: Digital edition
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A Default Yes to development around stations?
The new NPPF’s encouragement for homes around transport hubs will be no match for a planning system which prefers a ‘default no’, writes David Rudlin
Construction needed a rescue plan… it got a sticking plaster
A promise to limit building regulation changes and BNG requirements is not the shot in the arm which the industry needs, writes Eleanor Jolliffe
Rethinking the future of outer-London towns
As outer-London town centres are asked to absorb more homes and greater density, the challenge is not simply how much we build, but how we make growth feel rooted in the places people already know and value. They need an architecture of their own, not a scaled-down version of the ...
Why small sites hold the key to specialist housing and inclusive communities
The UK’s housing crisis cannot be solved by numbers alone. Quality, suitability and inclusivity matter just as much as quantity, writes Kyle Buchanan
Why this year’s RIBA awards feel like a turning point
The RIBA Stirling Prize night produced a strikingly different list of winners. For Satish Jassal, whose practice took the Neave Brown Award for Housing, it raised a bigger question about where the profession is heading
Inside out: The making of the Lloyd’s building, according to those who were there
On 18 November, the City of London’s most unusual building turns 40. To mark the occasion, we dug through the archives and interviewed those who worked on Lloyd’s as young architects, to tell the story of how the project was won, how it was designed and how it was built
Hold your nerve and cut the cost of building: what construction wants from Healey’s first Budget
With a week to go before Chancellor John Healey delivers his first Budget, Building asked 25 construction and property industry leaders what they need - and what they fear - from the 28 October
‘This year has been remarkable for London…’ How 10 Design’s Sabrina Klor is creating a new global hub in the capital
The chief executive of global practice 10 Design talks to Building Design about doubling its London headcount, pivoting towards retrofit and reuse, and why she finally felt at home when she landed in the capital
From housing viability to AI and data centres: the key debates at Building the Future Conference
Discussions on viability dominated the fourth annual meeting of construction professionals in London where talk focused on how projects can be delivered in a challenging market
Why they won: A closer look at all the Architect of the Year Awards 2026 winning entries
The winners of the Architect of the Year Awards were announced at a ceremony last night. Here is more detail about all the winning entries
Poignant Pangolin Shield installation looks backwards to colonial era – and forwards to an age of bamboo construction
The Pangolin Shield is one of the highlights of this year’s London Design Festival: an installation that speaks poetically of colonial legacies and ecological exploitation, but also offers a positive message about the transformative power of creativity – not to mention some practical lessons about the structural possibilities of bamboo
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Cadence: Alison Brooks Architects brings a playful flourish to King’s Cross
One Liverpool Street: Is this the most complex office development ever built in London?
How Hastings Commons is building a self-renovating neighbourhood
Does the Temple Quarter enterprise campus mark a smart move east for Bristol University?
Bermondsey Heights is a bold attempt to blend ‘beds and sheds’
270 Park Avenue: The blockbuster HQ that has busted the block
Cambridge South station offers a gentler model for growth on the science fringe
The Whiteley: Fosters transforms a piece of Bayswater history
How Studio Verve is keeping Harringay warehouse district alive
Olympia reborn: How London’s historic exhibition venue has been revitalised for the modern age
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Reviews
Book review: 100 21st-Century Buildings by the Twentieth Century Society
Book review: Palace of the Ether – Broadcasting House and the Architecture of the BBC 1922-32
Book review: Where We Live, by Jonathan Glancey
Book review – Royal Festival Hall: A Living Icon
Review - Roaming Britain: Gypsy and Traveller Homes at RIBA North
Book review: Totems: Selected Essays on Architecture, by Irénée Scalbert
Book review: At Home in the City by Alan Power
Caruso St John's Collected Works, Volume 3: ‘The book’s beauty is matched by its heft’
Book review: Case Studies in Architecture and Landscape: Expanding the Legacy of Peter Blundell Jones
The long way home: why common parts still matter
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