Our rural communities are missing out

Patrick Mooney, housing consultant and news editor of Housing, Management & Maintenance says that rural schemes are being built without vital infrastructure in the current rash of permitted development conversions. In trying to inch its way towards achieving the near... View Article

Is modular living the key to post-pandemic life?

Raj Somal of engineering consultancy Dice looks at the exemplar Positive Homes modular development, explaining how modern methods can produce much-needed housing quickly on a tight budget, as the country begins to navigate life post-pandemic. There is no questioning the... View Article

Out with the old, in with the Ali VU

LISTEN HERE 🔊 Whether helping to future-proof new build homes or improve the energy-efficiency of existing housing stock, Senior Architectural Systems’ slimline Ali VU aluminium windows have been specifically developed to offer exceptional thermal performance and outstanding design flexibility. Featuring... View Article

Go beyond the minimum on acoustics

Rob Crampton of Hush Acoustics explains why investment in acoustic insulation will result in a higher level of satisfaction for customers. Acoustic standards in UK housebuilding have not been upgraded in a meaningful way since the early 2000s. As a... View Article

Resin bound paving installed for hotel rooftop garden

LISTEN HERE 🔊 A luxury rounded marble, 10mm Astro Peake, laid to a recommended 30mm depth onto a honeycomb grid structure known as SureCell, this type of base structure is light, easy to transport and equally as strong and sound... View Article

MEG makes a splash!

LISTEN HERE 🔊 Located in the foothills of the Franklin Mountains in El Paso in Texas, Camp Cohen is one of three new waterparks designed to celebrate the culture of the city’s diverse communities. Parkhill Architects were appointed by the... View Article

Doors fit for a new world!

LISTEN HERE 🔊 Residents deserve unquestionable comfort and safety in the post pandemic era, as do the professionals responsible for providing it. Many things have changed over the past eighteen or more months since our world was turned upside down.... View Article

SUPERPLAN ZERO from Kaldewei

LISTEN HERE 🔊 The SUPERPLAN ZERO is the latest product from Kaldewei. This impressive enamelled shower surface has been created by the Berlin designer Werner Aisslinger, the style is reserved and extremely comfortable underfoot. Kaldewei has always paid attention to... View Article

Creating healthy homes: Aico launch new Environmental Sensors

LISTEN HERE 🔊 Introducing an exciting innovation in home life safety from market leaders Aico, their brand-new HomeLINK Environmental Sensors. Designed to create better maintained, healthier, energy efficient homes, Aico’s Environmental Sensors are discreet and secure, placed throughout the home... View Article

View Point: Hywel Davies of CIBSE

With Covid-19 sadly not likely to disappear any time soon, achieving the correct ventilation of workplaces is critical to mitigate the spread in future. Hywel Davies of CIBSE discusses the issues for designers Covid-19 is not going away any time soon.... View Article

Practice Profile: Broadway Malyan

Tom Boddy speaks to Broadway Malyan about their journey to becoming a global architectural firm, and how the practice philosophy has evolved to increasingly embrace “holistic building design” It was in 1958 in Weybridge, Surrey that Cyril Broadway and John... View Article

New wine in old bottles

A historic soft drink bottling facility in a formerly run-down part of south east London has been stripped and restored by Studio RHE, bringing its attributes to the fore as a lively commercial and events space. Roseanne Field reports Located... View Article

Slated for natural versatility

David Cooke from Cupa Pizarras discusses the versatility of natural slate when it comes to aesthetics, and the resulting design freedom it offers architects, giving recent examples In an age where the environmental impact of our actions is rightly under... View Article

Responding to the design challenges of modern offices

LISTEN HERE 🔊 Rudiments is a unique carpet tile and plank collection from IVC Commercial. With a shared colour palette, modular options and designs that work beautifully together, Rudiments can respond to the design challenge of modern offices. Featuring Jute,... View Article

F. Ball launches F58 PLUS ‘No time to wait’ LVT adhesive

LISTEN HERE 🔊 F. Ball and Co. Ltd.’s new Styccobond F58 PLUS is a fast-drying, fibre-reinforced, pressure sensitive adhesive that is ideal for the installation of LVT floorcoverings. Its fast-drying formulation enables LVT tiles and planks to be secured from... View Article

Refresh your designs with Powdertech ‘Zest’

LISTEN HERE 🔊 Powdertech Corby has launched ‘Zest’, a vibrant range of powder finishes adding an exciting fresh new look to architectural metal work. Suitable for exterior and interior use on steel and aluminium, Zest finishes have excellent colour durability... View Article

A new generation of libraries defined by copper

LISTEN HERE 🔊 Nordic Brown Light pre-oxidised copper cladding, in the form of large shingles and vertical fins structuring glazing, creates a strong civic identity for the expanded and remodelled library in Kirkkonummi, Finland. The revitalised building exemplifies a new... View Article

The new forest of learning

LISTEN HERE 🔊 Erlev school in Denmark’s Haderslev is visionary and award-winning for many reasons. With all columns and beams constructed in wood, it is one of the largest timber structures to be constructed in the country for a long... View Article