Building on Skidmore, Owings & Merrill’s (SOM) tradition of innovative engineering, the design for a bank’s new headquarters incorporates a distinctive external diagrid that significantly reduces solar gain. Inside, responsive solar shading technology and natural airflow enhance staff wellbeing. SOM... View Article

Triton Construction has completed works on four new school projects with a total contract value of £8 million. The successful completions reflect a boost in education sector work for Triton which has delivered 12 projects valued at £18M over the... View Article

Developers who fail to resolve snagging problems on new homes could see themselves struck off the New Homes Quality Board, NHQB, register. The board has released a new housebuilders code banning high-pressure selling, requiring an after-sale ‘cooling off’ period and protecting the... View Article

Fourth Mile, a joint venture between Reef Group and Blackrock Real Assets and designed by Benoy, has been approved by Hounslow Borough Council paving the way for the cutting-edge mixed-use scheme to be delivered. Fourth Mile will have the world’s... View Article

Designs for the remaining phases of Blueprint’s emerging neighbourhood beside the River Trent in Nottingham have been revealed at planning by Proctor & Matthews Architects – also the masterplanner for this phase of the project – alongside Sarah Wigglesworth Architects... View Article

Carl Pittam, Development Director, Ubeeqo a brand of Europcar Mobility Group Environmental concerns are high on the agenda for both businesses and their customers – last month’s COP26 highlighted only too clearly the strength of feeling around our need to... View Article

Gleeson Homes has been granted planning permission to build 39 new homes off, Abbey Road, in Abbeytown, Cumbria. The development, which will be known as Barley Meadows, will see the 4.57 acre area of land be transformed into beautiful, high... View Article

UNStudio, in collaboration with Nihon Sekkei, recently completed the Shanghai Jiuguang Centre. The design for this brand new retail destination, which sits in the middle of a bustling Shanghai neighbourhood merges an advanced commercial ecosystem with a human-centric, customer-friendly destination.... View Article

Looking forward to a year of love, joy, mindfulness and making memories. Clariant pays an advance tribute to the year to come in its new Decorative Coatings Trends for 2022 – “golden”. Launched today, consumers are invited to take inspiration... View Article

Leading building materials supplier, Aggregate Industries, visited the University of Bath this month to talk to postgraduate students and academic staff in the Department of Architecture and Civil Engineering about the practical challenges of a low carbon transition for the construction... View Article