CPMG ARCHITECTS has recently added to its award-winning team with the arrival of young talent based at its studios in Nottingham and London. Cameron Kiddle joins as an architectural technologist at CPMG’s head office in Nottingham in line with the practice’s... View Article

The World Architecture Festival (WAF) has revealed the 2021 Best Use of Certified Timber Shortlist, supported for the third year in a row by Programme for Endorsement of Forest Certification (PEFC). This year’s eight shortlisted projects highlight the work of... View Article

South-West based housebuilder, Newland Homes, is marking its 30th year in operation this year by becoming the first traditional housebuilder in the UK to sign up to the United Nations’ Climate Neutral Now pledge, demonstrating its steadfast commitment to sustainability... View Article

North Yorkshire-based Broadacres Housing Association has received an eight-figure funding package from NatWest, to progress its green growth plans. The £80 million funding package will help the not-for-profit housing association, fulfil a range of long-term objectives across the business including... View Article

A report recommending a package of proposals to expand opportunities for custom and self-build housing could play a role in tackling the UK’s housing crisis, according to the Land Promoters and Developers Federation (LPDF). The proposals will encourage people to... View Article

By Mark Morris, planning consultant at London-based residential architecture practice, Urbanist Architecture… When you think of a potential building plot, what comes to mind? For some people, it will be that very American image of future development staked out with... View Article

Zaha Hadid Virtual Reality Group (ZHVR) has published a new research paper: ‘Sphereing: A Novel Framework for Real-time Collaboration and Co-presence in VR’. While ZHVR’s own research is aimed at the Architecture, Engineering, and Construction (AEC) industry, this framework is... View Article

Two members from Arup’s Nottingham office have been appointed as directors of the global engineering firm, representing a huge achievement for the company’s presence in the city. Steve Fernandez and Vicky Evans are just the second and third members of... View Article

A groundbreaking new sports facility has opened in Colchester, designed by sports and leisure specialists GT3 Architects to combine the needs of both elite sports teams and local community groups. Completed for Colchester Borough Council under the Scape Perfect Circle framework... View Article

Lincolnshire-based architects and urban designers, PolkeyCollins, has welcomed two new members to its architectural team as part of its planned growth strategy. Jason Hall and Connor Horgan have joined the practice as senior architect and architectural technologist respectively. The hires come as... View Article

Orbit, one of the UK’s leading housing providers, has officially launched its RoSPA approved Safer by Design framework at its Mill View development in Dereham. Helen Moore, Group Director of Orbit Homes, was joined by Errol Taylor, Chief Executive Officer... View Article

Manufacturers have won an extra year to get products tested to comply with new UK certification rules originally due to replace CE marking in January 2022. International and domestic manufacturers had threatened to pull products off the market given the... View Article

Britain’s construction industry could be more efficient if there was a national shutdown for two to three weeks each August, says Dan Grimshaw from leading design and construction firm Beam Development. “The combined effect of post-lockdown holidays, the loss of... View Article

Ninety Croydon families will soon move into a new 100% affordable apartment block offering council homes at council rents that was unveiled on Monday. Next month people on the borough’s housing waiting list will move into the new town centre... View Article

Up to 40,000 new homes a year should be custom or self-built according to a government-commissioned review released on August 21st. MP Richard Bacon’s House: How putting customers in charge can change everything offers a route map on how the... View Article