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Tackling climate change will force us to make huge lifestyle changes

Monday, 13th January 2020

Household domestic energy use currently accounts for roughly 29% of the UK’s total energy consumption and carbon dioxide emissions. Radically reducing this figure is vital if the country is to achieve its goals of cutting emissions to 51% of 1990... View Article

UK rents up 3.5 per cent as sector looks set for a resilient 2020

Monday, 13th January 2020

The latest figures from the HomeLet Rental Index indicate that the rental sector is set to see the sustained growth of rental values observed throughout 2019 continue into the new decade The headlines from December 2019’s HomeLet Rental Index are:... View Article

gpad wins planning permission for prestigious City office extension and refurbishment

Friday, 10th January 2020

Award-winning architectural practice gpad london and Tellon Capital have secured planning permission to progress with the rooftop extension and refurbishment of 16-18 Eastcheap, a late Victorian building in the heart of the City of London’s insurance district. The interior will... View Article

Promotion for Designer Contracts interiors division

Friday, 10th January 2020

The UK’s largest flooring contractor, Designer Contracts, has announced a senior promotion within its 16-strong interior design division. Joining the business three years ago, and with almost a decade of experience in interior design, Faye Armstrong entered the showhome division... View Article

From surviving to thriving in an age of floods: RIBA’s new title ‘Retrofitting for Flood Resilience’ shows us how

Friday, 10th January 2020

With many throughout the UK now facing the arduous journey of restoring their homes after winter floods that reached new destructive heights, it’s clear that we must prepare better and faster for flooding – and not just in the UK... View Article

Work underway on new homes in Middleton

Friday, 10th January 2020

Five years after plans were first submitted, work has started to transform a brownfield site in Middleton for new homes. Proposals for the 4.38 acre site on Boothroyden Road were first put to planners in 2015. The land was acquired... View Article

Balfour Beatty Group tops the Contractor League Table for December

Thursday, 9th January 2020

Balfour Beatty took the top spot this month with three contract awards totalling £297 million. The award of the Midland Metropolitan Hospital in Smethwick, a project that was originally contracted to Carillion, contributed £267 million to their total. Kier Construction... View Article

New acoustics, ventilation and overheating guide set for launch

Thursday, 9th January 2020

After almost two years of research, ANC, the Association of Noise Consultants, is launching its Acoustics Ventilation and Overheating (AVO) Residential Design Guide. Produced by the ANC’s AVO Group, the guide provides a resource for practitioners and designers to balance... View Article

Galvanizing the sustainable finish

Thursday, 9th January 2020

Galvanizing has long been recognised as the most sustainable finishing process available, and with the ever-evolving emergence of new technologies, it is increasingly becoming even more-environmentally friendly. Steel is a vital raw material in many industries across the world, but... View Article

Legal & General secures student blocks at University of the Creative Arts, Farnham

Thursday, 9th January 2020

LGIM Real Assets (Legal & General) announces, on behalf of its LPI (Limited Price Inflation) Income Property Fund, that it has agreed to fund the development of a new high-quality student accommodation block which is pre-let to the University for... View Article

Six things social housing providers need to consider in 2020

Thursday, 9th January 2020

2019 has been one of the most tumultuous years of the past decade, with Brexit again dominating the national conversation. But social housing providers have had to contend with much more. What does 2020 hold in store for social housing... View Article

Only one in 10 UK residents support creation of new towns as a solution to the housing crisis

Thursday, 9th January 2020

Just 10% of the UK population believes that the construction of new towns is the best way to tackle the UK housing crisis, according to a new report. The research has been published by Eurocell. It highlights a reticence around the concept of... View Article

Future announces year of activity and event launches to mark 30th anniversary of Homebuilding & Renovating

Thursday, 9th January 2020

Future plc, the international media group and leading magazine publisher, is marking the 30th anniversary of its iconic Homebuilding & Renovating brand with a new era of investment to launch a packed programme of activities and new events in 2020. The campaign reinforces the... View Article

Foster + Partners wins competition to design Alibaba’s new HQ in Shanghai

Thursday, 9th January 2020

Foster + Partners has won the competition to design the new headquarters for Alibaba – the Chinese ecommerce giant – in Shanghai. As a new signature building for the company, it is set to showcase their unique working culture to... View Article

Innovative luxury Devon Passivhaus apartment block wins International Property Awards

Thursday, 9th January 2020

Seaton Beach, an innovative seafront development of eight luxury apartments at Seaton in Devon, built to Passivhaus standards, has won ‘Best Apartment Devon’ for the Penthouse and ‘Best Sustainable Residential Development in the UK’ in the International Property Awards and... View Article

Turkel Design Studio complete new house in California

Wednesday, 8th January 2020

Designed and built according to innovative prefabricated construction systems and technologies, Axiom Desert House is characterised by a pillar and beam construction with a large open room that opens onto a private courtyard, just as in the Californian lifestyle and... View Article

Planning application submitted for next phase of commercial development at kirkstall forge

Tuesday, 7th January 2020

CEG has submitted a reserved matters (detailed) planning application for the next 200,000 sq ft of commercial space at the £400 million Kirkstall Forge development in Leeds Designed by Cooper Cromar architects, it will provide bold, contemporary space with leisure/retail... View Article

Toyota to build prototype city of the future in Japan

Tuesday, 7th January 2020

Toyota has revealed plans to build a prototype “city” of the future on a 175-acre site at the base of Mount Fuji in Japan. Announced at CES 2020, the global consumer technology show in Las Vegas, the Woven City will... View Article

Innovative luxury Devon Passivhaus apartment block wins International Property Awards

Tuesday, 7th January 2020

New research highlights the severe impact of noise on the UK workforce

Tuesday, 7th January 2020

UK acoustics company Oscar Acoustics have recently released findings from its research into noise pollution in the workplace Exploring the views of UK employees across a range of different sectors, the research reveals some surprising and concerning effects of noise... View Article