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‘We will build the crème de la crème’… Inside £10bn Czech giant Penta’s ambitious launch in London

2026-06-15T06:00:00+01:00

Building flies to Prague to speak to Marek Dospiva, co-founder of one of central Europe’s biggest companies, and to hear about the firm’s plans to become a major developer in the UK capital

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A quietly radical housing project: Metropolitan Workshop’s resident‑led Passivhaus scheme

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Such buildings can change lives… Regenerating safe spaces that young people can call their own

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From stranded asset to grade A office: how a facsimile facade made all the difference for a failing, listed Manchester building

  • Building study: The Quentin Blake Centre for Illustration

  • Fixing the roof while the sun is shining: Making Blenheim Palace fit for the next 300 years

  • The reinvention of Broadgate: Has it worked?

  • A quietly radical housing project: Metropolitan Workshop’s resident‑led Passivhaus scheme

  • Such buildings can change lives… Regenerating safe spaces that young people can call their own

  • From stranded asset to grade A office: how a facsimile facade made all the difference for a failing, listed Manchester building

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Building Systems Thinking: Our water and wastewater systems need replumbing

2026-05-11T06:00:00+01:00By Matt Wheeldon

Public and media discontent over hosepipe bans and storm overflows is understandable. But the UK does not have drinking water and sewage problems so much as a rainwater management problem, says Matt Wheeldon

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From ambition to delivery: inside the inaugural Dublin Regenerative Cities Summit

2026-04-29T14:37:00+01:00In partnership with

On Earth Day, senior leaders from across the built environment gathered in Dublin to confront a more urgent question than ever before: not whether cities should regenerate, but how the industry can move faster — and together — to deliver it.

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Built Environment Systems Review sets out to transform industry performance

2026-04-22T06:00:00+01:00By Andrew Mylius

A government-backed review will examine how systems thinking can unlock productivity

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Infrastructure update: The influence of private finance on delivery mechanisms

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Infrastructure update: Developing the UK’s flexible grid

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Market forecast: Industry steadies, but high input costs show no signs of easing

  • Market forecast: Weaker demand helps constrain cost inflation

  • Infrastructure update: The influence of private finance on delivery mechanisms

  • Sustainability: How lifecycle costs vary by sector and scale

  • TV and film studios cost model: How record investment is driving a development boom

  • Infrastructure update: Developing the UK’s flexible grid

  • Market forecast: Industry steadies, but high input costs show no signs of easing

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