All Buildings, Design and Specification articles – Page 11
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FeaturesMarket forecast: Why margin compression remains a concern
Against a poor economic backdrop, construction output is holding up in every sub-sector except housing. However there are still reasons to be worried.
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FeaturesFrom the archives: The Chrysler Building and the Empire State Building, 1930
New York’s tower craze restarts following a 15-year lull as two of the city’s most famous towers race to become the world’s tallest
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NewsProduct industry entering a ‘brave new world’ due to new liabilities, CPA chief says
Peter Caplehorn told Building the Future panel that industry must push towards digitalisation to back up future claims
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FeaturesFrom the archives: The construction of New York’s Woolworth Building, 1911-13
How Building charted the rise of the Big Apple’s tallest pre-First World War skyscraper
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NewsAston Villa delays events space plan to accelerate start on £100m stadium expansion
Villa Live scheme next to ground mothballed under plan to quicken up North Stand work
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NewsThree more green lights on Stanhope’s £700m Oxford science campus
Fletcher Priest, Wilkinson Eyre and Gort Scott behind designs for more than 40,000sq m of life sciences and office space at Oxford North site
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FeaturesProcurement update: a guide to housing joint ventures
A slowdown in the for-sale housing market has resulted in a surge of interest in partnership models aimed at delivering affordable housing
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FeaturesUnlock the potential of residential spaces with sliding door solutions
Sliding doors are now more popular than ever due to their flexibility and functionality, wirtes Paul Smith, Head of Specification Sales at Häfele UK
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NewsGreen light for two Canada Water office schemes
Southwark council approved 24- and 11-storey blocks designed by BIG and HWKN
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FeaturesCosting Steelwork 25: Market update
A market update from Aecom, BCSA and Steel for Life that provides guidance on costing structural steelwork
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NewsLiverpool to appoint team to masterplan city’s historic waterfront
Council looking for placemaking specialists to guide development over the next 15 years
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NewsKPF’s 35-storey Shoreditch tower approved
Office scheme to transform Old Street Roundabout’s Inmarsat Building
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NewsTrocadero hotel roof extension started without planning permission
Westminster Council retrospectively approves scheme but describes unauthorised works as “highly regrettable”
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NewsSpurs submits plans to boost height of hotel tower next to stadium
Partially built scheme has been dormant for four years
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NewsResearch reveals properly installed and maintained RAAC can perform better than originally intended
Problems centre on reinforcement positioning at the ends of RAAC planks
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FeaturesDoes the latest RAAC research mean remediation could be easier and cheaper than all the panic suggests?
A Loughborough University expert has identified the primary cause of failure – and suggests RAAC has the potential to be safe if properly managed
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CommentThis year’s Stirling shortlist is in tune with these times
The final six projects in contention for the 2023 prize are all marked by an underlying seriousness and a tendency towards simple forms and materials, writes Ben Flatman
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NewsPlans for luxury Westminster care home to be approved next week
Horseferry Road scheme to include hydrotherapy pool, library, art studio and quiet rooms
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NewsInspector approves Poplar sex club plans on appeal
Proposal for more than 100 homes above all-night fetish club were rejected last year
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NewsStanhope unveils revised design for City’s tallest tower
Rejig of 1 Undershaft to split building into four vertical blocks with multiple roof gardens