All Features articles – Page 114
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FeaturesSketch of the week: Marconi building near Livorno, Italy
This week’s #buildingdoodle sketch is by Giulia Pannochia. She is the first winner of the Gloria e Marco (GeM) Award
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FeaturesTailored to fit: is custom build going mainstream?
Buyers frustrated with a lack of housing choices are fuelling a growing market for custom build, with new developments offering a range of customisable features. Is designing your own home going mainstream?
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FeaturesFrom the archive: 2008
The stand-out entries in this year’s Housing Design Awards were often developed by councils taking control of their own housing in the face of huge demand. Back in 2008, softening prices meant that nobody seemed very interested in residential.
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FeaturesBuilding intelligence: Q1 2018
Construction output in Q1 of 2018 was 3% below that of a year ago, with public housing contributing most to the fall – while private housing showed healthy growth again
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FeaturesHousing Design Awards 2018: Winners
As the respected awards ceremony turn 70, Ike Ijeh looks at this year’s winners and concludes that, when it comes to innovative new schemes, councils are leading the way
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FeaturesCareers: make no assumptions
Not all discrimination is deliberate – sometimes we all fall back on our unconscious biases, assumptions and stereotypes
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FeaturesNetwork Rail's new payment rules: full speed ahead
Will Network Rail’s ban on retentions spark an industry-wide change, and will this put the squeeze on main contractors?
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FeaturesTracker: May 2018
Overall activity levels slipped closer to the no-growth point, although repairs and maintenance were up. New orders kept on growing strongly, but new enquiries less so.
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FeaturesGet an Insight into the Future at UK Construction Week
Carillion, Grenfell and the housing crisis are just some of the crunchy topics due to be debated by delegates attending this year’s UK Construction Week (UKCW)
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FeaturesWhat does HS2 mean for landscape, and how is this being approached?
Christoph Brintrup, head of landscape design at HS2 explains the process behind ensuring HS2 considers its urban and rural surroundings
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FeaturesCPD 13 2018: Daylighting
Homes and workplaces with a lack of natural light cause a range of problems for occupiers. This CPD, sponsored by Kingspan, looks at how to design and build structures that meet daylight targets
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FeaturesSketch of the week: Kensington, London
This week’s #buildingdoodle sketch is by Ellisha Seagroatt, architectural junior at Calfordseaden
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FeaturesWill Hackitt make a difference?
The Business Sprinkler Alliance and Building asked readers what changes they expect as a result of the Hackitt review, and how soon these might come. Debika Ray reports on the survey results
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FeaturesImage of the week: Deal or no deal?
More than 100,000 people marched through central London last Saturday to demand a final vote on any UK exit deal
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FeaturesQuick on his feet: Vince Cable talks to Building
Vince Cable believes he’s gaining ground on his two main rivals over Brexit. But the parliamentary veteran is keen to show his isn’t a party campaigning on a single issue
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FeaturesFrom the archive: 2006
This week we interviewed Lib Dem leader Vince Cable. We found another political interview, in Building’s dusty archive
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FeaturesOnline poll: Heathrow's third runway
This week’s poll: Will Heathrow’s third runway ever actually be built?
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FeaturesCombustible materials ban: what would it mean?
What might government proposals on the future use of materials in high-rise buildings mean for specifiers and manufacturers?
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FeaturesCanary Wharf: Eighties revival
Wood Wharf, the latest development on the Canary Wharf estate, seeks to move away from the original scheme’s anodyne corporate banking aesthetic
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FeaturesPreview: Vince Cable speaks to Building
Ahead of Building’s full interview with Vince Cable - in print and online from Friday - read an excerpt of the Lib Dem leader’s views on Carillion, Heathrow and housing