All Features articles – Page 158
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FeaturesConstruction Rocks: New Bands night
New bands and a new judge at the first night of this year’s Construction Rocks fundraiser
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FeaturesState of play: London
Sadiq Khan has proved himself a pragmatist - a quality he’ll need to address the capital’s major built environment challenges
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FeaturesBuilding intelligence: Q2 2016
Total construction output grew more than previously thought in 2015, according to the latest figures from the Office for National Statistics
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FeaturesNew Science Building: Unsolved mysteries
Laboratories are most often architecturally dull affairs but not Sheppard Robson’s New Science Building
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FeaturesCPD 17 2016: Rooflights and Part K
Part K provides essential guidance for specifiers of access rooflights, ensuring that roofs and terraces are safe to use and maintain. This CPD, sponsored by Glazing Vision, sets out the key requirements to bear in mind
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FeaturesWhat to specify: Healthcare
This week Alder Hey Children’s Hospital gets lots of natural light, dementia patients at Woodlands in Rotherham get murals to serve as memory joggers, and a health centre in Llangollen gets stone walls that blend in with its surroundings
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FeaturesTracker: August 2016
The construction activity index for August suggests that we are returning to normality after June’s EU referendum shock
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FeaturesImage of the week: A lengthy repair job
A section of the Great Wall in China, which has controversially been ‘repaired’
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FeaturesSketch of the week: Florence
This week’s #buildingdoodle sketch is by illustrator Paul Mitchell
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FeaturesBuilding a bridge across the Mersey
Constructing a six-lane road link across the River Mersey involved several challenges
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FeaturesThis week in 1991
A delegation led by Reading University went to Moscow to teach Soviet builders the way of the West
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FeaturesColombia: Back in Bogotá
As a historic peace deal between the Colombian government and rebel group Farc is signed, Building returns to Bogotá
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FeaturesSustainability: The housing ‘trilemma’
How can the UK deliver the volume of new homes required without sacrificing wellbeing or environmental performance?
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FeaturesMarket review: Rise after the fall
The economy bounced back after the immediate Brexit vote shock, with higher inflation failing to materialise
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FeaturesSketch of the week: Looking for a wife
This week’s #buildingdoodle sketch is by Mette McLarney, director of Bluepencil Designs
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FeaturesIs Heathrow coming in to land?
The good news is the government has signalled a decision on airport expansion will finally be made this autumn. The bad news is the PM may be swayed more by political pressures than the advice of the Davies Commission to pick Heathrow
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FeaturesImage of the week: Ahead of the curve
Architect Alison Brooks’ Smile is part of this year’s London Design Festival
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FeaturesThis week in 1981
Before the Thames Barrier was brought to completion, a possible flood in the city of London was a grave concern
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FeaturesState of play: Housing
The government wants to see one million homes built in England by 2020, but while some housing experts think a little tinkering will get us there, others countenance a far more radical plan
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FeaturesBuilding Awards Project of the Year shortlist: Part 2
The Building Awards Project of the Year shortlist puts the spotlight on transformative projects that have raised the bar for excellence