All Features articles – Page 89
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FeaturesProjects: Hill House, Helensburgh
Charles Rennie Mackintosh’s Hill House near Glasgow was just three years away from being destroyed by catastrophic water ingress
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FeaturesSketch of the week: Marina club, north of England
This week’s #buildingdoodle sketch is by Ewen Miller, managing director of Calderpeel Architects
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FeaturesGrenfell two years on: what really has changed?
As the consultation on how to implement the Hackitt review’s reforms is launched, Joey Gardiner looks at the response to Grenfell so far
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FeaturesCPD 10 2019: Using timber decking to sustainably maximise space
This CPD, sponsored by Marley, will look at the benefits of using different types of decking and why timber decking is a sustainable product. It will also explore possible hazards and solutions to consider at planning stage, alongside profile choices
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FeaturesBritish Steel latest: how construction might be affected
Why the UK construction sector is concerned about the impact of British Steel’s collapse on the industry
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FeaturesFrom the archive: 1999 - Steely resolve
In 1999 steelworkers had the chance to fight for their rights on the highest of high-profile projects
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FeaturesImage of the week: Shaping up
Dulwich Picture Gallery has unveiled the “second edition” of its summer pavilion
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FeaturesResearch: Cladding costs
Massimo Chies of Aecom looks at how building regulation alterations are affecting commercial models by looking at different facade scenarios
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FeaturesProjects: Northampton International Academy
A previously reviled brutalist eyesore in Northampton has been transformed by Architecture Initiative into a light-filled, airy and dynamic academy school
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FeaturesCPD 9 2019: Structural thermal breaks
This CPD, sponsored by Farrat, will examine applications and options for structural thermal breaks
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FeaturesSketch of the week: Millbrook Park, north London
This week’s #buildingdoodle sketch is by Kate Yung, practice illustrator at Assael Architecture
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FeaturesUnderstanding the Lot 21 EcoDesign Directive
Air heating and cooling products are affected by a regulatory regime on energy efficiency that is becoming ever stricter. Here we explain the rules and how one manufacturer, Daikin, is responding
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FeaturesSketch of the week: Cumberland Basin, Bristol
This week’s #buildingdoodle sketch is by Martin Douglas, director at Pad Design
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FeaturesTracker: April 2019
Overall activity kept falling but more slowly this month, with residential the only sector to see an actual rise
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FeaturesImage of the week: Inflated ego?
The refurbishment of the Elizabeth Tower got an outsize visitor this week
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FeaturesKeith Waller: Construction's improvement tsar
How will the Construction Innovation Hub spend £72m budget and four years to bring the industry into the 21st century?
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FeaturesFrom the archive: 2015 - Stuck on the ground
Political uncertainty over infrastructure policy isn’t a new thing
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FeaturesSketch of the week: Millbrook Park, north London
This week’s #buildingdoodle sketch is by Kate Yung, practice illustrator at Assael Architecture
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FeaturesInfrastructure policy: ‘Delay and procrastination’
But with the government paralysed by Brexit, what hope is there construction will get the clarity on infrastructure it needs?