All Buildings, Design and Specification articles
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CommentCould composites be the future of high-performance building systems?
Guillaume Klein argues that a new European standard for composites should prompt architects and specifiers to rethink material choices
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Information - BuildingCPD 12 2026: Data-driven decision-making in the built environment – improving performance, profitability and resilience
This module, sponsored by Deltek, illustrates how senior decision-makers in the built environment can use data to support better operational and strategic decision-making. It examines how integrated information systems, key performance indicators (KPIs), predictive analytics and AI-assisted forecasting can give firms the edge, and shows how any business can progress ...
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NewsErith set for demolition contract at 99 Bishopsgate tower
Current 1970s block due to be replaced by RSHP-designed 54-storey building
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FeaturesThe Whiteley: Fosters transforms a piece of Bayswater history
When Fosters took on the redevelopment of a once iconic department store, it saw the key was in its relationship to the street. Sarah Simpkin speaks to architect Patrick Campbell
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SponsoredBritish Gypsum launches a new guide to fire-rated junctions
British Gypsum has unveiled a new comprehensive, evidence-based best practice guide dedicated to the junctions between fire-rated partitions and other building elements.
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FeaturesPassivhaus pioneers revisit the standard 16 years on
The team behind the UK’s first cavity wall Passivhaus are now building a terrace of three Passivhaus Plus homes in West Yorkshire. Bill Butcher and Chris Herring of 21 Degrees share what has changed — and what they wish they’d known first time around
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SponsoredWhy the future of commercial landscaping will be won through design intelligence, not product supply
Marshalls’ Michael Roden discusses how commercial landscaping is evolving, why design and engineering is becoming central to project success, and why the construction industry needs to rethink the relationship between design ambition and practical delivery
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Information - BuildingCPD 11 2026: Specifying glazed balconies for design, performance and compliance
Sponsored by Solarlux, this module, guides specifiers through the key decisions involved in designing and specifying a glazed balcony – from choosing the right acoustic and solar-control glazing to specifying the right fixings and meeting relevant regulations
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CommentRethinking public-private partnerships for the next generation of town centre regeneration
The next generation of PPPs must retain the strengths of private sector efficiency and innovation, while embracing greater flexibility and transparency, says Leigh Thomas
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CommentSocial value needs to be embedded in procurement from the start, not treated as a compliance exercise
The most meaningful contributions to a project are often not financial, says Olaide Oboh
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SponsoredWhy stone wool works on flat roofs
ROCKWOOL’s extensive offering for flat roofs can handle anything from solar PV to green roofs. Wewent to meet their top roofing expert to get the full picture – and found him keen to debunk some myths about stone wool on roofs
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FeaturesCost model: delivering neighbourhood health centres
Plans for 250 new neighbourhood health centres across England have been announced. Their design must be deeply efficient, net zero from the outset and carefully costed
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FeaturesBuilding study: The Quentin Blake Centre for Illustration
Ben Flatman explores a sensitive reworking of Clerkenwell’s New River Head, where Tim Ronalds Architects weave galleries, education spaces and a cafe into a historic site shaped by four centuries of change
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NewsDeveloper mulls reworked plan to refurbish Elizabeth House in Waterloo instead of new build scheme
Proposal for 31-storey office tower and linked groundscraper look set to be swapped for overhaul of 1960s block
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FeaturesMarket forecast: Weaker demand helps constrain cost inflation
Building costs are set to rise through 2026 with inflation into 2027, due to global energy shocks, but subdued demand is offsetting inflation
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CommentFrom promises to proof – what the Net Zero Carbon Buildings Standard expects
The built-environment sector has spent years making net zero carbon promises. With version 1 of the UK Net Zero Carbon Buildings Standard now in effect, the industry must start keeping them, Jeremy Douglas writes
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Information - BuildingCPD 09 2026: Building better with concrete – decarbonisation, performance and the power of early engagement
Sponsored by Tarmac, this module looks at the many innovations being used to decarbonise concrete – from supplementary cementitious materials to AI automation of production – and explains how early engagement with manufacturers can identify the decarbonised product that will deliver the right performance for each job
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Information - BuildingCPD 08 2026: Decarbonising masonry construction with cellular clay blocks
Sponsored by wienerberger and EH Smith, this module takes an overview of embodied carbon in masonry construction and considers lower-carbon masonry materials and techniques before taking an in-depth look at cellular clay blocks, one innovative route to lower embodied carbon that is gaining wider acceptance in the UK
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CommentThe push and pull factors behind building new homes in the UK
Clients engaging firms early on in the development process will unlock much needed housing, says Paul Woodhams
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NewsBovis no longer working on Crystal Palace stadium expansion
Club had said it wanted work on Selhurst Park scheme to start last summer