All Buildings, Design and Specification articles – Page 20
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      FeaturesMarket forecast: Why tender prices are likely to continue rising despite cost inflation easing
The ongoing economic backdrop of elevated interest rates is increasingly impacting construction
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      NewsLondoners need more say over new towers, Historic England chief warns
Duncan Wilson calls for beefed-up capital-wide approach to protecting built heritage
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      NewsIn pictures: Plans approved for new public square in shadow of St Paul’s Cathedral
Plans to create 2,800 sq m of new public realm at King Edward Square
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      NewsRevised plans for £400m Manchester office scheme revealed
Landsec-led development part of £1.4bn Mayfield regeneration
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      FeaturesCosting Steelwork 24: Market update
A market update from Aecom, BCSA and Steel for Life that provides guidance on costing structural steelwork
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      FeaturesCost model: A guide to life sciences lab fit-out
Life science labs are in high demand. Identifying the right spaces to nurture innovation – and fitting them out flexibly and sustainably – offers opportunities
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      FeaturesCost comparison: Pros and cons of volumetric construction in housing
Pros and cons of volumetric construction, the barriers to widespread adoption, and a cost comparison between a traditional and modular residential tower
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      CommentThe pros and cons of a D&B approach to office fit-out
MESH director Martyn Stokes lays out the realities of procuring work via different routes
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      NewsManchester council approves bumper crop of major schemes
City centre applications given the nod include four towers up to 45-storeys in height
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      NewsGreen light for Westminster University retrofit
ADP-designed project will refurbish and extend Marylebone Road office building as enterprise centre
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      NewsMace in frame to build PLP-designed City office
City fringe scheme to replace 1950s office block and refurbish Victorian warehouse
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      NewsTall building survey captures ‘mixed mood’ of London’s high rise sector
Residential towers stalling but high rise office schemes ‘could not be busier’, New London Architecture report finds
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      NewsHollaway Studio’s F51 skatepark wins RIBA South East building of the year
Five-storey Folkestone scheme described by judges as a “labour of love”
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      NewsBritish Land to submit plans to turn £20m City car park into logistics hub later this year
Developer targeting more work in last-mile delivery push
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      NewsIn pictures: Birmingham reveals vision to turn city's ring-road green
Plans launched at property conference
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      NewsRetrofit 23: The Building Centre explore retrofitting at scale
The Retrofit 23 exhibition and events programme will explore the factors necessary to achieve an accelerated delivery of domestic retrofitting at different scales
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      Features‘Try it, learn, and try again’: the sandpit projects trialling ways to build faster and better
Balfour Beatty and RLB have been part of a team working on some disruptive ideas to make construction more efficient. Has it caught the attention of government clients?
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      NewsPlans lodged for nearly 5,000 homes in Manchester city centre
Towers up to 34 storeys in height to form first phase of £4bn Victoria North regneration scheme
 














