All Buildings, Design and Specification articles – Page 25
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FeaturesMarket forecast: Upward but uneven
As building costs soar, yearly tender price increases are close to double figures – but that should slow next year. And while construction output is still rising overall, there is greater fragmentation
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NewsMini-VRV: The versatile climate control system for urban developments
VRV specialist at Daikin explains how compact mini-VRV systems can help make it simple to incorporate climate control into a building’s design
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NewsMace the favourite for £150m makeover of historic Berkeley Square block
Current Lansdowne House was built in 1980s and has heritage stretching back to 1760s
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FeaturesCost model: Build-to-rent
Build-to-rent offers a solution to low housing supply and stable returns for investors and developers – if they can meet the demands of a quickly evolving tenant base
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NewsPlan to convert Olympia car park into BRIT School theatre gets OK
Scheme part of wider £1.3bn redevelopment of the Olympia Exhibition Centre in Kensington
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NewsPlan for net zero buildings standard launches call for evidence
Firms asked to submit operational energy data from their most efficient buildings
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NewsDevelopers will lose customers if they fail to retrofit buildings, M&S inquiry told
Seaforth chief says clients “need to take the high road now” as M&S battles to save its plans to rebuild flagship Oxford Street store
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NewsIndustry tells Sunak to go to next week’s COP climate summit
Prime minister’s absence would be “dreadful example of short sightedness”, CIC boss says
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CommentPractical impacts of the Building Safety Act
A recent industry event examined in detail how the new safety legislation will affect the industry in both intended and unintended ways
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CommentWe must move faster and be more flexible in our approach to decarbonising concrete
It is vital that we reduce concrete’s carbon content. This requires the industry to embrace a less rigid approach to specification
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NewsPublic inquiry into M&S’s Oxford Street redevelopment kicks off today
Controversial Pilbrow & Partners scheme would see landmark 1920s building flattened and replaced by office block
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NewsCrystal Palace’s £100m stadium expansion set for kick off
Selhurst Park scheme will increase capacity by 8,000 to 34,000
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FeaturesCost model: Building brownfield
Regenerating previously used land offers multiple environmental, social and cost advantages but there are many factors to consider
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News£100m Crystal Palace stadium expansion heads back to planning committee
Selhurst Park scheme recommended for approval for the second time four years after it was first OK’d
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FeaturesCost model: Labs in the sky
Record levels of investment into the life science sector and an increasingly limited supply of space have encouraged laboratory buildings to enter the high-rise realm
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Features22 Bishopsgate: Looking down on the neighbours
Its grand height and formal aloofness may give it an air of superiority but the ‘vertical village’ goes out of its way to make people feel at home. Thomas Lane reports
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FeaturesThe future of insulation
Manufacturers must create the next generation of products to deliver the homes of tomorrow, writes Paul Barrett, head of product management at ROCKWOOL
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NewsLendlease’s ‘fat’ Elephant & Castle office block thrown out after hundreds of objections
Building deemed too large for south London site
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NewsControversial Elephant & Castle office block set for green light
Southwark planning officer recommends scheme for approval despite more than 400 public objections