Buildings, design and specification – Page 5
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A deep green retrofit crafts a sustainability HQ
The Institute for Sustainability Leadership needed an HQ that reflected its values. Here’s what it did next to a Cambridge telephone exchange
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Cost model: Low carbon frames
Structural frames are one of the biggest contributors to embodied carbon, but issues with data quality have made tackling this difficult – until now
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Take a dive into the UK’s first Passivhaus leisure centre
Exeter council trailblazes a radical alternative to the energy-guzzling swimming pool
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University challenge: the LSE’s new Marshall Building
The brief called for sports and arts facilities, as well as teaching and research space – it inspired a highly innovative response
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Cost model: Office fit-out
Workplace requirements have been shaken up in the past two years – but have office fit-outs evolved in line with the new normal?
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Sustainability: zero carbon, low cost
To deliver net zero office buildings within conventional cost parameters do we need to be bolder in our approach?
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Best of 2021 coverage: Tulip gets cut down
All the coverage from one of the year’s biggest planning sagas
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Best of 2021: Rethinking Design series
Take a look at how the pandemic has redefined much of the built environment
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Circus act: Creating Lucent behind the Piccadilly Lights
The space behind the world’s most famous advertising hoarding has been empty since the 1950s. Now Land Securities is building a 144,000ft² mixed-use scheme – while keeping those lights on. Thomas Lane reports
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Cost model: Sports stadiums
More sports clubs are looking to diversify their stadium offer to improve their revenue streams and operating position, particularly in smaller developments
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Cost model: Regional science parks
The UK needs 10 times more laboratory space just to meet current demand, and the life sciences sector is growing exponentially – a strong market opportunity for developers and investors. Aecom’s Alison Wring walks us through the factors influencing cost and design in this innovative sector
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How to build 5,000 homes in Middle England – and keep the neighbours happy
Urban & Civic is only 12 years old but this private equity-backed property start-up is turning heads with its approach to master development. Elizabeth Hopkirk visited a former RAF base in Cambridgeshire to see the business model in action
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Cost model: Net zero homes
As net zero carbon becomes a guiding principle across all new buildings but with so many design and construction issues yet to be solved or standardised, creating housing stock is a challenge, explains Aecom’s Rob Mills
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It’s a wrap: restoring Selfridges’ showstopper status
As if one shocking shopfront look wasn’t enough, Birmingham’s sassy Selfridges has donned a temporary garb of even greater gaudiness while faults are fixed in the glittering blue chainmail below. Thomas Lane explains the technical challenges
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Procurement in an inflationary market
With some materials prices going through the roof, inflation has become the hot topic for 2021. Simon Rawlinson of Arcadis examines what is causing the problem and what mitigation options clients have
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A lab of two halves … Warwick’s bold bid to keep those nasty bugs at bay
Designed by Hawkins\Brown, Warwick university’s new £54.3m interdisciplinary biomedical research facility features contrasting facades of dark bronze and white concrete that reflect the two different aspects of what is happening inside
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Wolfson College, Oxford: first-class graduates in energy efficiency
Wolfson College in Oxford has set out to cut 75% of emissions on its main estate by March next year and plans to be net zero by 2030
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Can anyone save the RIBA?
With a new president takes over next month, many are asking what is next for the organisation
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Nicholas Boys Smith: ‘A bit of controversy forces you to have the conversation’
Nicholas Boys Smith talks to Joey Gardiner about the government’s intentions and how they square with his beauty agenda
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Liverpool defends its status as a city of sensitive regeneration – but Unesco begs to differ
A badge of honour or a certificate not worth the trouble? Liverpool’s loss of its world heritage status has opened a debate about the purpose and value of the designation