All Features articles – Page 4
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Features5 minutes with … Paula Baleson at Beard Construction
The firm’s social value manager on moving from South Africa, building her team at Beard, job satisfaction and the dairy product that goes with everything
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FeaturesBuilding better new towns: how to turn a bold housing vision into lasting, liveable communities
A recent roundtable, hosted in partnership with Ridge, explored the delivery challenges presented by the government’s new towns programme. Mary Richardson reports
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FeaturesBackstage at The Old Vic: New extension offers contemporary counterpoint to a Georgian icon
Within a slender 10m slot on Waterloo Road, Haworth Tompkins has delivered a £13.7m extension that redefines The Old Vic theatre’s relationship with its city, Josh Fenton writes
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FeaturesIs the Building Safety Regulator’s plan to tackle the backlog likely to succeed?
With construction of tens of thousands of homes held up waiting for approval by the new regulator for high rise homes, Joey Gardiner assesses whether the plan by its new management will turn things around
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FeaturesOpen Doors: Construction students visit Willmott Dixon’s canalside university development
Building was invited to attend Build UK’s Open Doors Preview event aimed at inspiring younger generations to pursue a career in construction by showcasing the progress being made at Queen Mary University of London’s East End campus
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Features‘We’ll get our fair share…’ The Wates pair hatching a plan to create a £250m fit-out business
Lee Phillips and Steff Battle on picking up the pieces after ISG’s fall and why the new business can disrupt the industry in the right way. They speak to Dave Rogers
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FeaturesDesigned to change the world: Inside Oxford University’s new £200m Life and Mind Building
This research facility brings together experimental psychology and biology departments to address challenges including climate change, mental health, food security and AI. Thomas Lane reports
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FeaturesCome with me to Clamart: a postcard from a Parisian regenerative development that really works
British regeneration schemes could learn a lot from the Clamart Panorama brownfield development near Paris, says Nicholas Boys Smith – above all the humility to ask people what they really like
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FeaturesProductivity: How digital tools are making construction projects better
As change accelerates, advancements in digital tools happen in months not years – bringing a greater need for accessible and actionable data to navigate the market. Turner & Townsend Alinea, Digital Trees, Mace and Visibuild explore the impact of digital tools on construction projects
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FeaturesWho won this year’s Building Quiz?
Seven teams vied for the construction industry’s most coveted prize at the annual showdown at Fieldfisher’s City of London office - but who came out on top?
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FeaturesKey requirements explored for Built Environment Systems Review as infrastructure pipeline demands new approach
A roundtable discussion has explored key requirements for the Built Environment Systems Review, which will establish performance baselines and recommend practical steps for industry change to tackle net zero, resilience and productivity challenges across the UK’s £540bn infrastructure pipeline
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FeaturesWhy they won: A closer look at all the Building Awards 2025 winning entries
The winners of the Building Awards were announced at a ceremony last night. Here is more detail about all the winning entries
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FeaturesInfrastructure update: Strategies to boost resilience in face of climate change
Keeping systems up and running will become more important as the world becomes a riskier place. What strategies are UK infrastructure owners adopting? Simon Rawlinson of Arcadis takes a look
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FeaturesBuilding Awards 2025 shortlists: Construction Client of the Year
In a series celebrating the Building Awards finalists, we look at the Construction Client of the Year finalists
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FeaturesChris Williamson: ‘Architects are burying their heads in the sand on AI’
RIBA’s president on the threat AI poses to the architecture profession, his plans for increasing architects’ pay and his award-winning stage play
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FeaturesBuilding Awards 2025 shortlists: CEO of the Year
In a series celebrating the Building Awards finalists, we look at the finalists for CEO of the Year, sponsored by DGP
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FeaturesBuilding Awards 2025 shortlists: Retrofit Project of the Year – Traditional and Historic
In a series celebrating the Building Awards finalists, we look at the shortlisted entries for Retrofit Project of the Year – Traditional and Historic
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FeaturesBuilding Awards 2025 shortlists: Retrofit Project of the Year – Modern
In a series celebrating the Building Awards finalists, we look at the shortlisted entries for Retrofit Project of the Year – Modern
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FeaturesBuilding Awards 2025 shortlists: Net Zero Award
In a series celebrating the Building Awards finalists, we look at the Net Zero Award finalists
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Features5 minutes with … Keith Yarham at Willmott Dixon
The firm’s recently appointed national sector lead for defence on the importance of listening first, working collaboratively and having fun – and taking up a big new career challenge at the age of 60