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What would prime minister Burnham look like for the built environment?
The new MP for Makerfield still has a way to go if he wants to take Keir Starmer’s job. But with his ascent to Number 10 looking more likely by the day, Daniel Gayne breaks down what his policy agenda might look like for housing, infrastructure and skills
Regen Connect interactive funding and development maps
As part of Regen Connect, Building is monitoring regeneration announcements across the UK as they happen. Use our interactive maps of the UK and London to track the activity
Cost 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
‘We will build the crème de la crème’… Inside £10bn Czech giant Penta’s ambitious launch in London
Building flies to Prague to speak to Marek Dospiva, co-founder of one of central Europe’s biggest companies, and to hear about the firm’s plans to become a major developer in the UK capital
Building 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
Market 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
Making Senze: How sophisticated energy monitoring can cut social housing retrofit costs by 75%
Technology firm Senze has shown live home monitoring can cut retrofit costs by targeting improvements more accurately than flawed EPC assessments, raising questions over the government’s fabric-first funding model for social housing decarbonisation, Thomas Lane reports
The unlikely return of the back-to-back: how the viability crunch is leading to experimentation with older forms
As housing numbers crash, developers are seeking ways to reimagine projects, with a range of new – and old – forms being tried to move projects forward
‘Don’t let inertia win.’ Key talking points from UKREiiF 2026
Nearly 17,000 people from the built environment, finance and local government trekked to a rainy and overcast Leeds for the annual real estate investment event this week. Here we round up the key takeaways
What could a pedestrianised Oxford Street look like?
For well over half a century there have been proposals to reduce traffic on Europe’s busiest street and transform it into a more pedestrian-friendly area. Tom Lowe meets the team finally taking those plans towards fruition
‘They were hard blows to take, it created a siege mentality…’ Bovis boss David Cadiot on that sale, losing jobs and how the firm has bounced back
One year after being bought by Atlas Holdings, the contractor’s chief executive tells Dave Rogers what is coming next
Infrastructure update: The influence of private finance on delivery mechanisms
Renewed interest in PPP for government-funded projects highlights the critical role that private capital plays in the creation and operation of the UK’s infrastructure
Sustainability: How lifecycle costs vary by sector and scale
The cost of maintaining and replacing assets is a growing priority for building owners, but how do sector and building scale influence those costs?
Housing Today and G15 State of the Capital 2026 report
Building’s sister title publishes its second annual research report looking into ways of boosting affordable housing in London, in partnership with the G15
How the Iran war is impacting construction and development
Joey Gardiner studies the numbers and asks how much damage has already been done to UK construction – and, talk of truces and ceasefires notwithstanding – how bad things could still get?
What would Reform and Green gains in Thursday’s elections mean for the housing sector?
With the two parties polling strongly and expected to be the biggest beneficiaries in Thursday’s local elections, Daniel Gayne asks what their stated positions and local-government records could mean for housing, planning and delivery
Fixing the roof while the sun is shining: Making Blenheim Palace fit for the next 300 years
Water was pouring through the roof and stonework falling off of the John Vanbrugh-designed palace in Oxfordshire. Blenheim is spending £12m restoring an acre of lead and slate roof and restoring the stonework and water-damaged painted ceilings. Thomas Lane reports
Amid a heritage skills crisis, St Paul’s wants to bring its craftspeople into the light
The cathedral’s property director is embarking on a mission to transform its ageing workshops into a shining new Centre of Excellence. But with multimillion-pound repairs to its iconic ball and cross also needed, where will it get the money? Daniel Gayne reports
Regeneration is back - but under a very different model: What the first three months of Regen Connect reveal
The first quarter of Regen Connect has tracked billions in funding, major project approvals and a shift in how regeneration is delivered across the UK. From devolution-led growth to viability pressures, it reveals a sector in transition and the forces reshaping how regeneration happens
How the UK’s largest NHS trust built a digital twin to manage its estate
Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust has developed a digital twin to manage its extensive 10-hospital estate, bringing together disparate data sources onto a single platform to improve efficiency, Thomas Lane reports.
‘I could walk you down a road where the average life expectancy drops by 20 years within a mile…’ Matt Forrest on regeneration opportunities and challenges in the Tees Valley
The post-industrial Tees Valley is a region with lots of potential regeneration opportunities but many acute challenges as well. As part of Building’s Regen Connect series, the chair of the new Tees Valley Housing Partnership explains how it can fulfil its potential
‘I think we could get to £1bn, but I hope we’re not here when that happens…’ BW’s top team on thinking big
The fit-out specialist has come a long way since Steve Elliott and Anthony Brown joined over a decade ago, with turnover topping £300m for the first time last year. They speak to Dave Rogers in their new home
Greater Manchester regeneration: How the £2bn Good Growth Fund is transforming the UK’s fastest growing city region
The northern city region has grown at twice the rate of the rest of the country over the past decade after delivering a long-term regeneration vision. It is now looking to new mechanisms to share the wealth more evenly across the whole combined authority, Joey Gardiner reports
The reinvention of Broadgate: Has it worked?
The topping out of 2 Finsbury Avenue marks the near completion of British Land’s transformation of the iconic Broadgate estate, with £2bn of work to create a mixed-use destination that has doubled prime rents
Eamonn Boylan: Learnings from 40 years regenerating Manchester
Tributes have poured in since the untimely death of the much-loved former chief executive of the Greater Manchester Combined Authority. His impact in the city and nationally was huge, and he spoke to Building just last month, shortly before he died
V&A East, Stratford: A museum built for a different generation
Opening in the shadow of the former Olympic Park, V&A East seeks to reframe what a national museum can be. Debika Ray visits the building by O’Donnell + Tuomey to explore its architectural strategies for accessibility, sociability and civic presence
TV and film studios cost model: How record investment is driving a development boom
Reducing carbon, priming projects for technological advances and delivering regional capacity are priorities for purpose-built developments to support the UK film studio industry
‘It was never dying.’ Canary Wharf’s development director on the resurgence of the Docklands estate
A few years ago, it was supposed to be on its last legs as tenants downsized and moved out. Now it’s going to be home to the biggest office building in London. ‘It was all rubbish,’ Tom Venner tells Dave Rogers
Infrastructure update: Developing the UK’s flexible grid
Investment is being directed to increase flexibility in order to align supply and demand across the UK electricity grid as it transitions to low carbon energy
‘We’ll be the size the market needs us to be…’ Kilnbridge’s chief executive on what’s next
Owen Dannatt talks Liverpool Street, planning hold-ups and turnover. Just don’t call the firm a concrete contractor, he tells Dave Rogers
From Grenfell Inquiry to interim chief construction adviser: Thouria Istephan on why competence cuts across everything
As interim chief construction adviser, Thouria Istephan is using her short tenure to push for deep, systemic change – from professional standards to products reform and the future of the advisory role for her successor. In her first interview in the role she talks to Chloe McCulloch about why she ...
‘I wouldn’t be in the party if it wasn’t pro-development’: Reform UK’s new housing spokesperson on its plans for the sector
With an eye to the prospect of taking the reins of power, Reform UK has called on former Homes England chair Simon Dudley to help develop its answer to Britain’s housing crisis. He spoke to Daniel Gayne about navigating nimbyism, getting pension funds to invest in affordable housing and reassessing ...
A quietly radical housing project: Metropolitan Workshop’s resident‑led Passivhaus scheme
This 24‑home scheme for Phoenix Community Housing in Lewisham brings contemporary low‑energy design to the Bellingham Estate, echoing its arts & crafts origins while meeting today’s demands for family housing
What the chancellor’s plan for regional devolution really means for cities
This month Rachel Reeves announced £2.3bn in additional funding for cities and a plan to devolve – for the first time – the power to keep tax revenues raised in local areas. Joey Gardiner poses the five questions that spell out what this could all mean for regeneration and development ...
Arada bought the dip in the UAE and reaped the rewards. But will it work in London?
Its purchase of developer Regal London last year might have been the first most in the UK had heard of Arada. But in the UAE it has been building up a reputation for green, wellbeing-led development for the better part of a decade. Daniel Gayne finds out what it plans ...
‘You’ve got to be really on your game…’ Keltbray’s new chief executive on finding his feet in building
Karl Goose has spent a lifetime in civil engineering. He talks to Dave Rogers about learning curves, working in London and his background in rugby league
Getting back to growth: Arcadis’ new boss on honing in, getting agile and over-investing on HS2
After years of impressive growth, the global engineering practice saw its revenue drop in 2025 and its UK business was hit hard by the cuts to the high-speed rail vision. Daniel Gayne sat down with Heather Polinsky, the firm’s new CEO nominee, to find out how she plans to get ...
5 minutes with … Simon Saint at Woods Bagot
The firm’s principal on developing young talent, avoiding the race to the bottom, the trouble with procrastination and his favourite T-shirt
5 minutes with … Ken Graham at Burdens
The firm’s national sales director on fine margins, being patient, his dislike of modern glass towers and his wife’s ’unbelievable’ meat pies
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