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FeaturesMaking 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
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FeaturesThe 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
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Features‘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
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FeaturesWhat 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
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Features‘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
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FeaturesInfrastructure 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
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FeaturesSustainability: 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?
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FeaturesHousing 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
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FeaturesHow 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?
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FeaturesWhat 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
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FeaturesFixing 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
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FeaturesAmid 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
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FeaturesRegeneration 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
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FeaturesHow 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.
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Features‘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
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Features‘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
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FeaturesGreater 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
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FeaturesThe 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
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FeaturesEamonn 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
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FeaturesV&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