The business case for daylight

Paul Smith of the Rooflight Association gives insights from a white paper showing how rooflights optimise daylight in large commercial buildings, to boost wellbeing, energy efficiency, and asset value, and offers some design strategies. The Rooflight Association commissioned a white... View Article

Ceramics’ creative freedom

Ceramic cladding can offer designers creative freedom by uniting ‘timeless materiality’ with modern performance. So says Robert Flello of Ceramics UK, exploring how ceramics are increasingly used to shape contemporary buildings, bringing versatility, sustainability, and innovation. Ceramics have been part... View Article

Barr Gazetas gets green light to refurbish Seifert building

Subject to a legal agreement, Camden Council gives go ahead to Barr Gazetas’ restoration of 70s architectural landmark Whittington House, WC1E on behalf of leading developer Great Portland Estates plc (GPE). Comprising over 100,000 sq ft of Grade A workspace,... View Article

Futurebuild connects ambition & action at 2026 event

Futurebuild 2026 officially opens registrations this week, coinciding with the COP30 climate summit, recognising the critical role buildings play in closing the gap between ambition and action.  As world leaders tackle issues including adaptation, cities, waste, the circular economy, climate... View Article

Why every drop counts: sustainable washroom design

By 2027, all commercial properties in the UK must achieve an EPC rating of C, with a target of B by 2030. Yet, a significant proportion of existing buildings do not meet these standards, driving a major refurbishment boom. For... View Article

London Build is back

The UK’s leading and largest construction show is back at Olympia London on November 19th and 20th, and it’s breaking all records!  London Build 2025 is bigger than ever, with more speakers, more topics, more exhibitors, and more attendees than... View Article

Collaboration is the key to Future Homes success

Ashley Cooper from WMS Underfloor Heating explores the latest developments surrounding the Future Homes Standard, and highlights why selecting suppliers who are ready for collaboration is crucial to achieving the low-carbon transition. Marking a decisive shift for the sector, the... View Article

Connecting ambition and action

As the global conversation around climate change intensifies, Futurebuild 2026 is turning shared ambition into tangible action. Returning to London’s Excel from 3-5 March 2026, it remains the UK’s only built environment event wholly dedicated to driving sustainable construction. Under... View Article

Marrons strengthens national architecture capability with two new specialists as growth continues  

Planning, design, and development consultancy Marrons has strengthened its national architecture team with the appointment of two architects, further reinforcing its position as a leader in sustainable, design-led architecture. Associate architect Gessica Salerno and architect Annie Naughton, both Passivhaus certified, bring deep expertise in sustainable, low... View Article

BTP Architects expands team with six new appointments

BTP Architects has expanded its team with six new appointments, reflecting the practice’s continued growth and success across the affordable and supported housing sectors. The Stockport-based practice has recently appointed two new architects – Verity Roweth and Maria Moore –... View Article

Shaping the future

The Insulation Manufacturers Association (IMA) explains how architects can employ high performance PIR insulation as the key to design homes that are not only low carbon and climate resilient, but which are of high quality. The UK housing stock accounts... View Article

The case for designing in structural timber

Andrew Orriss of the Structural Timber Association (STA) takes a look at the variety of factors behind a ‘clear direction of travel’ towards designing with timber. Within the context of net zero, decarbonising building stock has become an imperative, both... View Article

From 19th century roofs to 21st century facades

Jonathan Lowy of VM Zinc traces the architectural history of zinc, from its European origins to a modern role in durable, sustainable building envelopes. In 1811, a roofer in Liège tried something radical; he installed the world’s first rolled zinc... View Article