CIBSE Building Performance Awards 2025

The Park Plaza Westminster Bridge in London came alive on Thursday, 27 February 2025 for the prestigious CIBSE Building Performance Awards. This remarkable event celebrated the individuals, organisations, products and projects that set new benchmarks for sustainability, innovation and performance... View Article

ZHA announces Napoli Porta Est masterplan

Reconnecting the city’s fragmented urban fabric is the primary objective of Zaha Hadid Architects’ (ZHA) Napoli Porta Est masterplan proposal named winner of the design competition. This area in the east of Naples suffers from the lack of integration of... View Article

Sikalastic® -625 BMS, a 35% Lower-Carbon Roof Waterproofing Membrane

Sika®, a global leader in innovative waterproofing solutions has launched Sikalastic®-625 BMS, an advanced polyurethane liquid applied membrane (LAM) for flat roofs, incorporating sustainable chemical innovation. Sikalastic® -625 BMS reduces carbon emissions by over 35%, representing a step toward a... View Article

Shaping the future – innovations in commercial design

Words by: Ben Hancock, Managing Director, Oscar Acoustics As we progress through 2025, the commercial workplace landscape continues to evolve, driven by changing employee expectations, technological advancements, and a growing emphasis on sustainability.  The past year has set the stage... View Article

Senior celebrates a decade of PURe® innovation!

Senior Architectural Systems, the UK’s largest privately owned manufacturer of aluminium windows, doors and curtain walling, is marking another major milestone – ten years of its patented, award-winning PURe® system! Back in February 2015, Senior set new standards for low... View Article

Centre of Mediterranean Culture construction begins

Reggio Calabria’s mayor, Giuseppe Falcomatà and Zaha Hadid Architects’ director Filippo Innocenti have laid the foundation stone of the new Centre of Mediterranean Culture, marking the start of the project’s construction. Strategically located on the Strait of Messina in southern... View Article

Haddonstone’s ‘Mermaids’ adorn Duchy project

One of Haddonstone’s long term clients has supplied a set of three cast stone mermaid panels, created by artist Charles Gurrey, for a unique housing development on Duchy of Cornwall land on the edge of Newquay. The 540-acre site known as Nansledan – “broad... View Article

Free Remote RIBA CPD Sessions – Coming Next Month!

Get ready for more expert-led, free CPD sessions available remotely: Friday, March 21st – How to Correctly Specify Cavity Barriers Thursday, March 27th – How to Correctly Specify Safe Stairs Friday, March 28th – How to Correctly Specify Flooring Details... View Article

Call for applications has started

After its successful start, the Gottfried Böhm Scholarship is entering  its second round. Architects and city planners in the post-graduate phase from all over the world are  now invited to apply for the one-year residency scholarship in Cologne. With a... View Article

Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios Appointed

Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios have been appointed by West Northamptonshire Council (WNC) as lead masterplanners for the ambitious regeneration of Northampton town centre. This transformative project, spanning over 400 hectares, will set the vision for the area’s evolution over the... View Article

CIECC inaugurated today in Beijing

CIECC expands Beijing’s existing exhibition venue to over 611,000 sq. m Providing nine new exhibition halls, three reception halls, a conference centre for 9,000 delegates and a hotel with 410 rooms CIECC’s modular fabrication and construction minimised the centre’s development... View Article

Bouygues UK hands over 71/72 Kingsway

Bouygues UK has handed over 71/72 Kingsway to Swansea Council marking the completion of its work on the major five-storey office development which is operationally carbon net zero. Located at the former Oceana nightclub site, the building, worth £32.6 million... View Article