LISTEN HERE 🔊 SOM created the ‘smartest building in Chicago’ with a terraced form designed to bridge the gap between its historic low-rise and high-rise context. Its architect gives James Parker the lowdown on reaching high levels of workplace sustainability [...]

LISTEN HERE 🔊 A world-class multi-storey skate park has been constructed in Folkestone, Kent, a novel concrete form also designed to attract climbers and boxers, and which has quickly become a popular local landmark. Jack Wooler reports F51 is a [...]

A groundbreaking further education building in Bridgend, south Wales, integrates ‘art’ into the established STEM typology to make STEAM. It also combines a range of open workshop spaces alongside traditional classrooms, as James Parker discovered The concept of bringing together [...]

With the Future Homes Standard still three years away, the immediate focus for the housing sector is the imminent introduction of changes to Part L of the Building Regulations in June this year. Specifiers will be looking for the simplest [...]

As one of the biggest distributors of building products in the UK, SIG has a good overview of what’s happening in terms of availability and pricing. SIG commercial director, Andy Williamson, gives a summary of what to expect over the [...]