“Agile” screening makes specification easy as ABC

The choice of screening and ventilation louvres is now as easy as ABC, claims Gilberts Blackpool. The company’s new Series WK Kitform Screening Louvre represents a completely new approach to screening systems, that pulls together in one all the best... View Article

Cool ideas for waterproofing

Victoria Ramwell of Kemper System offers specification advice on the versatile cold-applied liquid waterproofing method for residential properties A key theme throughout the roofing sector and the construction industry as a whole as we enter a new year is the... View Article

View Point: Assael Architecture

With plans to house the UK’s growing elderly population in new town centre developments recently making the news, Assael Architecture explains why it’s the right solution, giving a key recent example You would be forgiven for thinking that building new... View Article

Seamless combination

The Mill is a luxury housing development that saw a complex conversion combine new build with refurbishment of a historic hosiery factory. Richard Cooper of HSSP Architects spoke to Jack Wooler A former hosiery mill dating back to 1889 has... View Article

Lead8 Proposes New Typology for Urban City Realms

Lead8, the international architecture and design firm, has unveiled a recent competition proposal that reimagines the relationship between local landscape and commercial development in our cities. Integrating architecture, technology and ecology, the design models an example of how urban city... View Article

How to Protect OSB from Rain

If you need to utilise Oriented Strand Board (OSB) to sheathe your shed’s walls, then you would need to construct those walls like the walls of a house. This means you would need to use a moisture-resistant barrier over the... View Article

Safe and sustainable solutions for combustible balconies

A-Rated external flooring specialists, Alfresco Floors, are set to be part of a nation-wide initiative to replace combustible balconies on high-rise residential properties with their innovative, time-saving solutions. As work gets underway to replace combustible cladding on residential buildings, high-rise... View Article