Bespoke residential design for sensitive rural environments: RENOLIT ALKORPLAN roofing products boosts solar efficiency by 8% in the Val Au Bourg project

RENOLIT ALKORPLAN roofing products delivers an advanced engineering solution for a contemporary cliffside home in Guernsey’s south-coast cliffs. The project highlights the synergy between the RENOLIT ALKORPLAN F Bright system and solar technology, which achieved a measurable 8% increase in photovoltaic yield while preserving a sensitive natural... View Article

ADSA: Joint Competency Initiative Nears Completion

The Automatic Door Suppliers Association (ADSA) has flagged that its partnership work to deliver a competency framework Initiative for the door, gate and shutter industry is nearing completion, following two years of intensive collaboration to define clear, role-specific competency pathways.... View Article

Increasing awareness of third-party certification put at risk by gaps in specification and competence

New British Woodworking Federation (BWF) Fire Door Alliance research reveals that more professionals responsible for specifying, installing and maintaining fire doors recognise the value of third-party-certified fire doors and traceability, but gaps in specification and understanding of legal competence risk holding back progress. Four years on from... View Article

A visit to a volcano

A redesigned visitor centre in a remote part of Iceland saw a collaboration between British and Icelandic practices to immerse visitors in the landscape, provide an engaging exhibition, and protect users from a harsh climate. Roseanne Field reports. The volcanic... View Article

Commercially sensitive

Jemma Saunders at Crown Paints says colour has long been seen as a ‘finishing touch’ in commercial settings, but it is key to get it right for increasingly multi-purpose spaces. Colour shapes how a space feels and how well it... View Article

Practice Profile: Nissen Richards Studio

Since establishing their ‘wife and husband’-led practice in 2010, Pippa Nissen and Jim Richards have cemented a reputation for translating narrative into spatial experience. Kim Neville spoke to them about their creativity, collaboration and continual learning. Nissen Richards Studio was... View Article

Commercial cool comfort

Steve Molloy from Daikin explores how well-designed HVAC systems can contribute to thermally resilient commercial buildings as the Earth continues to warm. With four of the UK’s hottest years on record occurring between 2022 and 2025, the conversation around climate... View Article

The case for an evidence base

Adam Boumnaia from product testing laboratory Attain RTC details the exhaustive methods used to help translate fire test results into reliable, evidence-based applications under the UK’s evolving standards framework. In recent years, the UK construction sector has transitioned from historic... View Article

Kingfisher Louvres products available to specify via the NBS platform

Specialist aluminium architectural louvre manufacturer Kingfisher Louvres has made a selection of its louvre systems available to specify through NBS Source, supporting streamlined product selection for architects and specifiers. Widely used across the construction industry, NBS Source enables specifiers to... View Article