Barbara Hepworth Building wins major national award

The University of Huddersfield’s Barbara Hepworth Building has been named as the Project of the Year at the prestigious Education Estates awards. The eye-catching home of the School of Art, Design and Architecture won Project of the Year (Colleges and... View Article

Specifying Entrance Matting for Schools & Universities

Schools, colleges, and universities have some of the busiest entrances of any building. They experience frequent intense periods of footfall, have multiple entrances and often tightly managed budgets. This makes entrance matting specification for education one of the most difficult... View Article

Schöck CAD/BIM library now includes Isokorb, Bole and Dorn

As a leading international supplier of load-bearing thermal insulation products and reinforcement technology solutions,  Schöck continues to optimise its digital portfolio service for planners; with the focus very much on improved digital workflow using web applications and BIM objects. In... View Article

Contemporary Wood Burning Stoves

Help to make your house a home with our contemporary wood burning stoves. Not only do our stoves offer you a reliable source of heat, but they also can give your room an impressive focal point by adding and creating... View Article

Masterplan unveiled for Sunderland’s major riverside regeneration

FaulknerBrowns Architects and Proctor & Matthews Architects, with specialist input from MawsonKerr Architects and landscape architects Camlins, has announced a collaborative masterplan design that will reinvent the heart of Sunderland while drawing on its industrial heritage. Designed for Sunderland City... View Article

Buildings as theatre

‘Buildings as Theatre’ is the brand-new curtain walling CPD from aluminium systems house AluK, available to book now via the company’s dedicated learning portal at: https://www.alukgb.com/learning/home. Exploring how innovation in framing and glazing technology have helped to create what it... View Article

Contour provides hygienic heating in education

Leading radiator manufacturers, Contour Heating, share the success of their most recent project – which involved the supply and installation of their DeepClean Radiator Guards to improve a school’s hygiene standards. The wall-mounted installation of Contour’s radiator guard enabled cleaning... View Article

No more ‘ugly’ solar panels

The experts at Crest outline the benefits of the Crest Planum and PV Integrated solar system. With an increasing focus on sustainable solutions in the built environment as the UK looks to  reduce its greenhouse gas emissions, Crest Building Products... View Article

New Skyfold & Dorma Hüppe Partitioning CPD Webinars

Making it easy for architects to update their knowledge while working from home, leading moveable wall specialist, Style, has made its RIBA approved CPD seminars available as highly accessible webinars. As sole UK distributor for the revolutionary, ceiling-concealed Skyfold partition... View Article

The light gauge steel solution

Simpson Strong-Tie, leader in engineered structural connectors and building solutions, is all set to provide the steel frame construction industry with performance tested connectors and fixings with the release of their brand new 2021 Connectors for Light Gauge Steel catalogue.... View Article

A Proctor launches Future Homes webinar

Register now to save your place for A Proctor’s forthcoming 30-minute webinar, “Future Homes: Concepts and Technologies” which takes place on Friday, 30th of October at 10AM. Featuring special guest presenter, Professor Sean Smith, Director of the Centre for Future... View Article