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Accessible showering from Horne When designing accessible shower facilities for people less able, physically and/or neurologically vulnerable, including those living with dementia, their safety must be of paramount importance. Also significant is quality of life, which can be enhanced by... View Article

Wates Construction delivers landmark £33m leisure centre

National contractor Wates Construction has completed works at Braywick Leisure Centre, a major leisure and community hub for Windsor and Maidenhead Council, marking the first project delivered for Wates via the Major Works – UK framework, part of the Scape... View Article

Slate: the perfect material for every architectural design

Slate is becoming more widely recognised for its vast design versatility, above and beyond traditional build and ideal for use across an array of modern roofing and cladding projects. Here Julian Gomez, Director of Marketing at CUPA PIZARRAS looks at the features and... View Article

“Green” cement pour yields concrete results

University of Sydney researchers have successfully poured “green” cement – pavement made from a unique mix of fly ash, and waste materials including ground glass and gaseous carbon dioxide. The trial “eco-pavement” has saved 752kg of sand from being dredged... View Article

Decorative architectural casings solutions from Encasement

With more than 40 years experience in the design, manufacture and installation of architectural casing solutions, Encasement Ltd is ideally equipped to support your decorative casing requirements, whether it’s high quality products, technical information or specification details. Our extensive range... View Article

London’s Premium Address Deserves Premium Fenestration

Project Description When it comes to views from your window, they don’t come much more prestigious than No 1 Palace Street which affords residents stunning views over the gardens of Buckingham Palace from the front of the historic listed building.... View Article

Whatever the job, Norbord has a wood panel for it!

Norbord’s new fully interactive engineered wood panels product guide is proving to be an invaluable online resource for housebuilders, specifiers and architects. A simple click on the tabs at the side of the guide opens up the chosen product, application... View Article

Re-tuned! Former concert hall now prestigious offices

A former concert hall on a site once considered for the headquarters of the BBC has been transformed into high-end office use with Crittall windows supplying much of the fenestration. Brock House was originally constructed as The Philharmonic Hall and... View Article