New images of £60m Hove housing development

New images and details of a landmark development of 148 flats, office space and a café planned for Newtown Road in Hove have been unveiled by Yelo Architects. The plan was approved by Brighton and Hove City Council’s first virtual... View Article
Love thy neighbour

Love thy neighbour

This project sits in the Aldersbrook Conservation Area in Wanstead, Redbridge, East London and faces one of our previous projects directly opposite. In this instance we have been asked to take over from another architect. The initial aim was to... View Article

STA Advice Note 18 – what do specifiers need to know?

John Mellor of Protect Membranes explains the key subject of thermal performance for breather membranes installed to structural timber walls, as detailed in the Structural Timber Association’s STA Advice Note 18. To assist specifiers involved in the growing structural timber... View Article
Vanke Cloud City by Rocco Design Architects Associates

Vanke Cloud City by Rocco Design Architects Associates

This commercial centre – located at the middle of a development zone in Shenzhen – creates a new neighbourhood hub that knits the surrounding areas into a unified urban district. The project sits in the middle of several important centres... View Article

New images of £1bn Purfleet-on-Thames regeneration revealed

New images have been released showing how the £1bn regeneration of Purfleet-on-Thames will transform the town centre and riverfront, with upgraded transport links sitting alongside new homes, social infrastructure and a 1m sq. ft. creative complex. Purfleet Centre Regeneration Limited... View Article

Thermal bridging resolved – Marmox Thermoblock

In a typical detached property, it has been calculated (Energy Saving Trust: Thermal Bridging and Airtightness 2009) that an unaddressed Thermal Bridge can account for 30 per cent of the building’s heat loss. Heat loss at the wall-floor junction One... View Article

ZHA to build CECEP’s new Shanghai headquarters

Following the international design competition, Zaha Hadid Architects (ZHA) has been selected to build the new Shanghai headquarters of the China Energy Conservation and Environmental Protection Group (CECEP). CECEP is the country’s leading company initiating and funding projects with a... View Article

L&G acquire site in Bedfordshire for £120m retirement community

Legal & General announces that its later living business, Inspired Villages, has acquired a 12-acre site in Caddington, Bedfordshire. The site has been acquired with outline planning permission to develop 200 specialist age-appropriate homes, delivering much needed housing stock to... View Article