Accreditation: Constructing a safer industry

The UK‘s construction industry is estimated to be worth just under £165 billion per year, contributing around 7% to GDP.  Throughout this vast and important sector everyone from architects and specifiers to product manufacturers and site managers know the importance... View Article

DLA Appoints New Head of Design

DLA Architecture, a top 100 UK architectural practice, has promoted Mark Redfern as Head of Design across all three studios in Leeds, Manchester, and London. The newly created role has been generated by the business restructure and succession plan announced... View Article

GRAHAM completes construction of The Copper House residential development

GRAHAM has completed the construction of The Copper House, a major Build to Rent residential development overlooking Liverpool’s iconic waterfront, which had a construction contract sum of £57m. The privately-owned construction, facilities management and investments contractor delivered the high-quality, multi-storey... View Article

The way we were, the way we are now

Although it’s little over 12 months ago, the image of the PM shuffling up to his lectern to inform the country of a nationwide lockdown is still a memory fresh in peoples’ minds.  There’s no denying the events of 2020... View Article

New Specification Manager for record uk

record uk is excited to announce the appointment of James White as our new Specification Manager for the South. James joined us on Monday, 15th March, and brings a wealth of experience in the UK Construction industry having previously worked... View Article

University of Bristol Library: Architects’ statement

Hawkins/Brown, Schmidt Hammer Lassen Architects and BuroHappold team up for new library at the University of Bristol Located on a hilltop with views across Bristol, the proposed new University Library is an ambitious new building that will create a new... View Article

Emrys Architects Completes Two Former Craft Workshops

Emrys Architects have completely reworked two former craft workshops in Clerkenwell Green Conservation Area. Responding to heritage value, retained architectural features sit alongside sensitive interventions. Emrys Architects have completed two highly contextual restorations of 19th century buildings, for their client... View Article

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At ADF we are constantly trying to improve the content we provide while strengthening the brand as a platform for our advertisers. If you work within the architectural industry and have a spare five minutes, we would really appreciate it... View Article

Timber refectory space celebrating school lunchtimes

A new refectory building for Ibstock Place School in Roehampton.  Maccreanor Lavington architects were appointed after winning a competition to design the new wing at the independent co-educational day school for pupils aged 4 to 18 years. The new building... View Article

The Skinners’ School, Kent

Bell Phillips Architects have completed a major new extension to The Skinners’ School in Royal Tunbridge Wells – the first completed education building for the practice. Arranged over three floors, the 1,187 m² new building responds to expanding pupil numbers... View Article