An Active Resolution for 2020

Written by Simon McWhirter, Head of Engagement at Active Building Centre. At the start of each year it’s customary to make resolutions for the year ahead which, it is hoped, will encourage positive changes. Of course, for all the best... View Article

Secure design: making access control about more than safety

Access control technology is becoming about much more than safeguarding or tracking how a user moves around a space or building Whether designing offices, homes or hotels, architects should remember that users don’t just value the security of their personal... View Article

Alderley Park Sports Complex opens to public

A new gym and sports complex in Cheshire has recently been unveiled and is welcoming its first wave of energetic visitors. Designed by Pozzoni Architecture on behalf of property developers Bruntwood SciTech, the £4m Alderley Park Sports Complex boasts a range... View Article

LGA responds to building safety announcements

Responding to building safety announcements by Communities Secretary Robert Jenrick recently, Lord Porter, building safety spokesman for the Local Government Association (LGA), said: “It is good that the Government is looking at lowering the height requirement at which combustible cladding... View Article

Cobe opens exhibition in Berlin

The Danish architecture company Cobe, headed by Dan Stubbergaard, has opened an updated edition of the highly successful exhibition ‘Our Urban Living Room’ at the renowned Aedes Architecture Forum in Berlin The opening was launched last Friday with a big... View Article
Peab builds hotel in Örebro

Peab builds hotel in Örebro

Peab has been commissioned to build a new building centrally located in Örebro for Klövern. The new high-rise will contain around 160 rooms. The contract is worth around SEK 218 million The new hotel, Scandic Örebro Central, will be placed... View Article